Wildfire Management Discussions

Officials discussing wildfire reduction projects in natural settings, highlighting collaboration between fire departments and environmental management.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Farmer Ricky Roussel (right) describes the loss of his soybean crops to Randolph Johnson, Jr. (center), Louisiana Assistant State Conservationist for the USDA, and visiting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, Jay Williams (left), on his land in Paulina, La. Roussel estimates almost 500 of his 854 acres of soybean crops were killed by the 2016 historic flooding in Louisiana.. Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island, with appearance by 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis, left

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Puget Sound, Washington, where he visited the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center, participated in discussions and tours of the USGS Puget Sound Cooperative Restoration Project, and conducted a Restoration Project-related press conference, along with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chairman Billy Frank

Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm - Pike County , Ky. , June 11, 2009 Pike County Judge executive Wayne T. Rutherford (l) shows FEMA Public Assistance Coordinator Jay Parsons (r), along Pike County Magistrate Kenneth Robinson (c), one of the county roads damage by the recent storms in Pike County, KY. FEMA public assistance grants help local government recover from natural disasters. Rob Melendez/FEMA. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Pass Christian, Miss., August 16, 2006 -- New Pass Christian Mayor Leo McDermott (left) speaks with FEMA representative Jody Correro in front of the FEMA provided temporary structure which houses the current Pass Christian City Hall. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island, with appearance by 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis, right

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Mayflower, AR, May 4, 2014 ; Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson (left) and Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) Director David Maxwell (right) survey tornado damage on Plantation Drive in Mayflower, Arkansas after Mayflower was struck by an EF-4 tornado on April 27. FEMA assists individuals and supports local, state and tribal governments in their efforts to recover natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

011061308 IOWA FLOODS-Pauilson.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Puget Sound, Washington, where he visited the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center, participated in discussions and tours of the USGS Puget Sound Cooperative Restoration Project, and conducted a Restoration Project-related press conference, along with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chairman Billy Frank

DHS Secretary Chertoff and FEMA Administrator Paulison in Oklaho.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides joining Michigan Congressman John Dingell for a helicopter tour of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, followed by reception at the Refuge. Earlier, Secretary Kempthorne and Congressman Dingell participated in a press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College, marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

Lt. Col. Dianna Lively, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, looks on as Rep. Doris Matsui (CA-06) speaks with Michael Connor, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, during a visit to Folsom Dam Dike 8 in Folsom, California, June 28, 2022. Connor visited the USACE Sacramento District, which raised Dike 8 by 3.5 feet in 2020, to better understand the flood control infrastructure in the Sacramento area and how the district has been partnering with state and local agencies to improve this infrastructure over the last few decades. Planned improvements to the rest of Folsom Dam include 3.5-foot raises of Dikes 1-7, the Left and Right Wing Dams, and Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam, as well as adding top seals and strengthening the gates on the Main Dam.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Durango, Colorado, for participation in ceremonies marking the near completion of the main features of the Bureau of Reclamation's Animas-La Plata Project, including construction of the Ridges Basin Dam and Basin Creek drop structures, the Durango Pumping Plant, and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event were Interior Solicitor David Bernhardt, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson, Colorado Senator--and future Interior Secretary--Ken Salazar, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Chairman Clement Frost of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Chairman Ernest House of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and President Joe Shirley of the Navajo Nation, among other federal, state, and local officials.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho for aerial touring, and stop in Owyhee County for meetings and tours with Shoshone Paiute Tribal leaders and Bureau of Land Management staff

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

Big Sur, CA, July 2, 2008, FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attend a CA Fire briefing. The Basin Complex Fire is 5 percent contained and burning one mile south of Big Sur in Las Padres National Forest. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

011092211 FEMA continues its' outreach to survivors of the Texa. Texas Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Moore, Okla., Aug. 30, 2013 FEMA Region VI National Disaster Recovery Coordinator Wayne Rickard gives a television interview in Moore. Rebuilding is well underway in Moore, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development just announced that the city will receive $26.3 million in a Community Development Block Grant following the EF-5 tornado that struck in May 2013. In addition, the State of Oklahoma will receive $10.6 million to support local recovery efforts following more powerful storms that occurred May 18 - June 2.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Secretary Gale Norton with actor, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 2005 honoree, Bruce Willis, and Foundation Chairman, Max Chapman, Jr., left to right, at the Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

President George Bush, left, with Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck during visit to the Recreation Area in Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

FEMA Community Relations Workers with Disaster Survivor. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Superintendent Brian O'Neill, and other officials in honoring the collaborative efforts of the Park Service and the community--working through the nonprofit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy--in carrying out the Crissy Field renovation

Secretary Gale Norton, South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams, left to right, examining a local mapas South Dakota's Battle Creek fire rages in the background. Nearly 6,000 acres were consumed by the blaze at the time of Norton's trip to the fire camp

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 - FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison thanks a volunteer for the help she is giving to the people of Greensburg. President Bush declared the small city and surrounding Kiowa County a disaster area the day after the tornado hit. FEMA .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - East Haven, Conn. , September 5, 2011 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, (blue shirt) speaks to members of the press regarding the various types of assistance available from FEMA following a presidential declaration. Napolitano was joined by members of the Congressional delegation as well as State and Local Elected Officials. President Obama issued a major disaster delcaration for the State of Connecticut, allowing federal funds to help communities recover from Tropical Storm Irene. East Haven, CT, September 5, 2011--Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, (blue shirt) speaks to memebers of the press about the situation in East Haven. Napolitano was joined by members of the Congressional delegation as well as State and Local Elected Officials.President Obama issued a major disaster delcaration for the State of Connecticut, allowing federal funds to help communities recover from Tropical Storm Irene.Also picutre

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Wyoming visit , Environmental Protection Agency

Congressional Delegation Oversight Visit - 26-HK-7-22. Hurricane Katrina

FEMA FCO, Mississippi Governor, and Officials at Disaster Servic. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

Sufflok, VA, 5/01/08 Damage assessments are conducted in the Hillpoint subdivision by federal, state and local officials. An F-3 tornado touched down here Monday and caused severe damage. Many homes were destroyed and many more condemned. Photo By: Liz Roll/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Puget Sound, Washington, where he visited the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center, participated in discussions and tours of the USGS Puget Sound Cooperative Restoration Project, and conducted a Restoration Project-related press conference, along with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chairman Billy Frank

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Bureau of Reclamation-supported Long Beach Seawater Desalination Research and Development Facility, Long Beach, California

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm - Pike County , Ky. , June 11, 2009 Pike County Judge executive Wayne T. Rutherford (r) shows , FEMA Public Assistance Coordinator Jay Parsons (l) one of the county roads damage by the recent storms in Pike County, KY. FEMA public assistance grants help local government recover from natural disasters. Rob Melendez/FEMA. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides joining Michigan Congressman John Dingell for a helicopter tour of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, followed by reception at the Refuge. Earlier, Secretary Kempthorne and Congressman Dingell participated in a press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College, marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Enterprise, AL, March 3, 2007 FEMA Region IV Director Phil May (center) thanks Federal Incident Response Support Team (FIRST) members Willie Womack (left) and Walt Mathis (right, back facing) for their quick response to the recent Alabama tornadoes. FIRST had their resources on the ground soon after the tornado hit. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gila Community College in Payson, Arizona, where he joined Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, and Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin for a meeting with local citizens to discuss forest health, the Endangered Species Act, and other resource management issues

Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne meets Pat Johnston, Bureau of Land Management West Eugene Wetlands Manager, when visiting Checkermallow in the West Eugene Wetlands November 2, 2006

DR 4724,September 2,2023, Lahaina, Maui, HI: Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy,listens to Noel Boxer, FEMA External Affairs explain the ongoing recovery process while Bob Fenton, Chief Federal Response Coordinator, and Kirk Hanlin, FEMA External Affairs (left) listen during a Congressional tour of the areas affected by the Lahaina fire. Patsy Lynch/FEMA,

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Avoca, WI, June 14, 2008 Village President, Dianne Nachtigal, discusses Avoca issues with FEMA Administrator, R. David Paulison and U.S. Congressman Ron Kind (c). Barry Bahler/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

July 12, 2010, Gulf Shores, AL - Volunteers make all the difference. Subjects: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Employees (USFWS); Reptiles; Relocation. Location: Alabama. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BON SECOUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Colorful "pom-pom" sorbent boom. Filiments trap oil effectively. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides touring Lake Tahoe area following Secretary's participation in annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum events at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Brownfields 2009 - Sustainable Communites Start Here , Environmental Protection Agency

FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate at the NOAA Annual Hurricane.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with Yosemite Superintendent Mike Toillefson and other Yosemite staff, and joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at a press conference announcing more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Fourchon beach after clean up. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

FEMA and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA)staff onsite viewing lava in from the June 27, 2014Kilauea Volcano eruption and Pupu lava flow in Pahoa, Hawaii.. FEMA and Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA)staff onsite viewing lava in from the June 27, 2014Kilauea Volcano eruption and Puu lava flow in Pahoa, Hawaii.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mayflower, Ark., May 4, 2014 Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe tours a residential neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas after an EF-4 tornado struck Mayflower and parts of Arkansas on April 27. The governor was accompanied by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, state and local officials and representatives from FEMA, which supports state, local and tribal governments and individual survivors impacted by natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, right, provides a tour for cast and crew members of the upcoming motion picture "Hidden Figures." In the background is Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The pad which was the location of the launch of John Glenn and three other astronauts who flew orbital missions during Project Mercury. With Cabana is Taraji P. Henson, who portrays Katherine Johnson in the film. The movie is based on the book of the same title, by Margot Lee Shetterly. It chronicles the lives of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three African-American women who worked for NASA as human "computers. Their mathematical calculations were crucial to the success of Project Mercury missions including Glenn’s orbital flight aboard Friendship 7 in 1962. The film is due in theaters in January 2017.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Brownfields 2009 - Sustainable Communites Start Here , Environmental Protection Agency

Jeff McCullick (left) temporary housing mission manager for the Hawaii Wildfires Recovery mission, provides temporary housing mission updates to Deanna Criswell (right) FEMA administrator during a site visit in West Maui, Feb. 9, 2024. USACE received a FEMA mission assignment Oct. 28, 2023, to design temporary housing sites. Once a design is approved, USACE will prepare the sites for FEMA to install the units. The units will house those displaced by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires that destroyed more than 2,000 properties on Maui.(USACE

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Lady Lake, Fla., February 3, 2007 FEMA Director David Paulison (center, left) confers with his staff prior to a press conference in Lady Lake, Fla. Lady Lake was hit hard by tornadoes and has been declared a federal disaster area. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Governor Jay Nixon's Press Conference. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Public Lands Day activities in Salt Lake City, Utah, including appearances by Secretary Gale Norton, fourth from left, and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys III, fifth from left, marking a century of Bureau management of water resources in the West

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials to Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota to promote the health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US. Officials also participated in Kids Fishing Day at nearby Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Puget Sound, Washington, where he visited the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center, participated in discussions and tours of the USGS Puget Sound Cooperative Restoration Project, and conducted a Restoration Project-related press conference, along with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chairman Billy Frank

Office of the Administrator - Columbia, Missouri - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boonslick Gateway Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Brownfield Clean Up , Environmental Protection Agency

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