April 21, 2012, 10:00-12:00 p.m. - Celebrate Earth Day! You're invited to our Build Leaders / Plant Volunteers event. Learn about volunteer opportunities and how you can help conservation efforts!
Learn more!
Join in the fun and make a difference!
Become a member
Support our activities and programs by becoming a member.
Become a docent
Receive training to give tours of this world-class facility.
Become a local guide
Lead tours to local points of interest including Antietam National Battlefield, Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown and more for our out-of-town weekend/overnight guests to NCTC.
Supporting the NCTC
We actively support the mission of the National Conservation Training Center by supporting their community outreach programs and extending the reach of this world-class facility.
Some of the programs we support include:
- Administration of scholarship program to provide training for refuge volunteers and Friends group members
- American Conservation Film Festival
- Fallen Comrades Memorial-brick fund
- Community lecture series
- "Member-only" tours of the NCTC museum archives
- 6th grade Science Olympiad
- Habitat restoration and reforestation
Receive a DVD when you donate $10.00 or more!
Enjoy the brand new documentary filmed by Robert Owens of Eagle Rock Productions and Audra Haddock Martenot. The film discusses the importance of connecting people with nature, with a special emphasis on children. We will send the film to you with a $10.00 donation (plus $2.50 shipping). All proceeds go to Friends of the NCTC.
One With Life DVD |
Filmmaker Rob Owens of Eagle Rock Productions, crafts a beautiful and moving documentary of the lives of the eagles at the NCTC. With its incredible and up-close footage, When Eagles Dream, brings you into the eagle nest, allowing one to witness nature and the eagle pair as they care for their eaglet. This is a very special film and is yours with a $10.00 donation (plus $2.50 for shipping and handling). Film is approximately 14 minutes in length. All proceeds go to the Friends of the NCTC.
When Eagles Dream |
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A conservation success story
Visible from many locations around the NCTC campus is an active eagle's nest. The eagles should return to the nest annually in the winter for many years to raise their fledglings and we are so pleased to be able to share with you a live cam of the nest.
