Aquatic animals; Aquatic environments; Environmental education; Fisheries management; Fishes; Fish hatcheries; Habitat conservation; Podcast; Public Lecture;
Phil Pister retired in February 1990 following 38 years as a fishery biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. He studied wildlife conservation and zoology under A. Starker Leopold at the University of California (Berkeley) and...
Mark Madison speaks with Peter at the Sc3 at the NCTC in Shepherdstown, WV. For the past 23 years, Peter Essick has worked as a freelance photojournalist. His main client has been National Geographic magazine, and he has produced more than 30...
Environmental education; Environments (Natural); Children; Podcast; Public Lecture;
John Francis was in his twenties when a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay jarred his comfortable life. Even as he joined the volunteers who scrubbed the beaches and fought to save birds and sea creatures poisoned by petroleum, he felt the need to...
Bigfoot is a legendary (some claim “imaginary”) ape-like human who has been reportedly sighted from California to Indiana. Battson will give a presentation on the facts and fictions of Bigfoot including analysis of recordings of Bigfoot and...
Biological control; Biologists (USFWS); Diseases; Environmental education; Farms and farming; Podcast; Public Lecture;
In 1941 the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of diethylstilbestrol (DES), the first synthetic chemical to be marketed as an estrogen and one of the first to be identified as a hormone disruptor—a chemical that mimics hormones. Its...
Finis Dunaway, Professor Trent University, Canada, speaks with FWS Historian Mark Madison about the Sc3 held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.
Birds of prey; Birds; Birdwatching; Podcast; Eagle Cam;
Jay Slack, Director, National Conservation Training Center and Steve Chase, Chief, Division of Education Outreach, talk about the history of the NCTC eagle cam.
Environmental education; Mammals; Management; Proposed Threatened; Podcast; Public Lecture;
When Bill Weber and Amy Vedder arrived in Rwanda to study mountain gorillas with Dian Fossey, the gorilla population was teetering toward extinction. Poaching was rampant, but it was loss of habitat that most endangered the gorillas. Weber and...
Over the past twenty-five years Gary Ferguson has written for a wide variety of publications, from Vanity Fair to The Los Angeles Times. He’s also author of 18 books on science and nature, including the award-winning Hawks Rest, published by...
Education; Environmental education; Podcast; Public Lecture;
William Souder’s work has appeared in many publications, including the Washington Post, New York Times, and Harper’s. He is the author of three books. A Plague of Frogs (2000) followed the investigation into outbreaks of deformed frogs across...
Chuck Dunkerly is a Producer and Director for the National Park Service at the Harpers Ferry Center. He has delivered scores of award winning films for National Parks, on topics as diverse as on the Olympic National Park, Homesteading, Voting...
Jonathan Van Ballenberghe is the filmmaker for "In the Company of Moose." This film chronicles Biologist Vic Van Ballenberghe who has spent more time living with wild moose in Denali National Park, Alaska than any other researcher in the...
In 1869, John Wesley Powell led a small party down the Green and Colorado Rivers in a bold attempt to explore the Grand Canyon for the first time. After their monumental expedition, they told of raging rapids, constant danger, and breathtaking...
McCarthy's pioneering work utilized historic photos and contemporary excursions to chronicle the significant changes occurring over the last hundred years in arctic landscapes. Forrest McCarthy has been a wilderness advocate and back country skier...
Birds; Birds of prey; Birdwatching; Podcast; Eagle Cam;
Mark Madison talks with Jay Slack, Director, National Conservation Training Center and Steve Chase, Cheif, Division of Education Outreach, about the events that have occured with the NCTC eagles in 2011.
Birds; Birds of prey; Birdwatching; Podcast; Eagle Cam;
Jay Slack, Director, National Conservation Training Center and Steve Chase, Chief, Division of Education Outreach, talk about the future of the NCTC eagles and eagle cam.
Education; Education outreach; Energy; Children; Podcast; Public Lecture;
Juan Martinez is Director, Natural Leaders Network within the Children & Nature Network. A proud product of south central Los Angeles, Juan D. Martinez is the national Natural Leaders Network coordinator for the Children & Nature Network....
