Environmental Dignitaries at Events

Images of various officials at outdoor events discussing environmental agreements and initiatives, featuring smiles, handshakes, and a backdrop of nature.

Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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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.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Dedication ceremony for the new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Vice President Dick Cheney, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi, Grand Teton Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott, and Susan Thomas, wife of the late Senator Craig Thomas, among the featured speakers
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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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.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne leading Interior press conference on National Park management policies
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne leading Interior press conference on National Park management policies
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne leading Interior press conference on National Park management policies
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Dedication ceremony for the new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Vice President Dick Cheney, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi, Grand Teton Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott, and Susan Thomas, wife of the late Senator Craig Thomas, among the featured speakers
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne leading Interior press conference on National Park management policies
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Closeups of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne during taping of migratory birds feature
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Closeups of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne during taping of migratory birds feature
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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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.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former President Bill Clinton, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders for the environmental discussion
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former President Bill Clinton, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders for the environmental discussion
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Yosemite National Park, California, for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the celebration of the Tunnel View Overlook Rehabilitation Project, funded by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, were Yosemite Superintendent Mike Tollefson, National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite Fund President Bob Hansen, and other National Park Service, Yosemite Fund, local and tribal government representatives.
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Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior, to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.
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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
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin and surrounding area, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, and National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. President Diana Mayhew for a press conference announcement of new and enhanced visitor services on the National Mall in time for the 2008 Cherry Bloossom Festival. The Secretary also spoke with National Park Service staff, U.S. Park Police personnel, and visitors around the Tidal Basin and National Mall.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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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
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin and surrounding area, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, and National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. President Diana Mayhew for a press conference announcement of new and enhanced visitor services on the National Mall in time for the 2008 Cherry Bloossom Festival. The Secretary also spoke with National Park Service staff, U.S. Park Police personnel, and visitors around the Tidal Basin and National Mall.
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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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.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior, to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin and surrounding area, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, and National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. President Diana Mayhew for a press conference announcement of new and enhanced visitor services on the National Mall in time for the 2008 Cherry Bloossom Festival. The Secretary also spoke with National Park Service staff, U.S. Park Police personnel, and visitors around the Tidal Basin and National Mall.
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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.
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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.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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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.
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Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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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
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, activities related to the dedication ceremony for the new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center. Secretary Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Grand Teton Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott among the Interior officials on hand for the event.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff, and joined Bomar for a press conference announcement of 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.
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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.
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Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-54. Hurricane Katrina
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne speaking with other participants and attendees at the 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. 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 2016.
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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.
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Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former President Bill Clinton, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders for the environmental discussion
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, activities related to the dedication ceremony for the new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center. Secretary Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Grand Teton Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott among the Interior officials on hand for the event.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin and surrounding area, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, and National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. President Diana Mayhew for a press conference announcement of new and enhanced visitor services on the National Mall in time for the 2008 Cherry Bloossom Festival. The Secretary also spoke with National Park Service staff, U.S. Park Police personnel, and visitors around the Tidal Basin and National Mall.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe during his visit to the area to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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Press conference and related ceremonial activities, at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., marking the official announcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett,, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and other federal agency and conservation organization officials
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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.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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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
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne speaking with other participants and attendees at the 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. 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 2016.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne leading Interior press conference on National Park management policies
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin and surrounding area, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, and National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. President Diana Mayhew for a press conference announcement of new and enhanced visitor services on the National Mall in time for the 2008 Cherry Bloossom Festival. The Secretary also spoke with National Park Service staff, U.S. Park Police personnel, and visitors around the Tidal Basin and National Mall.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former President Bill Clinton, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders for the environmental discussion
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Yosemite National Park, California, for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the celebration of the Tunnel View Overlook Rehabilitation Project, funded by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, were Yosemite Superintendent Mike Tollefson, National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite Fund President Bob Hansen, and other National Park Service, Yosemite Fund, local and tribal government representatives.
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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.
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Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior, to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency