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Colby Slezak and the American Woodcock

Wildlife Management

NCTC Deer Management Hunt 2024

Wild Read book club poster featuring An Immense World by Ed Yong

America's Wild Read: Discussion Questions for An Immense World

Spring Wild Read Poster

Discussion Questions for The Nature of Oaks

firefighter viewing blaze of fire.

Land Management

Prescribed Fire to Improve Wildlife Habitat

Monarch butterflies in a golden field of nodding bur-marigold at Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge.

FWS Scholar Kelly Nail

Migratory Species

Three Eggs in the NCTC Nest!

Poster for Winter 2024's Wild Read, Tenacious Beasts by Christopher J. Preston. Graphics: John Embrey/USFWS.

Discussion Questions for Tenacious Beasts

A picture demonstrating the incredible filtration capacity of freshwater mussels by using two tanks. After only 30 minutes, the aquarium with freshwater mussels contains crystal clear water while the one without mussels is still very cloudy and turbid.

Endangered Species Act

Ripples of Hope

Poster for America’s Wild Read Fall 2023

Discussion Questions for The Bald Eagle

Various species of freshwater mussels from the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania

Endangered Species Act

Preserving Our Underwater Animal Heroes

White-tailed buck feeds in thicket

Wildlife Management

NCTC Deer Management Hunt 2023

Poster for America’s Wild Read Summer 2023 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Stronghold. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS

Discussion Questions for Stronghold

Employee photographing wildlife from vehicle

FWS Behind the Lens Sandra Uecker

Taking in the scenery at a Partners for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration training held in Montana Photo credit: Jeffrey Drummond/USFWS

FWS Scholar Matthew Hodges

Young Bald Eagle Gets the Zoomies!

Laurel Smith, smiling in uniform, at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii. Photo Credit: Angela Iwai-Pineda

FWS Behind the Lens Laurel Smith

Jake Bonello is the assistant refuge manager at Julia Butler Hansen Refuge. In this photo he is holding a female hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus). Photo Credit: Tyler Dolin

FWS Behind the Lens Jake Bonello

Poster for America’s Wild Read Spring 2023 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS

Discussion Questions for Refuge

First Eaglet Hatched at NCTC for 2023!

Sara Vacek, FWS Scholar and wildlife biologist at Morris Wetland Management District in Minnesota. Photo Credit: Melissa Ahlering

FWS Scholar Sara Vacek

Wildlife Management

2023 NCTC Prescribed Burn

Migratory Species

2023 NCTC Eagle Update

Eric Dunton is a wildlife biologist at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan and the USFWS Library’s latest FWS scholar.

Habitat Restoration

FWS Scholar Eric Dunton

History and Culture

Traditional Eníkahkʷak (spear) on Display at the NCTC Museum

Poster for America’s Wild Read Fall 2022 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Immersion. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS

Discussion Questions for Immersion

totem pole displayed in front of wood carved steps

The Sacred Sites Totem Pole

Scott Covington holding a fresh caught fish in his hands while out fishing.

Climate Change with Scott Covington

NCTC Deer Hunt 2022

Hunters as Conservationists

firefighter walking in front of flames during a prescribed burn

NCTC Prescribed Burn

Thoughts from home icon

NCTC's New Podcast Channel: Thoughts from Home

stone wall engraved with National Conservation Training Center, USFWS with multiple yellow flowers

Land Management

NCTC Campus Updates

National Conservation Training Center Renovates Museum

Colby Slezak and the American Woodcock

Wildlife Management

NCTC Deer Management Hunt 2024

Wild Read book club poster featuring An Immense World by Ed Yong

America's Wild Read: Discussion Questions for An Immense World

Spring Wild Read Poster

Discussion Questions for The Nature of Oaks

firefighter viewing blaze of fire.

Land Management

Prescribed Fire to Improve Wildlife Habitat

Monarch butterflies in a golden field of nodding bur-marigold at Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge.

FWS Scholar Kelly Nail

Migratory Species

Three Eggs in the NCTC Nest!

Poster for Winter 2024's Wild Read, Tenacious Beasts by Christopher J. Preston. Graphics: John Embrey/USFWS.

Discussion Questions for Tenacious Beasts

A picture demonstrating the incredible filtration capacity of freshwater mussels by using two tanks. After only 30 minutes, the aquarium with freshwater mussels contains crystal clear water while the one without mussels is still very cloudy and turbid.

Endangered Species Act

Ripples of Hope

Poster for America’s Wild Read Fall 2023

Discussion Questions for The Bald Eagle

Various species of freshwater mussels from the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania

Endangered Species Act

Preserving Our Underwater Animal Heroes

White-tailed buck feeds in thicket

Wildlife Management

NCTC Deer Management Hunt 2023

Poster for America’s Wild Read Summer 2023 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Stronghold. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS

Discussion Questions for Stronghold

Employee photographing wildlife from vehicle

FWS Behind the Lens Sandra Uecker

Taking in the scenery at a Partners for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration training held in Montana Photo credit: Jeffrey Drummond/USFWS

FWS Scholar Matthew Hodges

Young Bald Eagle Gets the Zoomies!

Laurel Smith, smiling in uniform, at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii. Photo Credit: Angela Iwai-Pineda

FWS Behind the Lens Laurel Smith

Jake Bonello is the assistant refuge manager at Julia Butler Hansen Refuge. In this photo he is holding a female hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus). Photo Credit: Tyler Dolin

FWS Behind the Lens Jake Bonello

Poster for America’s Wild Read Spring 2023 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS

Discussion Questions for Refuge

First Eaglet Hatched at NCTC for 2023!

Sara Vacek, FWS Scholar and wildlife biologist at Morris Wetland Management District in Minnesota. Photo Credit: Melissa Ahlering

FWS Scholar Sara Vacek

Wildlife Management

2023 NCTC Prescribed Burn

Migratory Species

2023 NCTC Eagle Update

Eric Dunton is a wildlife biologist at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan and the USFWS Library’s latest FWS scholar.

Habitat Restoration

FWS Scholar Eric Dunton

History and Culture

Traditional Eníkahkʷak (spear) on Display at the NCTC Museum

Poster for America’s Wild Read Fall 2022 with head and shoulders image of author and image of book cover for Immersion. Graphics: Richard DeVries/USFWS

Discussion Questions for Immersion

totem pole displayed in front of wood carved steps

The Sacred Sites Totem Pole

Scott Covington holding a fresh caught fish in his hands while out fishing.

Climate Change with Scott Covington

NCTC Deer Hunt 2022

Hunters as Conservationists

firefighter walking in front of flames during a prescribed burn

NCTC Prescribed Burn

Thoughts from home icon

NCTC's New Podcast Channel: Thoughts from Home

stone wall engraved with National Conservation Training Center, USFWS with multiple yellow flowers

Land Management

NCTC Campus Updates

National Conservation Training Center Renovates Museum