USFWS/NCTC Podcasts

USFWS/NCTC Podcasts episodes:

• 03.04.2013

  A Conversation with William Souder

  Author William Souder discusses his new book on the life and legacy of Rachel Carson. William Souder’s work has appeared in many publications, including the Washington Post, New York Times, and Harper’s. He is the author of three books. A...

  
• 06.25.2012

  Speaking with Eli Hopkins

  Eli Hopkins is a nationally-renowned sculptor who lives and works in Colorado. In 2002 Hopkins released his first bronze sculptures. His set of stylized horses was well received and, since that time, Hopkins has been able to move forward at...

  
• 07.28.2011

  A Conversation with Randy Olson

  Randy Olson was a professor of marine biology at the University of New Hampshire. Despite his Harvard Ph.D., four years of post-doctoral research in Australia and Florida, and years of diving around the world from the Great Barrier Reef to...

  
• 07.08.2011

  Gary Ferguson, Author

  Over the past twenty-five years Gary Ferguson has written for a wide variety of publications, from Vanity Fair to The Los Angeles Times. He's also author of 18 books on science and nature, including the award-winning Hawks Rest, published by...

  
• 07.08.2011

  John Francis, Author, Planet Walker, 22 Years of Walking 17 Years of Silence

  John Francis was in his twenties when a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay jarred his comfortable life. Even as he joined the volunteers who scrubbed the beaches and fought to save birds and sea creatures poisoned by petroleum,...

  
• 07.08.2011

  Juan Martinez, Director, Natural Leaders Network within the Children & Nature Network

  A proud product of south central Los Angeles, Juan D. Martinez is the national Natural Leaders Network coordinator for the Children & Nature Network. His passion to empower individuals and youth led him to direct Sierra Club’s first environmental justice...

  
• 05.23.2011

  Mark Madison speaks with Lisa Mighetto

  Lisa Mighetto is the Executive Director of the Amerian Society for Environmental History.

  
• 05.23.2011

  Mark Madison speaks with Taggard Seigel

  Queen of The Sun is an in-depth investigation to discover the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return. Queen of The Sun follows the voices and visions of underrepresented...

  
• 04.11.2011

  In the Kingdom of Gorillas, Amy Vedder, Author, Conservation Biologist with The Wilderness Society

  When Bill Weber and Amy Vedder arrived in Rwanda to study mountain gorillas with Dian Fossey, the gorilla population was teetering toward extinction. Poaching was rampant, but it was loss of habitat that most endangered the gorillas. Weber and Vedder...

  
• 04.06.2011

  Mark Madison speaks with NCTC Director Jay Slack and Steve Chase, chief of NCTC's Division of Education Outreach, about the NCTC Eagle Cam, Part Three.

  Mark Madison speaks with NCTC Director Jay Slack and Steve Chase, chief of NCTC's Division of Education Outreach, about the future of the NCTC Eagle Cam and its eagles.

  
• 04.06.2011

  Mark Madison speaks with NCTC Director Jay Slack and Steve Chase, chief of NCTC's Division of Education Outreach, about the NCTC Eagle Cam, Part Two.

  Mark Madison speaks with NCTC Director Jay Slack and Steve Chase, chief of NCTC's Division of Education Outreach, about the NCTC Eagle events in 2011.

  
• 04.06.2011

  Mark Madison speaks with NCTC Director Jay Slack and Steve Chase, chief of NCTC's Division of Education Outreach, about the NCTC Eagle Cam, Part One.

  Mark Madison speaks with NCTC Director Jay Slack and Steve Chase, chief of NCTC's Division of Education Outreach, about the history of the NCTC Eagle Cam.

  
• 08.19.2010

  Margaret (Peg) Howard Watson speaks of the Sc3

  Margaret (Peg) Howard Watson is the Founder and President of the Green Schools Alliance (GSA) which is a global network of pre-K to grade 12 “schools guiding schools” to set and meet greening goals, raise environmental awareness, and empower students,...

  
• 08.19.2010

  Austin Rutherford, Student from Westchester, NY discusses the Sc3

  Austin Rutherford, Student from Westchester, NY discusses the Sc3

  
• 08.19.2010

  Larry Battson speaks at the Sc3 about Bigfoot

  Larry Battson speaks at the Sc3 about Bigfoot, a legendary (some claim 'imaginary') ape-like human who has been reportedly sighted from California to Indiana. Battson’s background as a wildlife educator gives him a unique perspective on Bigfoot as someone experienced...

  
• 08.19.2010

  Craig Hibberd of the Green Schools Alliance speaks about the Sc3

  Craig Hibberd is the Communications Instructor and the Energy Program Instructor for the Green Schools Alliance.

  
• 07.30.2010

  Tom Butler speaks with Mark Madison at the Sc3.

  Mark Madison speaks with Tom Butler at the Sc3 in Shepherdstown, WV. Tom is the editorial projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and a long-time conservation activist focused on wilderness and biodiversity. He is a founding board...

  
• 07.30.2010

  Finis Dunaway speaks with Mark Madison at the Sc3.

  Finis Dunaway, Professor Trent University, Canada

  
• 07.30.2010

  Peter Essick speaks with Mark Madison at the Sc3.

  Mark Madison speaks with Peter Essic at the Sc3 in Shepherdstown, WV. For the past 23 years, Peter Essick has worked as a freelance photojournalist. His main client has been National Geographic magazine, and he has produced more than...

  
• 07.30.2010

  Buddy Huffaker speaks to Mark Madison at the Sc3.

  Mark Madison speaks with Buddy Huffaker at the Sc3 at the NCTC in Shepherdstown, WV. Buddy is the executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin, where he works on a variety of land management issues, including the...

  
• 06.07.2010

  A Conversation with Jon Waterman, Author

  In 1869, John Wesley Powell led a small party down the Green and Colorado Rivers in a bold attempt to explore the Grand Canyon for the first time. After their monumental expedition, they told of raging rapids, constant danger, and...

  
• 04.08.2010

  Speaking with Nancy Langston - Toxic Bodies: Hormone Disruptors and the Legacy of Rachel Carson

  Author, Professor at University of Wisconsin In 1941 the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of diethylstilbestrol (DES), the first synthetic chemical to be marketed as an estrogen and one of the first to be identified as a hormone...

  
• 03.11.2010

  Phil Pister Desert Fishes Council - "Ethics and the Environmental Field Biologist "

  Phil Pister retired in February 1990 following 38 years as a fishery biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. He studied wildlife conservation and zoology under A. Starker Leopold at the University of California (Berkeley) and has spent virtually...

  
• 02.19.2010

  Steve Chase gives an NCTC Eagle Update - January 29, 2010

  Hear Steve talk about the replacement of the eagle cam, how the eagles are getting ready for nesting season and internet addresses for viewing the eagle cam.

  
• 11.18.2009

  Speaking with Filmmaker Moyna Huda

  Moyna Huda is a filmmaker from Bangladesh who screened his new film "A Tale of the Sundarbans." The Sundarbans are the biggest mangrove forest in the world and a unique repository of biodiversity in Bangladesh.

  
• 11.18.2009

  A Conversation with Filmmaker Jonathan Van Ballenberghe

  Jonathan Van Ballenberghe is the filmmaker for "In the Company of Moose." This film chronicles Biologist Vic Van Ballenberghe who has spent more time living with wild moose in Denali National Park, Alaska than any other researcher in the world.

  
• 09.18.2009

  A Conversation with Stephen Potter, NPS Archeologist

  Stephen discusses his presentation "Aboriginal America and the Potomac Frontier, 1607-1676"

  
• 09.18.2009

  A Talk with John Grabowska, NPS Filmmaker

  John discusses Yellowstone National Park and the making of his film "Land to Life".

  
• 07.16.2009

  Student Climate & Conservation Congress (Sc3). A Conversation with Jena Thompson from the Conservation Fund

  Jena talks about Go Zero, a program of the Conservation Fund.

  
• 07.16.2009

  Student Climate & Conservation Congress (Sc3). Talking with Case Hicks: Theodore Roosevelt Impersonator

  How did Case become a Teddy Roosevelt impersonator? Hear his background and other interesting stories.

  
• 06.25.2009

  Larry Battson Discusses the Facts and Fictions of Bigfoot

  Bigfoot is a legendary (some claim 'imaginary') ape-like human who has been reportedly sighted from California to Indiana. Battson will give a presentation on the facts and fictions of Bigfoot including analysis of recordings of Bigfoot and casts of his...

  
• 04.09.2009

  Chuck Dunkerly Discusses Environmental Filmmaking & Changes in the American Landscape

  Chuck Dunkerly is a Producer and Director for the National Park Service at the Harpers Ferry Center. He has delivered scores of award winning films for National Parks, on topics as diverse as on the Olympic National Park, Homesteading, Voting Rights...

  
• 04.08.2009

  Geographer Forrest McCarthy Discusses Global Climate Change in Arctic NWR

  McCarthy’s pioneering work utilized historic photos and contemporary excursions to chronicle the significant changes occurring over the last hundred years in arctic landscapes. Forrest McCarthy has been a wilderness advocate and backcountry skier for more than 20 years. As Public Lands...