Learn about our new Cycling Program!
Watch Online
Watch Bill Souder's September NCTC lecture about his Rachel Carson biography on C-SPAN
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.
Purchase a brick for the Fallen Comrades Memorial
Support the Fallen Comrades Memorial. Friends of NCTC administers a “brick fund” for paving the courtyard surrounding the fallen comrades wall. The wall is a memorial to FWS employees who have died in the line of duty. Bricks can be purchased for $100 and can carry your inscription. Read more about Fallen Comrades Memorial Inscriptions.
Purchase a brick online$100.00 |
Join us on our Wednesday evening Paddling Tours!
For the second year, beginning on Wednesday May 8, 2013, the Friends of NCTC will host its weekly, interpretive kayak paddle on the Potomac River! This biologist-led tour, leaving directly from the NCTC boat ramp, will help you to identify local flora and fauna by the river. Protection and restoration of our local watershed will be discussed as you learn more about the human impacts on our local river environment. Kids under 14 are FREE! Minimum age is 10 years old.
Fundraising
Interested in helping us with our fundraising efforts? We want to hear from people interested in playing an important fundraising leadership role. Email us if you can offer your skills and enjoy joining our volunteer efforts in supporting conservation! Email us today!
Those interested in fundraising may enjoy this special issue on fundraising in Friends Forward, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service newsletter. Friends Forward Special Fundraising Issue
Join our book discussion!
Whether you are a nature enthusiast, book lover, young conservationist, student, teacher, or Refuge friend, you are invited to participate in America's WILD READ community discussion. All are welcome!
Join us at at http://wildread.blogspot.com!
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.
