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Youth Engagement in Ecology

Photos depicting children and officials at nature and education events, emphasizing the importance of environmental stewardship.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" and related activities at the Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, Washington, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson, EPA Acting Regional Administrator-Seattle, Ron Kreizenbeck, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and representatives of the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition among the featured guests
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Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" and related activities at the Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, Washington, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson, EPA Acting Regional Administrator-Seattle, Ron Kreizenbeck, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and representatives of the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition among the featured guests
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Press conference and related ceremonial activities, at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the official announcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett,, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other federal agency and conservation organization officials
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EPA's Science Forum 2000, Washington DC , Environmental Protection Agency
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Press conference and related activities, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at Main Interior, providing the official roll-out for the Centennial Initiative, including the public-private fund matching Centennial Challenge, designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016
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Press conference and related activities, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at Main Interior, providing the official roll-out for the Centennial Initiative, including the public-private fund matching Centennial Challenge, designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016
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National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among officials on hand to pledge support for the NRPA's "Get Outdoors, It's Yours" Initiative
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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
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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
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Secretary Gale Norton at tree-planting event, Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, Florida
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, for touring, discussions with Aquarium officials and staff
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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - EPA's Office of Water Earth Day 2006 Activity at Rock Creek Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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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
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring and participation in Children and Nature event along with National Zoo Director John Berry, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, award-winning journalist and author Richard Louv, The Conservation Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Selzer, and other members of the conservation community
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, for touring, discussions with Aquarium officials and staff
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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.
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Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - Closing the Circle Awards , Environmental Protection Agency
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Secretary Gale Norton with tree-planting volunteers, from Pelican Island Elementary School, on the Pelican Island centennial boardwalk, during events at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, Florida, marking the centennial of the National Wildlife Refuge System
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.
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Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher, International Green Diesel Technology, EPA Ariel Rios Courtyard , Environmental Protection Agency
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Press conference and related ceremonial activities, at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the official announcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett,, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other federal agency and conservation organization officials
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Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, Florida for events marking centennial of National Wildlife Refuge System, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton
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Office of Multimedia Operations and Services - Studio 1 , Environmental Protection Agency
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, for touring, discussions with Aquarium officials and staff
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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.
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Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, Florida for events marking centennial of National Wildlife Refuge System, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton
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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency
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National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among officials on hand to pledge support for the NRPA's "Get Outdoors, It's Yours" Initiative
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Office of Air and Radiation - 2010 SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest , Environmental Protection Agency
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Yosemite National Park, California, for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the celebration of the Tunnel View Overlook Rehabilitation Project, funded by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, were Yosemite Superintendent Mike Tollefson, National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite Fund President Bob Hansen, and other National Park Service, Yosemite Fund, local and tribal government representatives.
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Office of Air and Radiation - 2010 SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest , Environmental Protection Agency
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St. Roch Park Ribbon Cutting. Louisiana Hurricane Katrina. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Chespeake Bay Anacostia River Clean-up function , Environmental Protection Agency
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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.
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Office of the Deputy Administrator - Mundo Verde - Green Ribbon School , Environmental Protection Agency
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National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among officials on hand to pledge support for the NRPA's "Get Outdoors, It's Yours" Initiative
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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.
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National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among officials on hand to pledge support for the NRPA's "Get Outdoors, It's Yours" Initiative
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LAKE WOODRUFF NWR, FLORIDA,REFUGE MANAGER WITH KIDS. Recreation and education are important functions of the Refuge System. Refuge employees frequently work with school groups, like this one visiting Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge in Florida to. Subjects: Lake Woodruff NWR; Florida; Environmental education; FWS Employees (USFWS). . 1998 - 2011.
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Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.
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Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Chespeake Bay Anacostia River Clean-up function , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator - Anacostia River Grant - relating to the Anacostia River Grant and images of Earth Conservation Corps volunteers cleaning up the Anacostia River , Environmental Protection Agency
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Press conference, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, announcing the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, Washington Congressmen Norman Dicks and Brian Baird, West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt, Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, National Park Service's National Capital Parks-East Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, and National Park Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the many dignitaries participating in the event. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in
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Office of Air and Radiation - 2010 SunWise with SHADE Poster Contest , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator - Anacostia River Grant - relating to the Anacostia River Grant and images of Earth Conservation Corps volunteers cleaning up the Anacostia River , Environmental Protection Agency