California
News.bytes Extra - Issue 175
Photos from Assistant Secretary Rebecca Watson's visit to Northern California, September 2004
Above: CalPine engineer Kevin Grey explains the control room functions in the Sonoma 1 power plant to Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson during her visit on Wednesday, Sept. 15.
Below: Speaking over the noise of pumping equipment, CalPine engineer Kevin Grey explains how steam is pumped from the Geysers steam field into the turbines at the Sonoma 1 plant.
Below: Kevin Grey of CalPine explains the components of a steam turbine to Assistant Secretary Watson. CalPine's Charlene Wardlow listens.
Below: Jerry Wheeless, right, fuels specialist for the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office explains details of the Stones-Bengard hazardous fuels treatment project to Assistant Interior Secretary Watson, left.
Above: Assistant Secretary Watson leads a pack of mountain bikers away from the Susanville Railroad Depot Visitor Center. She visited the center, which is at the east end of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, on Friday, Sept. 17. Following the assistant secretary are, from left, Tony Danna, BLM-California deputy state director for resources; Don Holmstrom, assistant Eagle Lake Field Office manager; Stan Bales, Eagle Lake Field Office outdoor recreation planner; Leroy Mohorich, chief of the BLM-California branch of energy and minerals; and Dayne Barron, Eagle Lake Field Office manager.
Below: Assistant Interior Secretary Watson pedals a mountain bike along a section of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail near Susanville.
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