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- National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) campus
- Aerial photography; Buildings, facilities and structures; Education; Environmental education;
- Aerial view of the NCTC campus. NCTC offers a unique and diverse range of conservation training courses, designed by and for the conservation professional. Topics range from coldwater fish culture to habitat conservation planning, from...
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- Auditorium at NCTC
- National Conservation Training Center; West Virginia; U.S. Fishes and Wildlife Service
- Lots of things happen at the National Conservation Training Center! When you visit NCTC, you’ll have the chance to attend an evening lecture in our auditorium by a noted conservationist ... attend special conservation-themed workshops and...
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- National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) campus
- Aerial photography; Buildings, facilities and structures; Education; Environmental education;
- Aerial view of NCTC. NCTC offers a unique and diverse range of conservation training courses, designed by and for the conservation professional.
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- NCTC Eagle
- Birds; Birds of prey; Raptors;
- One of two, nesting bald eagles that have taken up residence at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.
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- NCTC Eagle
- Birds; Birds of prey; Raptors;
- One of two, nesting bald eagles that have taken up residence at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.
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- Two students in Biotelemetry class
- Education; Employees (USFWS); Equipment; Game management; Personnel; Remote sensing; Training; Wildlife management;
- Students in Biotelemetry class at NCTC learning to use the equipment. For more information about training at NCTC visit http://training.fws.gov.
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- Conservation in Action Summit at National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)
- Education; Training; Education outreach; Wildlife management;
- Audience view in the NCTC auditorium of the Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton speakiing at the podium with large projection image of her on screen behind, and other speakers seated on stage during the Conservation in Action Summit meeting held...
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- Conservation In Action Summit welcome at theNational Conservation Training Center (NCTC)
- Education outreach; Training;
- People entering the Main Entry building of the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) to attend the Conservation In Action Summit.
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- Child unconvers earthworm
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Flowering plants; Plants;
- A child shows others the worm she found while helping plant the pollinator garden at NCTC.
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- Plants for Pollinator Garden
- Plants; Vehicles;
- Plants and flowers in pots ready to be transplanted into the pollinator garden at NCTC.
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- Discovering the pollinator garden
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Flowering plants; Employees (USFWS); Environmental education; Logo; Uniforms;
- A U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee talks to a group of children about the different kinds of flowers and plants in the pollinator garden at NCTC.
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- Learning to garden
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Flowering plants;
- A young girl uses a trowel to dig a hole for plants in the pollinator garden at NCTC.
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- Look what I found!
- Children; Connecting people with nature; Youth; Flowering plants; Plants;
- A child shows others the worm she found while helping plant the pollinator garden at NCTC.
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- Conservation Library
- Buildings, facilities and structures;
- A view of seating options and bookshelves at the Conservation Library at NCTC.
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- Fawn in the snow at NCTC
- Mammals; Wildlife viewing; Photography;
- white-tailed fawn (Odocoileus virginianus) at the National Conservation Training Center
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- Classroom at the National Conservation Training Center
- Education;
- The NCTC classrooms range in size from 24 to 70 students, complemented by breakout rooms and high quality audio-visual systems.
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- Bird tagging
- Bird banding; Birds;
- NCTC Deputy Director Jim Willis, handles a Royal Tern while participating in a bird banding/survey event conducted on New Dump Island located in the Core Sound just off the town of Atlantic N.C.
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- Pelican banding
- Bird banding; Birds; Connecting people with nature; Employees (USFWS); Marine birds; Shorebirds; Surveying;
- NCTC Deputy Director Jim Willis, handles a young brown pelican while participating in a bird banding/survey event conducted on New Dump Island - a manmade island located in Core Sound just off the town of Atlantic N.C.
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- Red-Winged Black Bird (female)
- Birds; Migratory birds; Perching birds;
- The Red-winged Blackbird is found throughout the most of the US. During summer they can be found near wetlands, marshes and rivers. For more information about this species visit http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4980id.html
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- Common Tern with Fish
- Birds; Migratory birds; Marine birds;
- The common tern is slightly larger and longer-legged than the Arctic Tern and has shorter wings. It has a red bill that is tipped with black. For more information about this species visit http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i0700id.html. ...
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