Environmental Summit Events

Images of various officials speaking at environmental summits and ceremonies, highlighting initiatives for conservation and restoration in scenic outdoor settings.

Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving Washington, D.C. government, the National Park Service, D.C. citizens groups, and environmental groups
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at dedication ceremony for new facility, at University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center in Davie, Florida, devoted to eradication of invasive species and protection of fragile wetlands ecosystems
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving Washington, D.C. government, the National Park Service, D.C. citizens groups, and environmental groups
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Department of Interior headquarters press briefing, featuring Secretary Gale Norton, on the President's proposed budget for Interior for fiscal year 2007, with discussion of energy, cooperative conservation, Indian trust reform, heritage preservation partnership, and Water 2025 program priorities
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremony at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, marking 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving Washington, D.C. government, the National Park Service, D.C. citizens groups, and environmental groups
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at Devil's Canyon in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored the legislative efforts of former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at Devil's Canyon in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored the legislative efforts of former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis
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Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at Devil's Canyon in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored the legislative efforts of former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving Washington, D.C. government, the National Park Service, D.C. citizens groups, and environmental groups
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at dedication ceremony for new facility, at University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center in Davie, Florida, devoted to eradication of invasive species and protection of fragile wetlands ecosystems
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a new visitor center at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, and announcement of new funding for 49 projects under Round 8 of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Representatives Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, and other federal, state, and National Landscape Conservation Foundation officials
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Secretary Gale Norton at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, making official the approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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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
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Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
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Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Earth Day , Environmental Protection Agency
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Rockville, Md. , May 30, 2012 Sandra Knight, Mitigation Deputy Associate Adminsitrator, speaks at the Dam Safety Awarenss Day ceremony at Lake Needwood Dam.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference during her visit to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Everglades. Norton's Florida trip also featured her participation in meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Florida Everglades restoration
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, making official the approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving Washington, D.C. government, the National Park Service, D.C. citizens groups, and environmental groups
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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
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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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
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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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
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Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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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
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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
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking to reporters about forest management issues during tour of the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. Area, in Coronado National Forest, was affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires
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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
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Press conference, led by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, concerning Fish and Wildlife Service report showing net gain of 191,800 acres of American wetlands between 1998 and 2004, the first net gain in wetlands since 1954
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving Washington, D.C. government, the National Park Service, D.C. citizens groups, and environmental groups
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Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and National Park Service Deputy Director for Support Services Lindi Harvey among the officials on hand
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Secretary Gale Norton at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, making official the approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at event at Oregon Zoo in Portland, highlighting public-private agreement for protection of four at-risk wildlife species on northeast Oregon farm. Partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Threemile Canyon Farms, The Nature Conservancy, and Portland General Electric
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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 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
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Former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis speaking, with Secretary Gale Norton behind to the left, at Bureau of Land Management-hosted renaming ceremony at the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, west of Grand Junction, Colorado. Renaming the 122,300-acre area, designated in 2000 as the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area, honored McInnis' legislative efforts
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Press conference, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, announcing the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, Washington Congressmen Norman Dicks and Brian Baird, West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt, Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, National Park Service's National Capital Parks-East Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, and National Park Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the many dignitaries participating in the event. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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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
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Tree planting ceremony, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance Robert Lamb and other senior officials, honoring the late Sky Lesher, long-time Office of Financial Management Director
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Secretary Gale Norton marking National Wildlife Refuge System centennial by joining National Zoo Director Lucy Spelman and volunteers in preparation of the National Zoo's Bald Eagle Refuge, set to open in summer 2003 as a new home for two rescued bald eagles
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Secretary Gale Norton at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, making official the approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where she announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, environmentally sensitive land acquisition, multi-species habitat conservation, Lake Tahoe restoration projects
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island. Behind Norton are Foundation Executive Director John Berry, left, and actor and Foundation honoree Bruce Willis
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.
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Press conference, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, announcing the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, Washington Congressmen Norman Dicks and Brian Baird, West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt, Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, National Park Service's National Capital Parks-East Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, and National Park Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the many dignitaries participating in the event. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in
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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
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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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
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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
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Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Mackinac Island, Michigan for address on national energy issues to the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel; and for tours of the environs
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking during visit 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 for September 18, 2004