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A grackle perches near the Cacapon River in Wardensville, W.Va., on April 22, 2018. Nearly 80 volunteers helped plant 100 fruit and nut-bearing trees provided by the Cacapon Institute's Carla Hardy West Virginia Project CommuniTree, as well as 50 additional trees and edible shrubs. The trees will provide a riparian buffer between the 100-acre farm and the Cacapon River. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Program, and other partners supported the event. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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A paw paw tree blooms along the Monocacy River in Buckeystown, Md., on May 1, 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Tango dancer Carla Daniela teaches a young audience member at the Dancing in the Park program's Tango Master Class. Photo © Erin Baiano.
Mate preparing lines for fishing striped bass on a charter boat based in Solomons, Md., on April 25, 2014. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan - Host families wave goodbye to teens with the 3rd annual Oshima youth cultural exchange program as they leave for the airport Aug. 6 at the Kishaba Youth Center on Camp Foster. The families hosted 13 teens from the island of Oshima, Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, which was affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The program’s goal is to expand the cultural and educational perspectives of the U.S. and Japanese students involved. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie M. Rostran/Released)
Spotlight Program's Board hosted students for breakfast on the first day of #GSUnited Homecoming 2016.
An old boat sits in the water on Tangier Island in Accomack County, Va., on Sept. 15, 2008. (Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Kate Calvin, NASA’s Chief Scientist, speaks to the Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) cohort, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington, DC. The Earth Science Division’s Early Career Research Program’s Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) is a year-long STEM engagement and experiential learning opportunity for educators and students from high school to graduate level. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Students in the College of DuPage Culinary program’s Cake Decorating Foundations 1174 class created custom gingerbread houses that were donated to Helping Hand Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities.
As part of a continued partnership between University of Iowa Health Care STEM Education programs and Workplace Learning Connection, 10 students from high schools around the area came to the UI Health Science Campus to learn about Child Development. First, the students sat with the Coordinator of Community Outreach and Inquiry Prevention; Manager of Safety and Store/Safe Escape Program. The students learned about injury prevention and career opportunities. Lastly, the high school students learned what is what like to work in a Child Life Program. This program’s staff helps children cope with their medical experiences and feel comfortable in a hospital setting.
University of Iowa Health Care is committed partners with formal and informal educators and community organizations across the state to advance STEM literacy to inspire the next generation of health care professionals and build a foundation for children to understanding their own health. In FY2016, more than 22,000 school age children were engaged in hands on learning provided by 300 faculty, staff and students.
William (Billy) P. Milton, Jr.,Deputy Director, Office of Human Resources Management, Departmental Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture, addresses the Work Force Recruitment Program’s (WRP) "Your Key To Hiring Student Interns and Employees with Disabilities” event hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Jefferson Auditorium, Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
On December 11, UMBC's Department of Information Systems held a special topics poster session featuring students in the Human Centered Computing program's Assistive Technology Class. The projects featured were the result of a collaboration with the Kennedy Krieger Schools and UMBC SUCCESS program. This class, led by IS Faculty Dr. Amy Hurst is part of the UMBC Breaking Ground initiative.
IESCO’s Ms. Aamna Rizwan Assistant Manager HR. Ms. Mussarat Customer Services IESCO and USAID Power Distribution Program’s Gender Strategy lead Ms. Qurat ul Ain on FM 101 talking about the role of DISCOs, effective energy saving habits, and encouraging young women to join the utility sector.
In an effort to align with the USAID Digital Strategy and recognize USAID Missions, Bureaus and partners that are empowering countries in a digital age, USAID launched the 2022 Digital Development Awards (the Digis), the fourth round of these awards. The Digis recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems in order to improve measurable development and humanitarian-assistance outcomes. After receiving nearly 200 applications from USAID Missions around the world, five winners were selected for the 2022 Digital Development Awards, including USAID/Georgia: Economic Security Program, implemented by DAI.
Georgia is transforming from a goods-based economy to one based on knowledge and innovation. However, the country lacks the regulatory framework and capital investment needed to support rapid, responsive, and equitable digitalization. The USAID/Georgia Economic Security Program (ESP) combines small-business support with on-the-job training and skill-based certification. The program includes a number of training and support opportunities, including on-the-job training and skill-based certification, investment opportunities for Georgian startups, and the Grace Hopper ICT Award to highlight the best and brightest in Georgia’s technology industry.
Additionally, the program's ecosystem approach went beyond addressing workforce and skills development by strengthening market linkages for SMEs. Through efforts to bolster the creative sector, the Georgia Economic Security Program also introduced more than 120 Georgian artisans to global e-commerce via Etsy.
Inspired by local wildlife, Tatia and Toma, two artisans that have benefited from the program’s support, create handmade objects and accessories in their craft studio in Tbilisi. With the support of ESP and Etsy staff, they have been able to upgrade their Etsy store by familiarizing themselves with the use of the marketing and sales functionality provided through Etsy. With their increase in sales, Tatia and Toma have been able to purchase new equipment, refine their artistic skills, and grow their business.
They share, “Now we are much more confident in our decisions. Our future development seems more promising to us, and we have already imagined and outlined a plan for our future business development.”
Private sector engagement has helped drive sustainable business growth for SMEs through the development of individually owned and operated e-commerce sites—in addition to e-sites on Etsy for artisans, which were majority female-owned and operated. The program’s ecosystem development approach places market actors and other value chain stakeholders at the center of the change process and invites them to define problems and co-create solutions, resulting in the long-lasting, sustainable application of Georgia’s intellectual capital.
Photo Credit: Beso Gulashvili for USAID
Callery pear trees bloom along a forest edge in Anne Arundel County, Md., on March 27, 2020. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Jaiden Lawrence, 7, visits a rain garden outside his residence in Lancaster, Pa., on May 24, 2018. "He's always in there playing," said Jaiden's mother Kalanea Lawrence, who moved to Mulberry Street about six months ago. Jaiden said he likes to water the plants as well as other flowers growing in the neighborhood. Lancaster has implemented 80 stormwater projects since 2012, including tree plantings, green roofs and permeable pavement to address a combined sewage and stormwater pollution problem that was sending hundreds of millions of gallons a year into the Conestoga River. The city's plan calls for green infrastrucutre to not only treat pollution but make the city more livable and sustainable. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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“Don Quijote”, película de pantalla panorámica en colores basada en la novela de M. Cervantes. Director Grigori Kózinnfsev: [Programa]
[S.l.]: Estudios Lenfilm, 1957; 33 cm.
Perteneciente a la película:
Título original: Don Kikhot
Año: 1957
Dirección: Gregory Kozintsev
País: URSS
Duración: 100 min.
Intérpretes: Nicolai Tcherkassov (Don Quijote, el actor de Alexander Nevski e Iván el Terrible, de Eisenstein), Yuri Tolubuyev (Sancho)
Notas: Blanco y negro.
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Lauren Taneyhill of the Chesapeake Research Consortium holds a blue crab found during a visit by Chesapeake Bay Program staff to Davis Farm in New Kent County, Va., on July 26, 2013. The 1,200 acre farm on the Pamunkey River is owned by Paul Davis, who has welcomed researchers from Virginia Tech, implementing biosolids beginning in 1996 and adopting practices to improve soil and water health, like no-till farming. (Photo by Catherine Krikstan/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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An expert witness's qualifications are called into question by the defense. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications
Finishing work is underway in the middle school program's activities room.
Construction is wrapping up at the Jesse Franklin Taylor Education Center. Des Moines Public Schools' newest facility will house preschool classrooms as well as a new home for the district's middle school alternative program. The building will open for the start of the 2014-15 school year.
I created these postcards using Microsoft Publisher and the images come from that program's clipart file.
American black ducks swim in Bread & Cheese Creek near the Norris Farm Landfill in Dundalk, Md., during the National Audubon Society's 117th annual Christmas Bird Count in Baltimore County, Md., on Dec. 31, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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In scratching out a 64-61 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday evening at the HU Convocation Center, the Hampton University men's basketball team snapped its six-game losing streak.
The Pirates improved to 9-14 overall and 5-5 in the MEAC on the season.
Head coach Edward Joyner Jr. won his 91st career game in the process, becoming the program's all-time winningest Div. I coach – surpassing Steve Merfeld.
Guard Reginald Johnson registered his second straight 20-point game, leading all Pirate scorers with 21 points on 7-for-15 shooting. Guard/forward Dwight Meikle added 16 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.
Guard Deron Powers added 11 points and four assists.
The Pirates shot 44.2 percent (23-for-52) from the floor – thanks in large part to a 14-for-25 effort (56.0 percent) in the second half. Hampton scored 25 points off of 16 UMES turnovers, and Hampton held a 26-22 edge in points in the paint.
A layup from Devin Martin with 2:14 left in the game tied the contest at 58-58, before Johnson answered with 1:11 left by converting an acrobatic 3-point play to put the Pirates up 61-58. Dominique Elliott cut that lead to 61-60 with a jumper with 55 seconds left.
But Meikle put his stamp on the game with 42 seconds left, finding space on the fast break before floating in the air, making it look as if he would finger-roll the ball into the hoop, before slamming the ball home with one hand to give the Pirates a 63-60 lead.
The two teams traded free throws down the stretch, but Martin missed both of his 3-pointers in the closing moments to hand the Pirates the hard-fought win.
The UMES led much of the night, though – particularly in the first half. The Hawks opened the game with six straight – thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from Ryan Andino – before the Pirates cut the lead to 6-5 on a jumper in the paint from junior forward Jervon Pressley.
The Hawks opened the game back up, taking a 22-10 lead at the 8:37 mark after a 3-pointer from Martin. A dunk from Michael Myers and a layup from Devon Walker gave UMES a 29-16 lead with 2:39 left in the half.
But Hampton scored the last seven points of the frame – a jumper and 3-pointer from Meikle and a jumper from Powers – to cut UMES' lead to 29-23 at the break.
That momentum carried into the second half, as the Pirates cut UMES' lead to one on three separate occasions before taking their first lead of the night on a Johnson layup with 15:12 left – putting Hampton up 36-35.
Johnson then hit a trey to put the Pirates up 39-35 at the 13:32 mark.
Johnson added a layup with 13:14 remaining to give the Pirates a 41-37 lead, before UMES went on a 10-1 run to take a 47-42 lead with 10:39 left to play after a dunk from Elliott. Elliott later gave the UMES a 53-48 lead at the 6:29 mark with a free throw.
After a pair of Martin free throws gave the Hawks a 55-50 lead, the Pirates went on a 7-0 spurt, taking a 57-55 lead with 3:13 left to play after a jumper from Powers.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action. Go Pirates!
Governor Martin O'Malley (MD) at the Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2013. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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The Eastern Connecticut State University Baseball Team defeated Salisbury University, 3-2, in game two of the 2022 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series, capturing the program’s fifth NCAA National Championship. (Photo by Jimmy Naprstek/Kodiak Creative)
The Eastern Connecticut State University Baseball Team defeated Salisbury University, 3-2, in game two of the 2022 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Series, capturing the program’s fifth NCAA National Championship. (Photo by Jimmy Naprstek/Kodiak Creative)
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) blooms at Suitland Bog Natural Area in Suitland, Md., on May 17, 2021. The evergreen shrub is commonly seen in the forest understory, where it can reach 20 feet tall, and blooms from May to July. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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James Madison University student, Cadet Lia Curci, from Army ROTC's Cadet Coalition Warfighter Program's Uzbekistan Team 3, rappels down Chimgan Mountain with assistance of Uzbek Cadets during a day of mountain exercises.
Project Clean Stream volunteer Jennifer Dindinger uses a garden rake to remove trash from a drainage ditch near Marydel, Md.
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1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Co. 439 - May, 1933.
Photograph Information: This photograph is from a copy of the original hanging in the ranger station at Oconee State Park in Oconee, S.C. The camp was set up in May of 1933. Inscribed on image:Co. 439 C.C.C. S.C. F1 Mountain Rest, S.C., "Can Do".
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In celebration of AmeriCorps Week, the NSAIE shines a spotlight on the impact of service. It is in this spirit that we share this priceless photograph with you.
What makes this particularly special? Ask the NSAIE AmeriCorps VISTA, Alane Golden and she'll reveal part of signing up for a year of public service was directly due to one of the men pictured here. Who was this person? Her Grandfather, then 19 year-old John William Cantey, one of Roosevelt's original CCC service members.
Look carefully…to the second row from the bottom, toward the second man from the furthest right gentleman in the white coat, and you'll spot Golden's Gradfather, Will Cantey. For this NSAIE VISTA, community service is indeed a family affair!
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AmeriCorps WEEK: May 8-15, 2010.
AmeriCorps Week raises awareness about the program’s impact on the direction of the nation, and shines a spotlight on service to encourage more Americans to volunteer. Over the course of this week, several hundred events are taking place in big and small towns across the country.
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PUBLIC SERVICE: Then (CCC) and Now (AmeriCorps VISTA).
In 1932, when the American public voted President Herbert Hoover out of office, they were searching for an end to the economic chaos and unemployment that had gripped the nation for two years. They turned to a man promising a better life than the one they had known since the beginning of the Great Depression — Franklin D. Roosevelt.
When FDR took office, he immediately commenced a massive revitalization of the nation's economy. In response to the depression that hung over the nation in the early 1930s, President Roosevelt created many programs designed to put Americans back to work. Roosevelt was not interested in the dole. He was was determined, rather, to preserve the pride of American workers in their own ability to earn a living, so he concentrated on creating jobs.
In his first 100 days in office, President Roosevelt approved several measures as part of his "New Deal," including the Emergency Conservation Work Act (ECW), better known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). With that action, he brought together the nation's young men and the land in an effort to save them both. Roosevelt proposed to recruit thousands of unemployed young men, enlist them in a peacetime army, and send them to battle the erosion and destruction of the nation's natural resources. More than any other New Deal agency, the CCC is considered to be an extension of Roosevelt's personal philosophy.
The speed with which the plan moved through proposal, authorization, implementation, and operation was certainly a miracle of cooperation among all the agencies and branches of the federal government. From FDR's inauguration on March 4, 1933, to the induction of the first CCC enrollee, only 37 days had elapsed.
The CCC, also known as Roosevelt's Tree Army, was credited with renewing the nation's decimated forests by planting an estimated three billion trees from 1933 to 1942. This was crucial, especially in states affected by the Dust Bowl, where reforestation was necessary to break the wind, hold water in the soil, and hold the soil in place. So far reaching was the CCC's reforestation program that it was responsible for more than half the reforestation, public and private, accomplish in the nation's history. Now recognized as the single greatest conservation program in America, the CCC served as a catalyst to develop the very tenets of modern conservation. The work of America's young men dramatically changed the future and today we still enjoy a legacy of natural resource treasures that dot the American landscape.
CCC Projects:
- More than 3,470 fire towers erected;
- 97,000 miles of fire roads built;
- 4,235,000 man-days devoted to fighting fires;
- More than 3 billion trees planted;
- 7,153,000 man days expended on protecting the natural habitats of wildlife; 83 camps in 15 Western states assigned 45 projects of that nature;
- 46 camps assigned to work under the direction of the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture Engineering;
- More than 84,400,000 acres of good agricultural land receive manmade drainage systems; American Indian enrollees do much of that work;
- 1,240,000 man-days of emergency work completed during floods of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys;
- Disease and insect control;
- Forest improvement — timber stand inventories, surveying, and reforestation;
- Forest recreation development — campgrounds built, complete with picnic shelters, swimming pools, fireplaces, and restrooms.
In the years since, AmeriCorps members have responded to every federally declared disaster since the program was established in 1994, providing vital relief services and serving as force multipliers who effectively recruit and coordinate thousands of volunteers during disasters. Members coordinate with FEMA, volunteer disaster recovery organizations, such as the American Red Cross, and state and local emergency management teams to help rebuild communities after emergency situations.
Since 2000, AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members have served more than 3.4 million hours on over 1,350 disaster service projects. These full-time members, age 18-24, are housed on five regional campuses which allows for rapid deployment to assist with local needs during disasters. NCCC members are trained in first aid, CPR, firefighting, case management, and asset mapping. Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, more than 108,000 participants in the Corporation's programs – AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America – have contributed over 7.7 million hours in the recovery and rebuilding effort. NCCC members and other service workers are still recruiting and coordinating volunteers to help strengthen communities and lives across the Gulf Coast region.
For more information about AmeriCorps members on the front lines of our nation's disaster response, read the latest “Disaster Response Brief” here: www.serve.gov/stories_detail.asp?tbl_servestories_id=362
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Community service and volunteerism have always been a vital force in American life. Throughout history, our nation has relied on the dedication and action of citizens to tackle our biggest challenges.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy envisioned a national service corps “to help provide urgently needed services in urban and rural poverty areas.” Less than two years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson realized Kennedy's dream by launching the “War on Poverty.” Johnson welcomed the first group of 20 VISTA volunteers saying, “Your pay will be low; the conditions of your labor often will be difficult. But you will have the satisfaction of leading a great national effort and you will have the ultimate reward which comes to those who serve their fellow man.”
VISTA, like Head Start and other lasting antipoverty programs, was created by The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to serve the needs of the poorest Americans.
The first VISTA members started in January 1965, and by the end of the year more than 2,000 members were working in the Appalachian region, California migrant worker camps, and Hartford, Connecticut poor neighborhoods. By 1966, more than 3,600 VISTA members were serving the country. By the end of its first decade, VISTA had helped develop a range of projects around the United States, including block watch clubs, credit unions, agricultural cooperatives, community groups, and small businesses. Many of these entities still thrive today—including some of the first Head Start programs and Job Corps sites. As experience with poverty issues grew, VISTA also recruited lawyers, doctors, and architects to work in underserved areas.
In the 1970s, VISTA merged with Peace Corps and the National Senior Service programs, and the ACTION agency was born. As experience with poverty issues grew, VISTA recruited professionals trained in specific skills. Doctors helped develop new health care facilities, architects helped renovate and build low-income housing, and lawyers encouraged housing and health care reform. In the 1980s, the program placed a strong focus on literacy, substance abuse prevention and treatment, citizen participation, and community self-help.
The 1990s saw a resurgence of national service. In 1990, President George H. Bush developed the Commission on National and Community Service. With the signing of the National Community Service Trust Act in 1993, President William Clinton expanded national service to create AmeriCorps. The programs merged to create AmeriCorps VISTA. Throughout the 1990s, AmeriCorps VISTA continued the long tradition of starting new and innovative programs. VISTA members helped develop low-income housing cooperatives, created programs to help people transition from welfare to work, expanded Individual Development Accounts to help people save money, and provide constructive out-of-school activities for disadvantaged youth.
Throughout the decades, VISTA evolved to respond to local problems and the changing face of poverty. Today, under President Barack Obama, VISTA is larger, stronger, and more vital than it has ever been. Its 6,500 members—who serve at 1,200 projects nationwide—continue to address the root causes of poverty. They are developing new programs, raising funds, helping manage projects, and otherwise building the capacity of nonprofit organizations to become sustainable and of families to break the cycle of poverty. They also are setting the standard for volunteer mobilization and leading the charge to answer President’s Obama's call for every American to become engaged in their community through volunteer service.
In 2010, nearly 650,000 AmeriCorps members have committed more than 700 million hours to addressing real problems in communities – from soaring dropout rates to unemployment and disaster recovery – since 1994. Every federal dollar invested in AmeriCorps programs helps rebuild local economies, build stronger communities, and meet the needs of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Last year alone, AmeriCorps recruited over 2.4 million community volunteers, raised over $183 million in support of local service initiatives, and helped place more than 7,700 people in jobs. Interest in AmeriCorps is at an all time high, with applications to join the program tripling over the past year.
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. For more information, visit NationalService.gov.
How Will You be Remembered?
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National Service Background Information gathered from:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1586.html
The History of AmeriCorps VISTA: www.americorps.gov/about/programs/vista_legacy.asp
AmeriCorps on the Front Lines of Disaster Recovery: www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.as...
AmeriCorps Week Shines Spotlight On Impact of AmeriCorps Service: www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.as...
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The Measles Immunization Catch-Up Program's June 2019 report can be accessed online:
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During the period April 1 to May 30, 2019, 15,796 doses of measles-containing vaccines have been administered by health authorities to kindergarten to Grade 12 students.
Photo by Michael Premo.
Poverty Initiative Poverty Scholars Program Strategic Dialogue, November 2010. Talk with S'bu Zikode.
A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies over the Potomac River at Westmoreland State Park in Westmoreland County, Va., on June 18, 2008. (Photo by Alicia Pimental/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Francis Gray, Tribal Chairman of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, stands for a portrait on the Patuxent River at Jefferson Patterson Park in St. Leonard, Md., on Aug. 21, 2020. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Spotlight Program's Board hosted students for breakfast on the first day of #GSUnited Homecoming 2016.
ISS028-E-017077 (16 July 2011) --- When asked by a reporter if she noticed a difference in the International Space Station on her current visit with the Atlantis STS-135 crew, versus an earlier lengthy visit, NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus mentioned the Cupola's addition, which was not on the station during her earlier stay there. This is one of series of photos showing Magnus, mission specialist for the Space Shuttle Program's final flight, taking advantage of the zero gravity of space and the panoramic view provided by the multi-windowed Cupola.
The 2016 Chesapeake Executive Council meeting is held on Oct. 4, 2016 at the Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce, Virginia. It was announced that Pennsylvania will have $28 million in the next year to combat agricultural pollution, with $12.7 million coming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, $4 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and $11.8 coming mostly from shifts within the Pennsylvania budget. (Photo by Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Crab baskets decorated for the holidays form a Christmas tree in Grasonville, Md., on Dec. 18, 2020. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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An oil slick covers the water of Spa Creek in Annapolis, Md., on March 22, 2012. (Photo by Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Bay grasses grow under a Fish & Wild Service boat
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The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and Latinos and Society Program hosted a joint discussion, "Drivers of Opportunity: How Will Latinos Shape the Future of the American Dream?” on February 21, 2018. Panelists at the event — including Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Jose Corona, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Marie Mora, Nation Waste, Inc.’s Maria Rios, The Workers Lab’s Carmen Rojas, and Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams — discussed how we can secure economic stability and mobility for Latino workers, families, and communities. The event was part of the Economic Opportunities Program’s Working in America series and the Latinos and Society Program’s Latino Economic Advancement series.
Property of the Aspen Institute / Credit: Laurence Genon
Residential development surrounds Rose Valley Park in Fort Washington, Md., on July 21, 2017. The Potomac River is seen in the distance. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support by Southwings)
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S.C. Army National Guard Soldiers and fire department/EMS rescuers with the S.C. Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) program, S.C. Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 (SC-TF1), conduct training-rescue operations during their first, 2018, quarterly rescue-training event Table Rock, Pickens County, Jan. 18, 2018. The three-day training event includes both day and night operations, with focus on land and water-based rescue, along with incorporating a variety of additional challenges for crews and rescuers, such as extraction of survivors from mountain-wooded areas and other “constricted” scenarios. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)
Tadpoles populate a vernal pool in Susquehanna State Park near Havre De Grace, Md., on April 19, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Rich Hines inspects a portion of the roughly two miles of plastic tubing run through the woods at Springboro Tree Farms in Brookston, Indiana as part of the farm’s maple syrup operation. Rich Hines, who owns the farms, has worked with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices on his 33 acres of his forestland in Brookston, Indiana. Hines used the forest for maple syrup production as well as recreation. Hines worked with NRCS through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to implement brush management, trail improvements and a forest management plan. He also utilized the Conservation Stewardship Program’s forest songbird habitat maintenance, forest stand improvement and tree planting enhancements. (NRCS photo by Brandon O’Connor)