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...
Arroyo Toad in hands to demonstrate size. This small, buff colored toad has a soft, high whistled trill that is often mistaken for the call of an insect. It was listed as endangered in 1994.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
Biologists find other aquatic creatures while tagging steelhead in Eagle Creek. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish.
Safeguarding Wildlife from Climate Change - NWF/NCTC Webinar Series. Presented by Dr. Erik Beever, Research Ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center. May 16, 2012.
Conservation Science Webinar Series - Presented by Caroline M. Williams, University of Florida, and Jessica J. Hellmann, University of Notre Dame. July 10, 2012.