Just offshore of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility is habitat for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal and threatened green sea turtles.
Hoopa elder and veteran of the Korean War, Billy Carpenter, blesses the Bald Hill construction site with a traditional tribal prayer. Also pictured are Tribal Chairman Lyle Marshall and Brig. Gen. Kevin G. Ellsworth. Photo by Spc. Joe Samudio.
Fallon - Navy SEALS secure a landing zone as part of a downed pilot training scenario at Fallon Range.
The country's largest documented population of the regal fritillary butterfly is protected at Fort Indiantown Gap, Penn. Photo by Courtesy Pennsylvania Army National Guard.