WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION

EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson addresses a group after presenting St. Louis mayor Francis Slay with a check for $100 thousand to help St. Louis reduce childhood lead poisoning in St. Louis on August 29, 2005. Johnson is in St. Louis participating in a three day meeting with four other cabinet members, discussing protecting public lands and conserving the environment. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)