Environmental Cleanup Activities

Photos of individuals participating in cleanup efforts, promoting environmental conservation by removing debris from natural areas.

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

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

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

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Office of Water - Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities 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

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

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor

Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides participating in International Migratory Bird Day bird walk activities

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

Team of activists planting trees around the woods area for nature preservation, doing voluntary work for a conservation project. Environmental enthusiasts plant seedlings together.

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

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 Multimedia - Nutrient Pollution Germantown , Environmental Protection Agency

Officer Angel Morales checks for trash and pollutants at Rumbough pond.

LAO - ENVIRONNEMENT - 4000 ISLANDPortrait of the 4000 Islands territory (Si Phan Don) in the extreme south of Laos where the famous Don Sahong Dam is being built.LAO - ENVIRONNEMENT - 4000 ÎLESPortrait du territoire des 4000 îles ( Si Phan Don ) à l'extrème sud du Laos où est en construction le fameux barrage de Don Sahong.

Arivaca, Arizona, Teenage volunteers and their adult counselors from a Phoenix church pick up trash left by Mexican migrant workers as they walked through the desert after crossing the border. Regular trash pick-ups are organized by Humane Borders, a faith-based group whose main activity is setting up water stations so that migrants won't die of thirst in the desert heat.

Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

State-licensed animal trapper James Dean sets the open door of an animal trap on KSC. He hopes to catch a large monitor lizard spotted recently near S.R. 3, a route into the Center, by several area residents. The lizard is not a native of the area, and possibly a released pet. Dean is working with the cooperation of KSC and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

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

Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 13, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone and Young Air Assault Strip where theres lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies.

LAO - ENVIRONNEMENT - 4000 ISLANDPortrait of the 4000 Islands territory (Si Phan Don) in the extreme south of Laos where the famous Don Sahong Dam is being built.LAO - ENVIRONNEMENT - 4000 ÎLESPortrait du territoire des 4000 îles ( Si Phan Don ) à l'extrème sud du Laos où est en construction le fameux barrage de Don Sahong.

230111-N-ML137-1035 KEKAHA, Hawai`i (Jan. 11, 2023) Sailors assigned to Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, spread out to prepare searching a vegetative area of the installation during an albatross egg sweep of the installation. This event is part of PMRFs annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program whose purpose is to collect viable albatross eggs from hazardous areas on the base in order to send them to safer nests on other parts of the island. PMRF is the worlds largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

Flooding Tornado - Fairmont, W. Va. , March 6, 2012 Kevin Mckinnon, FEMA Public Assistance Specialist, conducts preliminary damage assessments in the rural areas of Marion County. FEMA public assistance programs category A and B are are enacted to implement emergency protective measures to keep roads, highways and bridges safe. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee holds up a black bear tracking device. Subjects: Employees (USFWS); Tracks and tracking; Mammals; Wildlife refuges; history; uniforms; service patch. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: TENSAS RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

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

POD. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Children clean up roadside, Onset, Mass. , Streets, Refuse, Refuse disposal, Children. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Environmental activist child gathering trash and plastic litter in a bag, recycling rubbish in a disposal and cleaning the woods. Young girl supporting ecology and zero waste activism.

Team of volunteers cleaning the forest area from garbage and plastic, collecting rubbish with tongs and bags. Activists doing voluntary work to preserve natural habitat, illegal dumping. Camera B.

Male environmentalist collecting protective face mask during sunny day

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

Coyote and Bear trap to protect the newborn Caribou Canada

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Throughout the fall to spring, several special docent or staff led hikes are available to the public. On April 24, 2010, visitors took a short 2 mile hike to a wildlife viewing platform overlooking managed wetlands hosting various spring migrants such as. Subjects: Birds; Birdwatching; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife viewing; Hiking; Youth. Location: California. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: STONE LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway - The National Christmas Tree Stump. Angel, Leslie, and Carrie stand on the National Christmas Tree stump for 1995 at the Stuart Guard Station on the Energy Loop. Location: Utah

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 Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company plant in Seeley Lake

FWS employee observes wildlife from a refuge boardwalk. Subjects: Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS). Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: LOWER SUWANNEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Hughes, Alaska, July 7, 2013 FEMA Individual Task Force Leader Shell Howard is working with this disaster survivor in the Alaskan Native owned private lands. Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated area can begin applying for assistance by registering at www.disasterassistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). Adam Dubrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

RSPB research ecologist Chloe Hardman using sweep net to sample invertebrate populations, RSPB Hope Farm reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, May. Model released. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Severe Storms and Flooding, Cape Girardeau, MO, March 29, 2008 This resident burns a small pile of debris as she cleans up after the Mississippi River flooding in Cape Girardeau County. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Taking out the honey from the beehives Kosovo 2006

Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

Winter Storm - Reidland, Ky. , February 22, 2009 Bill Carr is a volunteer with the United Methodist Church. He has been helping to clear debris from peoples' yards and clear the weather heads so power can be restored. Kentucky Severe Winter Storm and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

These women are teaching their children the importance of nature and refuges. Subjects: Adults; Connecting people with nature; Leisure activities; Public access; Recreation; Structures; Tourism; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures; Children. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BAYOU SAUVAGE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to New Orleans area, Louisiana, where he met and toured with Fish and Wildlife Service staff

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

Carrying wood, sustainability and lumberjack man in forest for industry, logging or process. Deforestation, stock and thinking with professional person in nature or woods for autumn conservation

New Orleans, Louisiana, Volunteers with Common Ground clean trash resulting from Hurricane Katrina from the Lower Ninth Ward. The bridge in the background spans a canal which flooded the area during the hurricane.

James Peterson Biological Scientist assigned to Camp Bullis GPS tags the exact tree he will install a song meter May 16, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas.

CHIEF of STAFF of the Air Force for Environmental Safety and Occupational Health, US Air Force Colonel Brian McCarty sons Craig (front) and Scott join a team of US Air Force volunteers from the Pentagon in support of Earth Day April 21, 2001. The team joined local citizens at the 4 Mile Run Park in Alexandria, Virginia, to gather a mountain of refuse. Base: Alexandria State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Park pic and student photo op, Claudia McMurphy , Environmental Protection Agency

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail - Forest Ranger Goes Birding. A ranger searches for birds from a viewing tower at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge., Ohio (41.612° N 83.222° W)

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Many guests visit Crooked Creek Lake in Ford City, Pennsylvania for fishing opportunities. Anglers can catch a variety of species such as bluegill, largemouth bass and black crappie. Crooked Creek Lake is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District to provide flood protection for the lower Allegheny and Ohio rivers. The facility offers year-round recreation opportunities such as boating, fishing, ice fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, swimming, metal detecting, picnicking and disc golf.

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

Jamestown Colorado starts the recovery process after severe floo. Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Lyons, CO Flood

Students from Meramec Valley school attended the Every Kid Outdoors, Paddle Your Parks event at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary on October 6, 2022 where they spent the day learning about public lands and waters. Over 200 students participated in the program and earned their Every Kid Outdoor park pass allowing them free entry into National Parks for one year. This is the 7th year Riverlands has welcomed a new group of kids into the outdoors.

Hurricane Katrina

Wildfires, Big Sur, CA, July 23, 2008 A home owner discusses the damage her home sustained as a result of the California wildfires with a member of the U.S. Small Business Administration. A Preliminary Damage Assessment team visited residences in California to verify damage caused by the wildfires. A PDA team verifies damage caused by a disaster. The data will be used in a request from a governor for a disaster declaration. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

US, CT, Kent, oak-hickory forests in Litchfield Hills, Kent School property part of a TPL project (MR)

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Lumberjack with protective glove using chainsaw to cut tree in forest

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

One senven-year-old boy wants to save an insect from the road

A visitor takes in a view of the dam at Conemaugh River Lake during Dam Safety Day in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District operates the reservoir to provide flood risk reduction to the Conemaugh, Kiskiminetas, lower Allegheny and upper Ohio River valleys. Recreationally, Conemaugh River Lake offers residents and visitors with biking and hiking trails, fishing and picnic areas.

FRA - OASIS KERLANICUn hiver au coeur d'une communauté en Centre Bretagne qui vie en autosuffisance alimentaire et énergétique.

A farmer standing by a fence during a drought in South Bend, IN

Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-272. Hurricane Katrina

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

The Owens family takes a break from salvaging household items from flood damaged property in Dry Creek neighborhood in Southeast Travis County. Residents impacted by the recent flooding may register for disaster assistance or get information about their application by calling 1-800-621-3362 (FEMA); TTY 1-800-462-7585.. Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

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Office of Multimedia - Nutrient Pollution Germantown , Environmental Protection Agency

Arivaca, Arizona, Teenage volunteers from a Phoenix church pick up trash left by Mexican migrant workers as they walked through the desert after crossing the border. Regular trash pick-ups are organized by Humane Borders, a faith-based group whose main activity is setting up water stations so that migrants won't die of thirst in the desert heat.

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

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

Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

Park pic and student photo op, Claudia McMurphy , Environmental Protection Agency

Canal at the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Augusta, Georgia, viewed during visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the community for tours and ceremony marking designation of six Georgia locales as Preserve America sites

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyrone Ellis, an automotive maintenance technician with Combat Logistics Company 33, prepares the sidewalk before applying a no dumping sign, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 5, 2023. The purpose of Operation Clean Water Ohana is to protect resources and raise awareness of potential contaminants that wash down storm drains, ending up in the ocean.

ESU St. Louis - Chevron Empire Burn - 26-HK-322-5. Hurricane Katrina

111201-N-YU572-072KEKAHA, Hawaii (Dec. 1, 2011) Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Ryan Snay picks up trash along Kaumualii highway during a roadside cleanup. Sailors from the Pacific Missile Range Facility adopted four miles of highway adjacent to the base in support of the state of Hawaii Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program.

Stony Brook, branch of Charles River runs into Stop River, Blake Reservation , State parks & reserves, Lakes & ponds, Children. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

011060210 Oklahoma Tornado. Oklahoma Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

LAO - LE RYTHME DES EAUXAu Nord du Laos, enclavée dans les montagnes, la paisible cité de Luang Prabang prospère depuis des siècles au sein de la péninsule formée par la confluence du fleuve Mékong et de la rivière Nam Khan. Avant dêtre devancée par Vientiane, elle fut la capitale du puissant Royaume de Lane Xang (Royaume du Million dEléphants). Son architecture coloniale et ses majestueux temples lui valent dêtre inscrite au patrimoine mondiale de lUNESCO depuis 1995.La légende raconte que Bouddha y serait venu au cours de lun de ses voyages et quil a souri. Aujourdhui, la ville est un haut lieu bouddhique de lAsie du Sud-Est. Les jeunes y viennent des campagnes alentours pour faire une retraite monastique et ainsi recevoir une éducation gratuite.A loccasion de Pi Mai, la Fête de l'Eau, Luang Prabang se réveille. Correspondant au Nouvel An lao et bouddhique, on fête le retour de la saison des pluies et la renaissance de la nature. Durant les plusieurs jours de festivités,

Nebraska Army National Guard environmental analyst Rebecca Howser helps elementary students from Ashland-Greenwood public schools view bald eagle nests with a spotting scope at Camp Ashland, Neb., April 6, 2022, near the Platte River. Students rotated through stations with educational activities about bald eagle habitat, diet and behavior. (Photo by Maj. Scott Ingalsbe)

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Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

Children stop for a visit to the Monarch butterfly wing flapping demonstration, while strolling on the boardwalk. Subjects: Buildings, facilities and structures; Celebrations; Children; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Environments (Natural); Events; Exhibitions; Exhibits; Illustrations; Insects; Interpretation; Leisure act. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ST. MARKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Louisiana Wetlands

Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-111. Hurricane Katrina

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