This publication is designed to introduce visitors to the plants and animals that can be found at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Plants, mammal, birds, amphibians and reptiles, various...
At least 34 animals federally listed as endangered or threatened play a role in pollination. Currently, 713 species of fl owering plants are federally listed as endangered or threatened. While we do not fully understand their pollinator...
Reed Coleman oral history interview as conducted by Mark Madison and Steve Laubach. Reed mainly talks about the Leopold Memorial Reserve, how it got started, who helped start it and various aspects of the Reserve.
The California Coastal Conservancy was awarded $1 million to help restore 438 acres of leveed grazing lands to a mosaic of open water, tidal channels, intertidal marsh, riparian woodland, and uplands. This project is part a larger effort being...
Market hunting – mass hunting of game birds for the dinner table and restaurant trade – pushed several species of waterfowl to the brink of extinction during the late 1800's and early 1900's, and led to a general decline in America’s bird...
The Taylor's checkerspot was once found throughout grasslands in the Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, and south Vancouver Island. The historic range and abundance of the Taylor's checkerspot is not precisely known because exhaustive searches did not...
Golden paintbrush is a perennial herb in the figwort or snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae). It often has from 5-to-15 unbranched stems. The stems may be erect or spreading, in the latter case giving the appearance of being several plants,...
Golden paintbrush is a perennial herb in the figwort or snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae). It often has from 5-to-15 unbranched stems. The stems may be erect or spreading, in the latter case giving the appearance of being several plants,...
Golden paintbrush is a perennial herb in the figwort or snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae). It often has from 5-to-15 unbranched stems. The stems may be erect or spreading, in the latter case giving the appearance of being several plants,...
Golden paintbrush is a perennial herb in the figwort or snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae). It often has from 5-to-15 unbranched stems. The stems may be erect or spreading, in the latter case giving the appearance of being several plants,...
FWS Employees (USFWS); Endangered species species;Birds; Raptors; Monomoy NWR; Maine; National Wildlife Refuge
FWS personnel with falcon "hacker." The decline of the Peregrine Falcon coincided with the introduction of the pesticide DDT in 1947. Birds of prey at the top of the food chain, such as falcons, ingested relatively high levels of the...
Before it's Too Late: Restoring the Atlantic Coast's Piping Plover. A 16 minute documentary. A presentation of the USFWS in cooperation with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
An interview with Dr. Stephen Kress, Vice President of bird conservation, National Audubon Society, as part of the "Conservationists in Action Series" hosted by Dr. Mark Madison, Historian, NCTC in 2003.
