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• Volunteer Needs: The Annual Deer Hunt

  • Start
    October 12, 2024
  • End
    December 21, 2024
  • Location
    the 532-acre National Conservation Training Center property

  Deer Management Hunt to Take Place at National Conservation Training Center!

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting applications for persons to hunt deer on the 532-acre National Conservation Training Center property in Shepherdstown, WV. This fall season will mark the twenty second year for this managed hunt. In order to manage the deer population on the property, the use of archery equipment, shotguns with single slugs, and muzzleloader rifles will again be allowed during the appropriate West Virginia hunting seasons. Hunters will be randomly selected from those who apply for a given date and assigned to a certain location from which to hunt. Hunters may apply for multiple dates. In 2023 thirty-one deer were harvested.

  The hunt dates, all of which are on Saturdays, are:

  • October 12
  • November 9
  • November 16
  • November 23
  • November 30
  • December 7
  • December 14
  • December 21

  During that time hunters may use shotgun, muzzleloader, or bow (during the appropriate WV DNR hunt season), and either buck or doe may be taken (also during the appropriate state season)--subject to NCTC’s antlerless-first policy.

  Hunters interested in participating should obtain more information at the Deer Hunt website https://www.fws.gov/office/national-conservation-training-center-facility/visit- us/activities/hunting that will also take you to the required online orientation and application. Inquiries may be sent by email to nctc_deerhunt@fws.gov/.

  Applications for the hunt MUST be received by Saturday, August 31.

  This managed hunt is open to out-of-state applicants as well as West Virginia residents. Before their first hunt day the hunter must have a valid West Virginia hunting license and have received a hunter safety education certification. Hunters with disabilities are welcome to participate, and accommodations will be made as needed.

  The use of non-toxic lead-free ammunition will be continued. Crossbows as well as regular bows are allowed for all archery hunting.

  
  

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• Next Gen Film Contest

  • When
    December 01, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    https://conservationfilmfest.org/nextgen/

  

  
  

  
  

  Each year, ACFF encourages youth ages 5 to 18 to create a conservation film of their own about what the environment and nature means to them. Award winning films receive cash prizes and their films are shared on the ACFF website.
  

  FREE FOR STUDENTS, GRADES 4-12!!

  For more information, go to their website here: https://conservationfilmfest.org/nextgen/

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• A Conversation with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe presented by ACFF

  • When
    December 01, 2024
  •  
    3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    National Conservation Training Center (698 Conservation Way Shepherdstown, WV 25443)

  Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist, she studies this amazing planet we live on, she crunches the data that says it's warming, she helps people prepare for a changing climate and she believes that together we can fix this.

  Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine Hayhoe knows how to navigate all sides of the conversation on our changing planet. A Canadian climate scientist living in Texas, she negotiates distrust of data, indifference to imminent threats, and resistance to proposed solutions with ease. Over the past fifteen years Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is talk about it—and she wants to teach you how.

  The program includes:

  • sneak preview of ACFF 2025 
  • a short selected film introduction by Mary Anne Hitt 
  • Book signing after the event--Saving Us and All We Can Save--wonderful gifts which can be preorderd here: https://www.fourseasonsbooks.com/hayhoe.html#/ 
  • social hour with free popcorn provided by Friends of NCTC in the Roosevelt Room

  Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the planet. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. She has served as a lead author for the Second, Third, and Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessments and her work has resulted in over 125 peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, and other publications. She is the author of the best-selling book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. She also hosts the PBS Digital Series Global Weirding and is a co-founder of Science Moms. Hayhoe is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Scientific Affiliation, an Honourary Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, an Oxfam Sister of the Planet, and the World Evangelical Alliance’s Climate Ambassador. She has been named to lists including the TIME 100 Most Influential People and Fortune's 50 World's Greatest Leaders, received a number of awards including the National Center for Science Education’s Friend of the Planet Award, the American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize and Ambassador Award, and the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award, and is a United Nations Champion of the Earth in Science and Innovation.

  Reserve your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-conversation-with-dr-katharine-hayhoe-presented-by-acff-tickets-1047054587457?aff=oddtdtcreator

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• Earth Day Celebration!

  • When
    May 03, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Morgan's Grove

  
  

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