Conservation Ceremony Gatherings

Images depicting a ceremony with officials and attendees celebrating the renaming of a large conservation area, featuring a natural landscape backdrop and formal attire.

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

Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, rear far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony for the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

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, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, where they toured, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and observed educational activities for schoolchildren

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Whiskeytown Base in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California, where he joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other officials, National Park Service personnel, and firefighters at a briefing on the Whiskeytown Complex fires and the status of firefighting efforts throughout the state

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, left, and Montana Governor Judy Martz, center, among the dignitaries on hand for the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and for related tours, including visits to sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Montana Governor Judy Martz, Secretary Gale Norton, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth, left to right, on hand for the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and for related tours, including visits to Lubrecht Experimental Forest and Lolo National Forest

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Whiskeytown Base in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California, where he joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other officials, National Park Service personnel, and firefighters at a briefing on the Whiskeytown Complex fires and the status of firefighting efforts throughout the state

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony for the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony for the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Secretary Gale Norton, center, touring Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, with Bureau of Land Management Nevada Director Ron Wenker, left, and the Bureau's Las Vegas Office Manager, Juan Palma, right. Norton announced approval of $1.08 billion for parks, conservation, restoration projects under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Secretary Gale Norton, Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, left to right, among the dignitaries joining the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and related tours of the area, including visit to the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, managed inpart by the University of Montana

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Commerce City, Colorado to participate in ceremonies marking the expansion of the Refuge through transfer of more than 7,000 acres of land from the U.S. Army to the Fish and Widlife Service. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the events were Colorado Governor Bill Owens, members of Colorado's Congressional delegation, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Tad Davis, and representatives from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Shell Oil Company, and other organizations.

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Montana Governor Judy Martz, Secretary Gale Norton, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth, left to right, on hand for the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and for related tours, including visits to Lubrecht Experimental Forest and Lolo National Forest

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.

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Montana Governor Judy Martz, Secretary Gale Norton, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth, left to right, on hand for the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and for related tours, including visits to Lubrecht Experimental Forest and Lolo National Forest

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.

Secretary Gale Norton touring Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for projects involving parks and trails, capital improvement, conservation initiatives, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat protection, Lake Tahoe restoration

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Forest Service tour during his visit to Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Day and Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

Secretary Gale Norton, center, with Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal to her left, and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne to her right, during the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit, in Missoula, Montana, that included visit to the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, where they toured, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and observed educational activities for schoolchildren

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.

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.

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

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

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

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Mark Limbaugh, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, far right, among officials on hand in Orem, Utah for ceremony marking roll-out of Water 2025 Challenge Grants for 11 long-term water management projects in Utah, one in Idaho. Water 2025 promotes voluntary water banks, new conservation technologies, federal, state, tribal, private cooperation

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.

Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Mark Limbaugh, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, far right, among officials on hand in Orem, Utah for ceremony marking roll-out of Water 2025 Challenge Grants for 11 long-term water management projects in Utah, one in Idaho. Water 2025 promotes voluntary water banks, new conservation technologies, federal, state, tribal, private cooperation

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to work alongside conservation volunteers planting marsh vegetation and to highlight results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Cabrillo National Monument and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California, as part of her Earth Day 2004 Western tour

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Green For All's "Dig In" at Riverside Valley Community Garden with actor Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials to St. Paul, Minnesota, to participate in events promoting the national health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park

Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.

Secretary Gale Norton among the attendees at the 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

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

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to work alongside conservation volunteers planting marsh vegetation and to highlight results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Mark Limbaugh, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, far right, among officials on hand in Orem, Utah for ceremony marking roll-out of Water 2025 Challenge Grants for 11 long-term water management projects in Utah, one in Idaho. Water 2025 promotes voluntary water banks, new conservation technologies, federal, state, tribal, private cooperation

Sally Villegas, Bureau of Land Management; Kathy Eaton, Bureau of Land Management Deputy State Director for Management Services; Jody Weil, Bureau of Land Management Deputy State Director for Communications; Doug Huntington, Bureau of Land Management Public Affairs Eugene; Russ Hoeflich, The Nature Conservancy at the West Eugene Wetlands project office November 2, 2006

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.

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

Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials to St. Paul, Minnesota, to participate in events promoting the national health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Mark Limbaugh, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, far right, among officials on hand in Orem, Utah for ceremony marking roll-out of Water 2025 Challenge Grants for 11 long-term water management projects in Utah, one in Idaho. Water 2025 promotes voluntary water banks, new conservation technologies, federal, state, tribal, private cooperation

Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

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 Gale Norton touring Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for projects involving parks and trails, capital improvement, conservation initiatives, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat protection, Lake Tahoe restoration

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Mark Limbaugh, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, far right, among officials on hand in Orem, Utah for ceremony marking roll-out of Water 2025 Challenge Grants for 11 long-term water management projects in Utah, one in Idaho. Water 2025 promotes voluntary water banks, new conservation technologies, federal, state, tribal, private cooperation

Secretary Gale Norton, center, with Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal to her left, and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne to her right, during the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit, in Missoula, Montana, that included visit to the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Secretary Gale Norton touring Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for projects involving parks and trails, capital improvement, conservation initiatives, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat protection, Lake Tahoe restoration

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring with Fish and Wildlife Service staff during Minnesota visit

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

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.

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.

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.

Visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides to Lorimer Park, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, for Earth Day event in conjunction with representatives of the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, restoration organization, Trout Unlimited

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.

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

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

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stop at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

Oregon "Angler's Legacy" sport fishing promotion signing event, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan among the Interior officials participating

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Salt Lake City, Utah for National Public Lands Day activities, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

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.

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff

(Left to right) State Assemblyman Kevin De León, City Councilman Tom LaBonge, State Assemblyman Paul Krekorian and City Councilman Ed Reyes. FoLAR' (Friends of the LA River) annual river cleanup, La Gran Limpieza, was held May 9, 2009. Thousands of volunteers at 14 sites pulled out accumlated trash, mostly plastic bags, from river runoff that might normally find it's way downstream into the Pacific Ocean.

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.

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton meeting with staff of the Vernal, Utah field office of the Bureau of Land Management during the Secretary's visit to northeastern Utah

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

Secretary Gale Norton, fifth from right, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre site, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

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.

Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis, far right, with attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming event for the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts

Napa, CA, August 30, 2014 ; Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs Ministry provides canine relief for residents at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park in the City of Napa, California, which was struck by a 6.0 earthquake at 3:20 a.m. on August 24, 2014. At least 125 structures were tagged by inspectors as "unsafe" to enter in the City of Napa after the earthquake. FEMA supports state, local and tribal governments in their efforts to recover from the effects of natural disasters.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff

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