Natural resources conservation areas

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat as he, Margaret Truman (left) and unidentified others take in the view on an observation platform at Dry Falls Overlook, near the Grand Coulee Dam, a stop on Truman's trip to the West Coast. This is from a series of photographs of President Truman's western trip.

The switchyard of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, Tennessee, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River.

Norris Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority's water control project on the Clinch River in northeast Tennessee. It was completed in 1936 and is 265 feet high and 1,860 feet long. It helps control seasonal floods, aids navigation on the Tennessee and lower Mississippi Rivers in months of low flow and provides for the incidental production of electric power.

Conservationists, politicians, and others meet with President Lyndon B. Johnson to discuss the California Redwood trees. Seated, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; President Johnson; Chief Justice Earl Warren; and Senator Clinton P. Anderson. Second row: Congressman Wayne Aspinall (third from left); Melville B. Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society (fifth from left); Congressman Don Clausen (third from right); and Oscar Chapman (right). Third row: George Hartzog, Director, National Park Service (right); and Stanley A.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (seated, fourth from left) meets with politicians and conservationists to discuss the California Redwood trees. Seated: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall (third from left); Chief Justice Earl Warren (third from right); and Senator Clinton P. Anderson (second from right). Second row: Oscar Chapman (second from right); Congressman Don Clausen (fourth from right); Melville B. Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society (fifth from right); and Congressman Wayne Aspinall (fourth from left).

Governor Maurice J. Tobin, Massachusetts, shown testifying before the House Committee on Agriculture. Tobin seeks to have the Parker River, Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge abolished and seeks to restore 400 families to their farmlands. From: Beth Gore