Environmental Cleanup Volunteers

Groups of volunteers wearing life vests engaging in river cleanup activities, surrounded by water and greenery, promoting community environmental efforts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jim Reaves, GIS Facilities requirements branch head (right), and Evan Dumke, GIS Facilities analyst, use a Trimble GO7X to plot the coordinates of signs on the waters edge in one of the creeks surrounding Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 14, 2022. For public safety, a new sign initiative is underway to clearly mark hazardous areas and notify recreational boaters of federal boundaries.

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 Water - World Water Monitoring Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , 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

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

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

Flooding - Ames, Iowa, August 11, 2010 Ames firefighter Cale Doyle (left) and firefighter Nick Lucchesi (standing) spent long hours in rescue mode following three nights of heavy rainfall in the city of over 50,000. Hundreds of survivors had to be evacuated. Jace Anderson/FEMA. Iowa Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

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

Fort Yukon, Alaska, July 6, 2013 The Native American Gadzow children look on as FEMA inspectors record damage and inspect the properties of the subsistence fishermen Clarence Oldman in the North Census Area after severe flooding destroyed their salmon mills, nets and subsistence way of life. FEMA abides by and supports the directive that Federal agencies work with tribal governments in a government-to-government relationship. FEMA has strong, long-standing relationships with Tribal governments, and they are essential members of the emergency management team.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher at 30 Year Clean Water Program for Alexandria, VA , 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

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

Cleaning the LA River. Ocean Kayak at FoLAR's annual 'La Gran Limpieza' clean up of the Los Angeles River. Bette Davis Picnic Area. Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles.

Secretary Gale Norton, foreground far left, on tour of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Florida Everglades restoration. Photograpah was used inInterior video on the Norton tenure

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

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

Corps and agency partners conduct a site visit at Big Lake in Lower Pool 4 near Wabasha, Minnesota, July 29. USACE St. Paul District photo by Melanie Peterson

Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Water Monitoring Day. America's Clean Water Foundation, International Water Association. , 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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee provides a tour of the refuge by kayak. Subjects: Boating; Boats; Aquatic environments; Birdwatching; Coastal environments; Connecting people with nature; Education; Environmental education; Environments (Natural); Leisure activities; Marine birds; Marine environments; Public access; Recreation; Recreati. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: J.N. 'DING' DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

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

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

Pollution - Emergency Support Function No. 10 Sites - Murphy - 26-HK-225-36. Hurricane Katrina

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Water Monitoring Day. America's Clean Water Foundation, International Water Association. , Environmental Protection Agency

City of Virginia Beach and Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted Virginia Sen. Bill DeSteph, Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Broad Bay Civic League representatives for tour of the proposed area for the Lynnhaven River Ecosystem Restoration Project, Part 2: Reef Oct. 25, 2022, Broad Bay, Virginia Beach, Va.

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

ESU St. Louis - Morgan City - 26-HK-376-30. Goodrich Weeks Island - MST1 Clark & Dan Welsh USFWS. Hurricane Katrina

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Water Monitoring Day. America's Clean Water Foundation, International Water Association. , Environmental Protection Agency

Bangladesh, Sundarban, 2021-10-30. Report on board Rubayath and Elizabeth s boat on the Sundarbans, a region made of innumerable arms and channels of the Ganges delta which descend towards the Bay of Bengal. The largest mangrove forest in the world, the region, characteristic of Bengal, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site has also been recognised as a Ramsar site and biosphere reserve since then. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Bangladesh, Sundarban, le 2021-10-30. Reportage a bord du bateau de Rubayath et Elizabeth sur les Sundarbans, region faite d innombrables bras et canaux du delta du Gange qui descendent vers le golfe du Bengale. Plus grande foret de mangrove du monde, la region, caracteristique du Bengale, a ete classee patrimoine mondial de l UNESCO. Le site est egalement reconnu en tant que site Ramsar et reserve de biosphere depuis. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Secretary Gale Norton, seated front far right, on tour of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Florida Everglades restoration. Photograpah was usedin Interior video on the Norton tenure

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher at 30 Year Clean Water Program for Alexandria, VA , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , 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 Water - World Water Monitoring Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , 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 the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , 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

Taking a tour by canoe is one of the many activities available to visitors at the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. Here a group of environmental education science teachers take the tour. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Biodiversity; Boating; Boats; Connecting people with nature; Education; Education outreach; Environmental education; Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Foliage; Flowering plants; Leisure activities. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BAYOU SAUVAGE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Mount Morris Dam Natural Resource Specialists, Juliana Smith and Steve Winslow performed a patrol through a segment of the Letchworth Gorge via kayak to visually inspect federal property for signs of trespass, encroachment, or environmental degradation at Letchworth State Park., NY., June 8, 2022. During the patrol, Smith and Winslow were able to positively identify two plants that are NYS endangered or threatened species including butterwort (pinguicula vulgaris L.), and yellow mountain saxifrage (saxifrage aizoides). These plants only live on perennially seepy cliffs and ledges which USACE property within the Letchworth Gorge provides. Monitoring the health of "special status species" habitat is part of the environmental stewardship mission at the Mount Morris Dam, and a particularly rewarding part of the job for park rangers and natural resource specialists.

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher at 30 Year Clean Water Program for Alexandria, VA , Environmental Protection Agency

Creator: Raften, Bill. Subjects: Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; Subsistence; Native culture; Landscapes; Wildlife viewing; Rivers and streams.

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

Highlights from visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff

A lucky group of people enjoying a canoe tour of the refuge. One of the wonderful offerings of Alligator River national Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Aquatic plants; Aquatic environments; Adults; Aquaculture; Banks; Children; Foliage; Forests; Leisure activities; Plants; Public access; Recreation; Recreation sites; Rivers and streams; Scenics; Visitor services; Water sports; Wildlife refuges; Wildlife. Location: North Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of Water - U.S. EPA Bold Event , Environmental Protection Agency

Jim Reaves, GIS Facilities requirements branch head (right), Evan Dumke, GIS Facilities analyst (back left), and Jessica Guilianelli, natural resources manager at the Environmental Affairs Department (front left), discuss the location of worn-down signs at the edge of one of the creeks surrounding Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 14, 2022. For public safety, a new sign initiative is underway to clearly mark hazardous areas and notify recreational boaters of federal boundaries.

Jim Reaves, GIS Facilities requirements branch head (right), Evan Dumke, GIS Facilities analyst (back left), and Jessica Guilianelli, natural resources manager at the Environmental Affairs Department (front left), discuss the location of worn-down signs at the edge of one of the creeks surrounding Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 14, 2022. For public safety, a new sign initiative is underway to clearly mark hazardous areas and notify recreational boaters of federal boundaries.

Pollution - 26-HK-219-45. Hurricane Katrina

Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher at 30 Year Clean Water Program for Alexandria, VA , Environmental Protection Agency

Afternoon on the Lujan river in the Tigre Delta in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2023.

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 2, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue workers continue search operations outside of areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Mount Morris Dam Natural Resource Specialists, Juliana Smith and Steve Winslow performed a patrol through a segment of the Letchworth Gorge via kayak to visually inspect federal property for signs of trespass, encroachment, or environmental degradation at Letchworth State Park., NY., June 8, 2022. During the patrol, Smith and Winslow were able to positively identify two plants that are NYS endangered or threatened species including butterwort (pinguicula vulgaris L.), and yellow mountain saxifrage (saxifrage aizoides). These plants only live on perennially seepy cliffs and ledges which USACE property within the Letchworth Gorge provides. Monitoring the health of "special status species" habitat is part of the environmental stewardship mission at the Mount Morris Dam, and a particularly rewarding part of the job for park rangers and natural resource specialists.

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

Secretary Gale Norton, seated front far right, on tour of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Florida Everglades restoration. Photograpah was usedin Interior video on the Norton tenure

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District and U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers joined Ohio Department of Natural Resources at William Harsha Lake in Batavia, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2022, for a technology demonstration of Algae Harvesting and Hydronucleation Flotation Technology (HFT) that could play an important role in the reduction of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Ohio. USACEs Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) began research projects such as the Harmful Algal Bloom Interception, Treatment, and Transformation System (HABITATS) to develop scalable solutions for managing large Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).

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

Department of Interior officials and staff joining other Take Pride in America volunteers at the Anacostia River Cleanup event, sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, in Washington, D.C.

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

Scientists raft down the Yakima River in Central Washington.

Kayaker George Wolfe of the LaLa Times on a cell phone. 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.

Since 1903, increased urbanization, changes in agricultural practices, drainage and development of marshes and tidal wetlands, drought and pollution continue to take their toll on America's wildlife habitat. Employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se. Subjects: FWS Employees (USFWS); Sunkhaze Meadow National Wildlife Refuge; Maine. . 1998 - 2011.

Mike Rowe, the popular host of the Discovery Channel series "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe," brings his show to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in April 2010. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service firefig. Subjects: Connecting people with nature; Work of the Service; Boats. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ARTHUR R. MARSHALL LOXAHATCHEE 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

Photograph, from coverage of visit of Secretary and staff to Long Island, New York for coastal touring and shorebird protection grant announcement, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

2006. Subjects: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Birds; Marine birds; Coastal environments; Islands; Biology; work of the refuge. . 1998 - 2011.

Kayakers pull into the boat house after a wonderful tour of the refuge. Subjects: Boating; Boats; Aquatic environments; Birdwatching; Coastal environments; Connecting people with nature; Education; Environmental education; Environments (Natural); Leisure activities; Marine birds; Marine environments; Public access; Recreation; Recreati. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: J.N. 'DING' DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Gologina River Gologina River ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/JensxNieswandtx 927503 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Volunteers from the Surfrider Foundation, an organization to protect our ocean, waves, and beaches for all people, at a beach cleanup at Purdy Sand Spit Park near Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington State, USA.

Department of Interior officials and staff joining other Take Pride in America volunteers at the Anacostia River Cleanup event, sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, in Washington, D.C.

Victory for the Environment: Group Clean-Up Success This uplifting image portrays a group of four volunteers, two women and two men, celebrating their successful clean-up at a lake. They are diverse in age and ethnicity, including a young Caucasian man, a Hispanic woman, and an elderly Caucasian man. Each one raises their gloved hands in triumph, standing before the scenic backdrop of a clear blue lake and a partly cloudy sky. Their casual attire and full bags of collected litter speak to their hard work and commitment to preserving the natural environment. Victory for the Environment: Group Clean-Up Success. High quality photo ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/BjornxBeheydtx 21116519 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Department of Interior officials and staff joining other Take Pride in America volunteers at the Anacostia River Cleanup event, sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, in Washington, D.C.

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