Wetland Conservation Tours

Images depict groups of individuals walking through various wildlife refuges and wetlands, engaging in conservation discussions amid lush greenery and natural landscapes.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

Secretary Gale Norton, center, on Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler,to Norton's left, and family worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to restore the wetland on the Kuenzler Farm

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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

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, far right, exploring aquatic life during Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kuenzler family worked with federal, county, non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Programto restore the wetland on the 154-acre Kuenzler Farm

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Dayand Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

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

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 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

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., third left, with National Park Service staff on Florida Everglades tour. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida EcosystemTask Force in Plantation, concerning Florida Everglades restoration

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to view results of a cooperative federal, state, local, private project for hazardous fuels reduction on 900 acres of the Refuge, involving partners ranging from the Fish and Wildlife Service to local volunteer fire departments

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella at right, to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Day and Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands

Groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, Washington, D.C., with, left to right, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, Secretary Gale Norton, Secretary Gale Norton, Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

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

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stop at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

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

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella at right, to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Day and Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to northwest Oregon in wake of President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Dayand Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

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, center, exploring aquatic life during Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kuenzler family worked with federal, county, non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program torestore the wetland on the 154-acre Kuenzler Farm

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to view results of a cooperative federal, state, local, private project for hazardous fuels reduction on 900 acres of the Refuge, involving partners ranging from the Fish and Wildlife Service to local volunteer fire departments

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

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

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

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

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

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Secretary Gale Norton, Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, left to right, among the dignitaries joining the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and related tours of the area, including visit to the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, managed inpart by the University of Montana

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to view results of a cooperative federal, state, local, private project for hazardous fuels reduction on 900 acres of the Refuge, involving partners ranging from the Fish and Wildlife Service to local volunteer fire departments

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, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to work alongside conservation volunteers on a reforestation project and to view results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, and hazardous fuels reduction

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 cooperative projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction. Photo was used in Interior video on Norton era

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stop at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stop at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

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

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Minneosta Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

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

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, center, during tour of the Everglades in Florida. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force, concerning Florida Everglades restoration. Photograph was used in Interior video on the Norton era

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

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

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 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 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 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

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

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 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 Gale Norton's visit to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Officials on hand for visit of Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species and protection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleucaplant

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with Fish and Wildlife Service's John Ann Shearer during visit to restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler and family worked with federal, county, non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to restore the wetland on Kuenzler Farm. Photo was used in video on Norton

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 was selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

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 northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., far left, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, second left, and Secretary Gale Norton, third left, during tour of the Florida Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Everglades restoration. Photograph was used in Interior video on Norton era

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

Secretary Gale Norton speaking to reporters during Earth Day visit to restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Norton presented Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director's Conservation Award to Jutta Kuenzler, who worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners to restore the wetland on the family farm

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

Jutta Kuenzler speaking after receiving Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director's Conservation Award from Secretary Gale Norton during Norton's Earth Day visit to the restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners to restore the wetland on family farm

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

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary Gale Norton's visit to Louisiana to tour the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

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 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

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, 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

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

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

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