Wildfire Management Inspections

A group of officials engaged in discussions and inspections focused on wildfire reduction projects in a national recreation area. The environment is arid with sparse vegetation.

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
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 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 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 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 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 and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor
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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 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 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 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 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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National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, foreground center, with President George Bush and Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery volunteer coordinator Ralph Waycott behind, second left to right, during visit to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance
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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 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 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 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 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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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearances, from left to right, by President George Bush, Secretary Gale Norton, behind Bush, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, AreaSuperintendent Woody Smeck, Area volunteers Ralph Waycott, Melvin Caradine
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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 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 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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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearances, from left to right, by President George Bush, Secretary Gale Norton, behind Bush, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, AreaSuperintendent Woody Smeck, Area volunteers Ralph Waycott, Melvin Caradine
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he joined National Interagency Fire Center and Bureau of Land Management personnel at a media briefing on summer's wildfire control efforts
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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 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 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 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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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Forest Service firefighting personnel in the Lake Tahoe area during visit to Nevada 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 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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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearance by President George Bush, at podium
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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 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 and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Forest Service firefighting personnel in the Lake Tahoe area during visit to Nevada 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 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 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 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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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 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 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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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
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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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President George Bush, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck, left to right, during Presidential visit to the Recreation Area in Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance
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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
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Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton and staff for tours, discussions with National Park Service personnel, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, where they toured, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and observed educational activities for schoolchildren
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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
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Ralph Waycott, far left, volunteer coordinator for the Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery, with President George Bush, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck, left to right, during Presidential visit to the Recreation Area, ThousandOaks, California. Visit highlighted federal commitment to Park system maintenance
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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 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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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearances by President George Bush, Secretary Gale Norton, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, and Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck, far left to right
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho for aerial touring, and stop in Owyhee County for meetings and tours with Shoshone Paiute Tribal leaders and Bureau of Land Management staff
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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 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, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, where they toured, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and observed educational activities for schoolchildren
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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearance by President George Bush, at podium
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction
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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearances by President George Bush, Secretary Gale Norton, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck, Area volunteers Ralph Waycott and Melvin Caradine, left to right
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Secretary Gale Norton, far left, greeting attendees at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony for the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. The 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, was renamed for former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis
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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 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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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
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties
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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Forest Service tour during his visit to Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum
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National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, foreground center, with President George Bush and Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery volunteer coordinator Ralph Waycott behind, second left to right, during visit to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance
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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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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor
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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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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 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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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearance by President George Bush, at podium
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President George Bush, left, with Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck during visit to the Recreation Area in Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance
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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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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 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 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
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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 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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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
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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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Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearances by President George Bush, left, and Secretary Gale Norton
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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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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
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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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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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Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring with Fish and Wildlife Service staff during Minnesota visit
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff
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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
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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 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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Secretary Gale Norton, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, and President George Bush, left to right, on tour of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance
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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