Nature Conservation Discussions

Images show individuals engaged in discussions about nature conservation and infrastructure projects in natural settings, emphasizing environmental awareness and management.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton, right, on tour of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Thousand Oaks, California. Secretary's visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , July 13, 2011 Secretary Janet Napolitano prior to a press conference. Secretary Napolitano toured the flooded region of Minot to see the devastation and encourage residents to apply for FEMA assistance. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

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

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

Montana Governor Judy Martz, left, and Secretary Gale Norton among the dignitaries participating in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and related tours of the area, including visits to sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Rebecca Watson, among the dignitaries visiting Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including visits to sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Secretary Gale Norton, left, touring the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. During the visit, Secretary Norton discussed forest management issues relevant to the area, affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

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

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials on hand for events, including bird release, promoting the national health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Community Relations Worker with Storm Survivor in Alabama. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Gale Norton, right, near the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota for participation in Get Fit With US promotion, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

Office of Water - One Planet Ours: Sustainability for the 22nd Century , 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 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

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Officials on hand for Secretary Gale Norton's tour of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, in advance of Earth Day. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and viewed results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

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

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other officials to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

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

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

Officials on hand for Secretary Gale Norton's tour of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, in advance of Earth Day. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and viewed results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

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

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials on hand for events, including bird release, promoting the national health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Secretary Gale Norton, right, near the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

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

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

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

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota for participation in Get Fit With US promotion, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

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

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 - Boston-New Bedford , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials to St. Paul, Minnesota, for events promoting the health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park. Officials also attended Kids Fishing Day at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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

Visit of Secretary-designate Dirk Kempthorne and aides to New York City, New York, for touring, discussions with National Park Service staff at sites including the Statue of Liberty National Monument and environs

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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, North America's first international refuge, on the Michigan borderwith Canada. Norton marked successes of public-private, U.S.-Canada partnerships for wildlife protection, environmental restoration in the region

Museum of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation, Warm Springs, Oregon, visited by Secretary Gale Norton to participate in events marking an agreement among federal, tribal, and Portland General Electric authorities, for Deschutes River ecological protection and hydroelectric relicensing

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

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

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

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

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Superintendent Brian O'Neill, and other officials in honoring the collaborative efforts of the Park Service and the community--working through the nonprofit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy--in carrying out the Crissy Field renovation

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

This couple can't get enough of birdwatching and this observation deck makes it so convenient. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Arboreal environments; Banks; Birdwatching; Buildings, facilities and structures; Connecting people with nature; Environments (Natural); Flowering plants; Foliage; Leisure activities; Panoramics; Places (Human-made); Plants; Ponds; P. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: SANTA ANA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

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

Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials on hand for events, including bird release, promoting the national health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other officials to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

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

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

Office of the Administrator - EPA-RTP Facility - Administrator Gina McCarthy's visit to the EPA-Research Triangle Park (RTP) facility in Durham, NC , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, far left, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

Jean Takekawa of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge speaking at ceremony at the Refuge, Olympia, Washington, marking 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

During the annual Earth Day celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Shari Blissett-Clark of the Florida Bat Conservancy displays one of the mammals. The event took place during the annual Earth Day celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, guests have an opportunity to learn more about energy awareness, the environment and sustainability.

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, right, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

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

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

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, right, near the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

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

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

Office of the Administrator - Lake Champlain Basin Program, Vermont , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Columbia, Missouri - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boonslick Gateway Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

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

White River Partnership Executive Director Mary Russ. Vermont Tropical Storm Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Visit of 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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