National Conservation Training Center

All Not Quiet on the Western Front

Land managers at the National Conservation Training Center, assisted by staff, contractors, and the Citizen's Conservation Corps of West Virginia, have been quite active this past year on the 538-acre campus.
NCTC Aerial // Photo Credit: USFWS

NCTC Recycling Drops Between 2007 and 2008

Recycling of solid materials and hazardous waste dropped by nearly 30,000 pounds at the National Conservation Training Center between 2007 and 2008, but the training center's diversion of waste from the landfill already exceeds its parent agency's goals by more than 10 percent.
Univerasal Recycle Symbol

Bald Eagles Back At It At NCTC

Shepherdstown's only pair of nesting American bald eagles are hard at work this month, preparing for their eighth season of new life on the campus of the National Conservation Training Center.
A tree climber has just installed a new camera at NCTC // Photo Credit: USFWS

Good Hunting ... Still Plenty of Deer

NCTC's deer management program for fall 2009 harvested 38 white-tailed deer from the 538-acre training campus ...
Deer // Photo Credit: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

Information on NCTC Courses Becomes Easier

NCTC's deer management program for fall 2009 harvested 38 white-tailed deer from the 538-acre training campus ...
Course Search Screen Snapshot // Photo Credit: USFWS

NCTC Event Gets a "Green Jump" by Going Paperless

NCTC's upcoming global climate change event in February, "Resource Management Implications of Global Climate Change," represents another "green" step by the Shepherdstown training facility, by becoming the first program to go paperless.
Student Conservation Association intern Rachel Fovargue displays one of the jump drives // Photo Credit: Jenny Peterson/USFWS

NCTC to Host Climate Change Event

Seventy-five Fish and Wildlife Service biologists and managers will convene at NCTC in February for a comprehensive examination of the effects of global climate change on wildlife and conservation of natural resources.
Alaska Portage Glacier // Photo Credit: USFWS
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