USFWS History
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Sharing more than 150 years of history from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Museum and Archives at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. Focusing on American conservation history, wildlife history, and environmental history.
NCTC Conservation Lecture Series
“The Man Who Changed a Landscape: The Adrian Gardiner Story Rewilding and Wildlife Tourism in South Africa” with author Dr. Dean Allen
Tuesday November 18, 2025, at 7:00 pm @USFWSNCTC or online November 25 at 2:00 pm ET www.youtube.com/@usfws/streams
“The Man Who Changed a Landscape: The Adrian Gardiner Story Rewilding and Wildlife Tourism in South Africa” with author Dr. Dean Allen
Tuesday November 18, 2025, at 7:00 pm @USFWSNCTC or online November 25 at 2:00 pm ET www.youtube.com/@usfws/streams
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NCTC Conservation Lecture Series
“The Man Who Changed a Landscape: The Adrian Gardiner Story Rewilding and Wildlife Tourism in South Africa” with author Dr. Dean Allen
Tuesday November 18, 2025, at 7:00 pm @USFWSNCTC or online November 25 at 2:00 pm ET www.youtube.com/@usfws/streams
“The Man Who Changed a Landscape: The Adrian Gardiner Story Rewilding and Wildlife Tourism in South Africa” with author Dr. Dean Allen
Tuesday November 18, 2025, at 7:00 pm @USFWSNCTC or online November 25 at 2:00 pm ET www.youtube.com/@usfws/streams
Historic sighting of the Easter Bunny from the USFWS Museum/Archives photo collection at the National Conservation Training Center.
Image: Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni). Photographer: W.P. Taylor.
Image: Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni). Photographer: W.P. Taylor.
April 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Historic sighting of the Easter Bunny from the USFWS Museum/Archives photo collection at the National Conservation Training Center.
Image: Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni). Photographer: W.P. Taylor.
Image: Antelope Jackrabbit (Lepus alleni). Photographer: W.P. Taylor.
Happy President's Day!
Presidential Trivia: President Abraham Lincoln and naturalist Charles Darwin were both born on the same day, February 12, 1809.
#presidentsday #trivia
Presidential Trivia: President Abraham Lincoln and naturalist Charles Darwin were both born on the same day, February 12, 1809.
#presidentsday #trivia
February 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy President's Day!
Presidential Trivia: President Abraham Lincoln and naturalist Charles Darwin were both born on the same day, February 12, 1809.
#presidentsday #trivia
Presidential Trivia: President Abraham Lincoln and naturalist Charles Darwin were both born on the same day, February 12, 1809.
#presidentsday #trivia
“Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania”
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, WV
Online viewing January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, WV
Online viewing January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
January 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania”
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, WV
Online viewing January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, WV
Online viewing January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
"You Write the Caption Contest!"
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week.
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week.
January 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"You Write the Caption Contest!"
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week.
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week.
NCTC Conservation Lecture Series
“Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania”
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
This talk will be recorded and available for online viewing on January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from the NCTC Broadcast page: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
“Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania”
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
This talk will be recorded and available for online viewing on January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from the NCTC Broadcast page: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NCTC Conservation Lecture Series
“Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania”
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
This talk will be recorded and available for online viewing on January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from the NCTC Broadcast page: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
“Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania”
with author Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
This talk will be recorded and available for online viewing on January 23, 2025 at 2:00pm ET from the NCTC Broadcast page: www.fws.gov/broadcasts
Winner of Last Week's "You Write the Caption Contest!" Congratulations to Gary Young for his seasonal caption:
"Rudolph has the flu so the Cub will have to do!"
This historical image is from Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in 1960.
#caption #usfwshistory #usfws #captionthis #captionchallenge
"Rudolph has the flu so the Cub will have to do!"
This historical image is from Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in 1960.
#caption #usfwshistory #usfws #captionthis #captionchallenge
January 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Winner of Last Week's "You Write the Caption Contest!" Congratulations to Gary Young for his seasonal caption:
"Rudolph has the flu so the Cub will have to do!"
This historical image is from Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in 1960.
#caption #usfwshistory #usfws #captionthis #captionchallenge
"Rudolph has the flu so the Cub will have to do!"
This historical image is from Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in 1960.
#caption #usfwshistory #usfws #captionthis #captionchallenge
Tuesday Trivia: Although the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and a national tree (oak) it did not have a national bird until December 24, 2024 when the bald eagle became our first national bird.
Learn more about NCTC Eagle cam at: www.fws.gov/nctc/eagle-cam
Image: Bald eagle at NCTC.
#trivia
Learn more about NCTC Eagle cam at: www.fws.gov/nctc/eagle-cam
Image: Bald eagle at NCTC.
#trivia
December 31, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Tuesday Trivia: Although the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and a national tree (oak) it did not have a national bird until December 24, 2024 when the bald eagle became our first national bird.
Learn more about NCTC Eagle cam at: www.fws.gov/nctc/eagle-cam
Image: Bald eagle at NCTC.
#trivia
Learn more about NCTC Eagle cam at: www.fws.gov/nctc/eagle-cam
Image: Bald eagle at NCTC.
#trivia
Monday Motivation: "It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever."
--Former President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)
Image: Carter fly-fishing in WY/National Archives
--Former President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)
Image: Carter fly-fishing in WY/National Archives
December 30, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Monday Motivation: "It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever."
--Former President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)
Image: Carter fly-fishing in WY/National Archives
--Former President Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)
Image: Carter fly-fishing in WY/National Archives
Former President Jimmy Carter has passed at age 100. Carter was an ardent conservationist. His signing of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 protected more than 100 million acres of land in Alaska including expanding many units of the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System.
December 30, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Former President Jimmy Carter has passed at age 100. Carter was an ardent conservationist. His signing of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 protected more than 100 million acres of land in Alaska including expanding many units of the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System.
Friday Fun: "Birds of Prey Family Portrait"
Artist and cartoonist Kent Olson was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field biologist from 1958 to 1990 working for the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System. Olson's original artworks are housed at the USFWS Museum/Archives at NCTC.
#usfwshistory #USFWS
Artist and cartoonist Kent Olson was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field biologist from 1958 to 1990 working for the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System. Olson's original artworks are housed at the USFWS Museum/Archives at NCTC.
#usfwshistory #USFWS
December 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Friday Fun: "Birds of Prey Family Portrait"
Artist and cartoonist Kent Olson was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field biologist from 1958 to 1990 working for the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System. Olson's original artworks are housed at the USFWS Museum/Archives at NCTC.
#usfwshistory #USFWS
Artist and cartoonist Kent Olson was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field biologist from 1958 to 1990 working for the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System. Olson's original artworks are housed at the USFWS Museum/Archives at NCTC.
#usfwshistory #USFWS
Original Christmas Card from Olaus and Mardy Murie. Olaus was a premier naturalist and artist for the Biological Survey and later the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1920-1945.
#usfwshistory #USFWS #christmas2024 #christmascards
#usfwshistory #USFWS #christmas2024 #christmascards
December 24, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Original Christmas Card from Olaus and Mardy Murie. Olaus was a premier naturalist and artist for the Biological Survey and later the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1920-1945.
#usfwshistory #USFWS #christmas2024 #christmascards
#usfwshistory #USFWS #christmas2024 #christmascards
Monday Motivation: "Some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass to a snowflake."
—former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee Rachel Carson
#USFWS #usfwshistory #mondaymotivation #quote #quotes
—former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee Rachel Carson
#USFWS #usfwshistory #mondaymotivation #quote #quotes
December 23, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Monday Motivation: "Some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass to a snowflake."
—former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee Rachel Carson
#USFWS #usfwshistory #mondaymotivation #quote #quotes
—former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee Rachel Carson
#USFWS #usfwshistory #mondaymotivation #quote #quotes
This Day in Environmental History: December 22, 1912 First Lady and beautification advocate Lady Bird Johnson born in Karnack, TX (d. 2007). Johnson sought to "make America beautiful" and was a force behind the Highway Beautification Act.
#envhist #history #TDIH #OTD #onthisday #todayinhistory
#envhist #history #TDIH #OTD #onthisday #todayinhistory
December 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
This Day in Environmental History: December 22, 1912 First Lady and beautification advocate Lady Bird Johnson born in Karnack, TX (d. 2007). Johnson sought to "make America beautiful" and was a force behind the Highway Beautification Act.
#envhist #history #TDIH #OTD #onthisday #todayinhistory
#envhist #history #TDIH #OTD #onthisday #todayinhistory
"You Write the Caption Contest!"
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#caption
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#caption
December 22, 2024 at 5:48 PM
"You Write the Caption Contest!"
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#caption
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#caption
Winner of Last Week's "You Write the Caption Contest!"
"Until the discovery of this photo, it was always a mystery as to how the Bureau of Fisheries maintained such a healthy budget during the 1920s."
#caption #captionthis #usfwshistory #captionlessphoto
"Until the discovery of this photo, it was always a mystery as to how the Bureau of Fisheries maintained such a healthy budget during the 1920s."
#caption #captionthis #usfwshistory #captionlessphoto
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Winner of Last Week's "You Write the Caption Contest!"
"Until the discovery of this photo, it was always a mystery as to how the Bureau of Fisheries maintained such a healthy budget during the 1920s."
#caption #captionthis #usfwshistory #captionlessphoto
"Until the discovery of this photo, it was always a mystery as to how the Bureau of Fisheries maintained such a healthy budget during the 1920s."
#caption #captionthis #usfwshistory #captionlessphoto
This Day in Environmental History: December 7, 1936 Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge established the oldest refuge in Mississippi. The refuge is home to American alligators, migratory waterfowl, wading birds, state record white-tailed deer, squirrel, rabbit and raccoon.
#OTD #envhist #TDIH #history
#OTD #envhist #TDIH #history
December 7, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This Day in History: December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor which led to America's entering World War II. Today Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge protects sites of the attack such as the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station.
#pearharbor #OTD #TDIH
#pearharbor #OTD #TDIH
December 7, 2024 at 7:37 PM
This Day in History: December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor which led to America's entering World War II. Today Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge protects sites of the attack such as the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station.
#pearharbor #OTD #TDIH
#pearharbor #OTD #TDIH
This Day in Environmental History: December 1, 1945 Sanibel National Wildlife Refuge, FL established. In 1967, the refuge was renamed for conservation pioneer/cartoonist Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling, who was instrumental in its founding.
#envhist #usfwshistory #OTD #thisdayinenvifronmentalhistory
#envhist #usfwshistory #OTD #thisdayinenvifronmentalhistory
December 1, 2024 at 5:50 PM
This Day in Environmental History: December 1, 1945 Sanibel National Wildlife Refuge, FL established. In 1967, the refuge was renamed for conservation pioneer/cartoonist Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling, who was instrumental in its founding.
#envhist #usfwshistory #OTD #thisdayinenvifronmentalhistory
#envhist #usfwshistory #OTD #thisdayinenvifronmentalhistory
This Day in Environmental History: December 1, 1959 Antarctic Treaty promotes the peaceful use of the continent for scientific research.
#envhist #histsci #History #OTD #TDIH #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear
#envhist #histsci #History #OTD #TDIH #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear
December 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This Day in Environmental History: December 1, 1959 Antarctic Treaty promotes the peaceful use of the continent for scientific research.
#envhist #histsci #History #OTD #TDIH #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear
#envhist #histsci #History #OTD #TDIH #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear
"You Write the Caption Contest!"
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#usfwshistory #caption #captionthis #captionthischallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captioncreationchallenge
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#usfwshistory #caption #captionthis #captionthischallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captioncreationchallenge
December 1, 2024 at 5:40 PM
"You Write the Caption Contest!"
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#usfwshistory #caption #captionthis #captionthischallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captioncreationchallenge
Place your cleverest caption below and the winner will be chosen next week. The best caption will receive a book.
#usfwshistory #caption #captionthis #captionthischallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captionlessphotochallenge #captioncreationchallenge
Winner of Last Week's "You Write the Caption Contest!" Congratulations to Gary Young for his winning caption:
"This new zoom lens works great - the animals look so close!"
Photo Credit: Denise Bickerton.
#captionthis #usfwshistory #captionchallenge #caption #captions
"This new zoom lens works great - the animals look so close!"
Photo Credit: Denise Bickerton.
#captionthis #usfwshistory #captionchallenge #caption #captions
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Winner of Last Week's "You Write the Caption Contest!" Congratulations to Gary Young for his winning caption:
"This new zoom lens works great - the animals look so close!"
Photo Credit: Denise Bickerton.
#captionthis #usfwshistory #captionchallenge #caption #captions
"This new zoom lens works great - the animals look so close!"
Photo Credit: Denise Bickerton.
#captionthis #usfwshistory #captionchallenge #caption #captions
This Day in Environmental History: November 24, 1908 Ocala National Forest in Florida is established by President Theodore Roosevelt. Ocala is the southernmost national forest in the continental US.
Image: Ocala Forest/USDA Forest Service.
#tdih #OTD #envhist #histsci #environment #thisday
Image: Ocala Forest/USDA Forest Service.
#tdih #OTD #envhist #histsci #environment #thisday
November 24, 2024 at 4:09 PM
This Day in Environmental History: November 24, 1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman becomes the first European to observe the island he names Van Diemen's Land (renamed Tasmania in 1855).
#TDIH #OTD #envhsit #histsci #thisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear.
#TDIH #OTD #envhsit #histsci #thisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear.
November 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
This Day in Environmental History: November 24, 1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman becomes the first European to observe the island he names Van Diemen's Land (renamed Tasmania in 1855).
#TDIH #OTD #envhsit #histsci #thisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear.
#TDIH #OTD #envhsit #histsci #thisdayinhistory #todayinhistory #thisdaythatyear.
This Day in Environmental History: November 24, 1859 Charles Darwin publishes “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection." This book, promoting his new theory of evolution, sells out quickly and revolutionizes the biological sciences.
#thisday #OTD #tdih #envhist #histsci
#thisday #OTD #tdih #envhist #histsci
November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM