Ecosystem Restoration Tours

Photos depicting tours related to wetland restorations and environmental education featuring group meetings and discussions.

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, center, with Fish and Wildlife Service's John Ann Shearer to her right, on Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler, to Norton's left, worked with federal, county, non-profit partners to restore the wetland onthe Kuenzler Farm. Photo was used in Interior video on Norton tenure

Secretary Gale Norton, center, with Fish and Wildlife Service's John Ann Shearer to her right, on Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler, to Norton's left, worked with federal, county, non-profit partners to restore the wetland onthe Kuenzler Farm

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Secretary Gale Norton, with Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Manager Glenn Carowan, to her right, during tour of the Cambridge, Maryland site. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and highlighted cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

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 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

Secretary Gale Norton, with Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Manager Glenn Carowan, to her right, during tour of the Cambridge, Maryland site. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and highlighted cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., third left, with National Park Service staff on Florida Everglades tour. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida EcosystemTask Force in Plantation, concerning Florida Everglades restoration

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to view results of a cooperative federal, state, local, private project for hazardous fuels reduction on 900 acres of the Refuge, involving partners ranging from the Fish and Wildlife Service to local volunteer fire departments

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 Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

Secretary Gale Norton with Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Manager Glenn Carowan, right, during visit to the Refuge, in Cambridge, Maryland. Norton worked with conservation volunteers and highlighted cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

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 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

Closeup of Secretary Gale Norton during her visit to northwest Oregon for forest tours and discussions with Bureau of Land Management staff, lumber company officials, and others on logging practices, after President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative on forest thinning, underbrush clearing, controlled burns

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

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, with Fish and Wildlife Service's John Ann Shearer, center, and Natural Resources Conservation Service's Brent Bogue, far right, on tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler worked with federal, county, non-profit partners to restore the wetland on the family farm

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to San Francisco and vicinity, California, for touring, meetings with Interior personnel, classroom activities, and trip to Alcatraz Island

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

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 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 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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

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 Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

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 the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, for tours and for National Volunteer Week recognition of volunteer contributions to Refuge facilities and operations

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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 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 Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Secretary Gale Norton, center, exploring aquatic life during Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kuenzler family worked with federal, county, non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program torestore the wetland on the 154-acre Kuenzler Farm

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, for tours and for National Volunteer Week recognition of volunteer contributions to Refuge facilities and operations

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary Gale Norton's visit to Louisiana to tour the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

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 Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

Jutta Kuenzler speaking after receiving Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director's Conservation Award from Secretary Gale Norton during Norton's Earth Day visit to the restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners to restore the wetland on family farm

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 - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other 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 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 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 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

Secretary Gale Norton marking National Wildlife Refuge System centennial by joining National Zoo Director Lucy Spelman and volunteers in preparation of the National Zoo's Bald Eagle Refuge, set to open in summer 2003 as a new home for two rescued bald eagles

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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 the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Findlay, Ohio, September 1, 2007 FEMA Public Information Officer (PIO) Randy Welch (left) speaks with reporter Jennifer Jarrell about FEMA's work in Ohio after the recent floods. A PIO works to get information about the FEMA recovery process out to the public using many different outlets. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

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 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

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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

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 by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

Volunteers talk with a USFWS employee while planting trees on the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife restoration; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Volunteers; Trees; Habitat restoration; uniforms; service patch. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ANKENY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Severe Storms and Flooding, Lebanon, ME, May 20, 2006 York County Emergency Manager Tom Cravens, left speaks to Dorothy Hamory who is with the Federal Emergency Management Agency preliminary damage assessment team. Damage assessments were being done in areas to determine if federal assistance will be available to residents.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, Washington, D.C., with, left to right, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, Secretary Gale Norton, Secretary Gale Norton, Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Secretary Gale Norton speaking during Earth Day visit to restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Norton presented Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director's Conservation Award to Jutta Kuenzler, who worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners to restore the wetland on the Kuenzler Farm

Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Rebecca Watson, left, among the dignitaries visiting Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for tours of the area, including stop at the Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company plant in Seeley Lake

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, National Public Lands Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, far right, and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, center, on tour of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

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 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 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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Acadia National Park, Maine for touring and discussions with National Park Service staff and conservation volunteers

Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., far left, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, second from left, and Secretary Gale Norton, third left, on tour of the Florida Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Florida Everglades restoration. Photograph was used in Interior video on Norton era

Secretary Gale Norton, foreground left, during visit to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and other Interior officials and staff joining Take Pride in America volunteers for cleanup event, along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, organized by the environmental action group, Living Lands and Waters

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Secretary Gale Norton presenting Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director's Conservation Award to Jutta Kuenzler, right, during Earth Day visit torestored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler and family worked with federal, county, private non-profitpartners to restore the wetland on the Kuenzler Farm

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

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 by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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