Endangered species; Habitat conservation; Human impacts; Wildlife management;
This is a fact sheet describing safe harbor agreements with assurances for private landowners. It explains the purpose of the agreements and the process a landowner must follow in order to enter and maintain such an agreement.
This is a fact sheet describing the sonoram pronghorn. It briefly explains the history of the animal, as well as the cause and continuing solution to its population crisis. Information on collaboration between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and...
This is a report on the results of the National Wetland Inventory survey of Maine. It includes explaination of methodology and graphs of wetland information by county.
Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges;
The Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, was established in 1974 and protects a diverse community of animals and plants, many of which are either threatened or endangered. This island refuge was once the site of the former United States Army Fort...
A juvenile black-crowned night heron standing on tree limb. At sunset, when most herons are flying toward their roosting places, the black-crowned herons are leaving the trees where they have spent the day scattering over the marshes to feed. By...
May, 1993 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was started in 1993, when several concern citizens decided that education was the key to protecting habitat important to migrating shorebirds. When a proposal to back-fill Mariner Park Lagoon for an RV...
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was started in 1993, when several concern citizens decided that education was the key to protecting habitat important to migrating shorebirds. When a proposal to back-fill Mariner Park Lagoon for an RV Park, was...
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was started in 1993, when several concern citizens decided that education was the key to protecting habitat important to migrating shorebirds. When a proposal to back-fill Mariner Park Lagoon for an RV Park, was...
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was started in 1993, when several concern citizens decided that education was the key to protecting habitat important to migrating shorebirds. When a proposal to back-fill Mariner Park Lagoon for an RV Park, was...
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...
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.
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 is a 30-second mp3 audio clip of a whale "blowing." What do we mean when we say a whale "blows?" While a whale is holding its breath, air is compressed in its chest. Upon reaching the surface, the air is exhaled through the...
Steve is the Special Assistant to the Director at the National Conversation Training Center. He talks about the history of the NCTC Eagles, the current eaglet in the nest and the NCTC Eagle Cam. Listen to Steve give the story of the NCTC Eagles.
