USFWS/NCTC Public Lecture Series
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Writers, Scientists, Conservationists, Historians Speak to the Public at NCTC. Meet the speakers.
- Website
- http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/landingpage/collection/audio
- Description
- Writers, Scientists, Conservationists, Historians Speak to the Public at NCTC. Meet the speakers.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2009-04-08 14:25
- last episode published
- 2012-10-05 17:59
- publication frequency
- 75.0 days
- Contributors
- nctc_webmaster@fws.gov
- Owner Author
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- Number of Episodes
- 18
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- Categories
- National Natural Sciences Science & Medicine Government & Organizations
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Episodes
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| 2012-10-05 | 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 Plague of Fro... |
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| 2012-06-25 | 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 a phenomena... |
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| 2011-07-28 | 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 Antarctica, ... |
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| 2011-05-23 | 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 underrepresent... |
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| 2011-05-23 | Lisa Mighetto is the Executive Director of the Amerian Society for Environmental History. |
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| 2011-04-11 |
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 r... |
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| 2010-11-23 |
Craig Stihler talks about white nose syndrome in bats and other challenges to WV endangered species Craig Stihler is the Endangered Species Coordinator for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. He will discuss bats generally and then focus on their status in West Virginia and the region, with a special emphasis on the challenges different ... |
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| 2010-06-07 | 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 breathtaking natural ... |
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| 2010-04-08 |
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 disrupto... |
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| 2010-03-11 |
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 spe... |
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