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Participants spoke about the future of environmental and energy policy, particularly as it related to clean water. Among the topics they addressed were the use and re-use of fresh water, dem…

David Hayes delivered the keynote address at the launch of a Water Resources Group new report, Charting Our Water Future. He talked about the significant water challenge in the U.S., and t…

Witnesses testified about the implementation of the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act and use and development activities on public lands. They also talked about environmental policy, …

At an event titled, “Conference on Do Hurricane Disasters Demonstrate Need for Environmental Laws?” held at the University of Maryland School of Law, Former Secretary Babbit spoke about envi…

Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior during the Clinton Administration, talked about his book, Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America, published by Is…

In the final ceremony of his administration, President Clinton established several new national monuments. Mr. Ambrose and Secretary Babbit then spoke about President Clinton’s environmental…

Secretary Babbitt said goodbye to Interior Department employees after eight years overseeing the nation’s national parks and land management. His accomplishments were described by several de…

After President Bill Clinton signed a bill aimed at restoring the Florida Everglades, dignitaries who had witnessed the signing talked with reporters and answered questions. Governor Jeb Bus…

At the Whitehouse, A group of congressional members meets with President Clinton about the Natural resources Bill.

Secretary Bruce Babbit briefed reporters about an Interior Department report on the cause of the wildfires around Los Alamos New Mexico that started as a controlled burn set by the U.S. Fore…

Secretary Babbit and other officials spoke to reporters about the proposed Interior Department budget. Among the components of the budget were increased funding for land acquisition and pres…

President Clinton announced that the American Bald Eagle was removed from the endangered species list and called on Congress to approve an initiative that would help protect wildlife habitat…

Secretary Bruce Babbit and George Frampton talked about the environmental initiative that purchased lands for national parks and battlefields as part of a land conservation effort. After the…

Secretary Babbitt and others discussed the needed restoration of Yosemite National Park. They focused on the increased traffic problems in the park and suggested reservations or a shuttle bu…

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt spoke to the Commonwealth Club of California about strategies for fighting forest fires. He talked about the impact of fires on the natural ecological balanc…

Interior Secretary Babbitt and other agency officials talked to reporters about the 1999 Interior Budget Proposal.

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt discussed current environmental policy issues and the President Bill Clinton administration’s stance on environmental policy, especially the issue of global …

President Clinton and Vice President Gore participated in a presidential forum on the environment. Environmentalists and local activists concerned about the pollution of Lake Tahoe also took…

Mrs. Clinton and Secretary Babbitt swore in Mr. Stanton as the new Director of the National Park Service. Secretary Babbitt said Director Stanton was one of the most enthusiastic members of …

Committee members heard testimony from several administration officials and others concerning the president’s American Heritage Rivers project designed to protect designated areas from devel…