Aerial photography; Buildings, facilities and structures; Education; Rivers and streams; Training;
Aerial view of the National Conservation Training Center, showing the facility buildings and roads, the Potomac River with low clouds and surrounding woodlands. For more information about the Training Center visit http://training.fws.gov .
Aerial of the National Conservation Training Center campus with the Potomac River and Dam Number Four in view and with the western Maryland contryside in the distance.
Rivers and streams; Snorkeling; Underwater photography; Videography; Employees (USFWS);
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Videographer Ryan Hagerty uses specially designed equipment to obtain underwater footage of the Potomac River near Shepherd's Island.
These two native specimens were pulled from the Potomac River during a survey near Shepherd's Island, MD. Of the two, the mollusk on the left - a Brook Floater, is considered a "species of concern".
Part of the "Conservationist in Action" Series featuring Sandy Burk, a marine biologist, educator, and author. Hosted by Dr. MarK Madison, Historian at NCTC. Aired in 2007.
Dr. Leskey, a stink bug research entomologist from the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Appalachian Fruit Research Station in nearby Kearneysville, West Virginia, focuses her talks chiefly on the impacts to agriculture.