River Cleanup Initiatives

Groups in life jackets involved in environmental cleanup efforts along rivers, demonstrating community engagement in conservation and pollution prevention.

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

In-Situ Burn Chevron Pipeline - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-159-30. Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - 26-HK-219-17. Hurricane Katrina

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 - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Pollution - 26-HK-219-36. Hurricane Katrina

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

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.

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.

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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 - 26-HK-219-44. Hurricane Katrina

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

Pollution - 26-HK-219-23. Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - 26-HK-219-15. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Sarah Dupre examines a partially submerged vessel from Hurricane Ian for possible pollution threats, in Estero River, Estero, Fl., Oct. 28, 2022. Coast Guard marine environmental response personnel are working closely with federal, state and local partners to assess and mitigate marine environmental pollution threats post-hurricane. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

In-Situ Burn Chevron Pipeline - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-159-28. Hurricane Katrina

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

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

Visit of Secretary 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

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

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is leading wildlife and habitat recovery efforts in the BP oil spill. Fisheries biologists prepare to rescue an oiled brown pelican from the Gulf on June 15, 2010. Subjects: Oil spills; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Coastal environments; Birds; Employees (USFWS); boats.

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

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Oil washes ashore at Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi, MS, August 18, 2008 -- A boater prepares to take his boat on Back Bay. FEMA funded marine debris removal in various waterways on the Coast, including Back Bay. Jennifer Smits/FEMA

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

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

Pollution - 26-HK-219-37. Hurricane Katrina

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

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District park ranger Eric Steffey scans the sky and over New Hogan Lake, California, Jan. 5, 2024.Steffey and fellow ranger Jennifer Celayeta counted seven golden eagles, five bald eagles and two eagles of unrecognized species at the lake while taking part in the U.S. Geological Surveys National Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey the same day.Rangers from 10 U.S. of the districts water resource projects took part in the survey that is intended to help monitor the status of bald eagle wintering populations in the contiguous United States by estimating national and regional count trends, overall and by age class. Each January, several hundred individuals count eagles along standard, non-overlapping survey routes.

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

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

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

WA, Seattle, Greenlake, Seafair, Milk Carton Derby. (Editorial Usage Only)

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

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

Pollution - Emergency Support Function No. 10 Sites - Chevron Empire - 26-HK-222-64. Aerial view Zone 15 (9). Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Islands, boom at mouth of Mississippi River. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 26, 2011 National Guardsman, and U. S. Deptartment of Wildlfe Services travel by airboat through flooded Oak Park neighborhood in Minot, N. D. The team were on a reconnaissance mission to check on telephone/power stations. Andrea Booher/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Scientists analyzing pollution level in a river, Chalk River Laboratories, Ottawa River, Canada

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 (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Water sampling, Jeff Brniarski, Western Solutions Contractor. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. , 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

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

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

LEWISVILLE, Texas (Aug. 2, 2022) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Lewisville Lake Manager Rob Jordan, left, discusses lake operations with U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., Representative serving Texas' 26th Congressional District. Rep. Burgess and staff, during a tour of the lake. Rep. Burgess and staff met with Col. Jon Stover, commander of the Fort Worth District, and staff, at Lewisville Lake for a tour of the Lewisville Dam and an update on the Lewisville Dam Safety Modification. The Dam Safety Modification is a result of a March 2014 risk assessment where Lewisville Dam was confirmed as a high-urgency dam primarily due to potential loss of life consequences. The potential for internal erosion, embankment instability, or spillway instability or uplift could all result in a significant loss of life if they adversely affected the integrity of the dam. The likelihood of those failures occurring is low and will be lower still after the project, but risk will

Pollution - Emergency Support Function No. 10 Sites - Murphy - 26-HK-225-39. Hurricane Katrina

Office of Water - World Water Monitoring Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Anacostia , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Islands, boom at mouth of Mississippi River. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , 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

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

Pollution - Emergency Support Function No. 10 Sites - Murphy - 26-HK-225-27. Hurricane Katrina

Fort Yukon, Alaska, July 6, 2013 The Individual Assistance (IA) Task Force team is conducting inspections along the Yukon river fishing camps to those who were affacted by the severe flooding. Individual Assistance in the form of Other Needs Assistance (ONA) grants are being provided for subsistence area registrants to provide relief from the loss of the salmon mill and the loss of the fish that will not be caught and harvested in order to survive the brutal winters in the Unorganized Borough. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. 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

Office of Water - World Water Monitoring Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Bayou Sauvage Refuge officers working with Louisiana Wildlife officers on patrol, protecting the waters. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Adults; Boating; Boats; Coastal environments; Coastal zone management; Emblems; Environments (Natural); Game wardens; Law enforcement; Management; Marine environments; Partnerships; Public access; Recreation; Recreation sites; Recrea. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BAYOU SAUVAGE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 26, 2011 National Guardsmen, and U. S. Deptartment of Wildlfe Services travel by airboat through flooded Oak Park neighborhood in Minot, N. D. The team was on a reconnaissance mission to check on telephone/power stations. Andrea Booher/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Water Sampling (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Water Sampling (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , 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

Pollution - 26-HK-219-18. Hurricane Katrina

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

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Support ships in operations area of BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - Gulf Breeze GED , 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

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

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Mark Campbell, hydrologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Districts Water Management Section, prepares plastic bottles for sampling during a water quality survey mission on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky May 25, 2022.

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

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

Missouri River Basin Interagency Roundtable (MRBIR).. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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