The following is a time line of significant events that have affected the land and ownership of the property now comprising the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), with an emphasis on the period from early European settlement until...
Oral history interview with Tom Reed as interviewed by Dave Hall. Also present are "Cigar" Daisey and a few unidentified others. This conversation is being video as well as audio recorded.
Marine ecology; Climate change; Climate effects; Podcast; Public Lecture;
Randy Olson was a professor of marine biology at the University of New Hampshire. Despite his Harvard Ph.D., four years of post-doctoral research in Australia and Florida, and years of diving around the world from the Great Barrier Reef to...
Abstract: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus, hereafter manatee), inhabiting Puerto Rico’s coastal waters, is a subspecies of the endangered West Indian manatee (Federal Register, July 22, 1985. Vol. 50(140):29900-29909). Habitat...
Military; Biography; Employees (USFWS); History; Work of the Service; Fishes; Research; Mammals; Supervision; Biologists (USFWS);
Dan Stinnett oral history transcript as conducted by Dorothe Norton. Dan Stinnett worked out of the Ecological Services office in Tulsa, Oklahoma and out of the Region 3 - Midwest office in Minnesota not only as an ecosystem biologist but as a...
Military; Biography; History; Employees (USFWS); Youth; Recreation; Management; Hiking; Wilderness; Work of the Service; Wildlife refuges; Public access; Planning;
John Kurtz oral history transcript as conducted by Norman Olson. John Kurtz also spent time in the Phoenix Area Office in charge of refuges in Arizona and New Mexico. He also worked as supervisor for the northern refuges in Alaska.
Military; International conservation; Biography; History; Waterfowl; Legislation; Game management; Management;
Gary Myers oral history transcript as conducted by Mark Madison. Gary Myers started working as a biologist in the Game and Fish Department in Colorado before moving on to the Colorado Division of Wildlife as assistant director and eventually...
Jack Fillio oral history transcript as conducted by Dorothe Norton. Jack Fillio also worked at Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey before it combined with Barnegat to form the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
This is a report on wetlands growth in the conterminous United States between 1998-2004. It offers information on growth only; wetland quality is not explored in this report.
The Shorebird Sister Schools Program presents an activity that explores the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon
Gulf Oil Spill on coastal birds and the work of many dedicated professionals helping in species recovery, with a
focus on career...
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...
This report on the National Wildlife Refuge System is the culmination
of a year-long process involving teams of Service employees who
examined the System within the framework of Wildlife and Habitat,
People, and Leadership. The report was the focus...
North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) panel discussion conducted by John Cornely. The panel includes Dave Sharp, Dick Dyer, and Ray Whittemore.
Rangelands; Water management; Management; Employees (USFWS); Biography; Energy
Robert C. Fields oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Along with working at the locations listed, Robert served in Portland as Refuge Supervisor over California and Nevada. He has also worked on the Garrison Diversion Project, the...
