The NCTC Science Laboratory is designed to provide natural resource professionals with an opportunity for advanced training in modern facilities that literally link lab with field, stream and river.
Here, participants receive hands-on training in fisheries and wildlife resources, as well as, water and land management techniques. Various types of indoor and outdoor training are supported by the Science Lab and range from plant identification to fish and wildlife survey and environmental sampling techniques.
Biomedical Lab Room 121L
- Biomedical theater with 12 stainless steel exam/necropsy stations
- 24 person capacity
- Hard wired overhead LCD projector
- Instructor table with overhead camera
- Equipped with 12 movable tables
- Ceiling mounted student monitors
- Walk-in cold room
- Two animal holding rooms
- Fume hoods and biological cabinet
- Various equipment to include cryogenic freezers, centrifuges, scales, necropsy and serology supplies
- Shower-in/Shower-out capability
- Wheelchair accessible work station
Biology Lab
Room 218L
- General purpose biology lab
- 24 person capacity
- Hard wired overhead LCD projector
- Instructor microscopes (dissecting & compound) with camera feed
- Equipped with 12 movable tables
- Fume hoods and biological cabinet
- Each work station can be outfitted with dissecting or compound microscopes, balances, glassware, necropsy and serology equipment
- Sinks located on each side of room
- Wheelchair accessible work station
- Glassware washroom, balance room and autoclave in proximity to lab
- North American Freshwater Fish Collection and herbarium adjacent to lab
Aquatic Resources Lab
Room G21L
- General purpose wet lab
- Equipped with 12 movable stainless steel tables
- Equipped with 12 stainless steel sink workstations
- Walk-in freezer adjacent to loading dock with lift
- Fish holding tanks with chillers
- High bay doors and drive-up access for deployment to field
- Field gear such as waders, boots, personal flotation devices (PFDs) and environmental sampling equipment
- Wheelchair accessible work station
Analytical Control Facility (ACF)
The Analytical Control Facility (ACF), a Branch of the Division of Environmental Quality in Region 9 of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), is located at the National Conservation Training Center Science Laboratory. ACF provides chemical analysis of pollutants in animal/plant tissue, soil/sediment and water to FWS and other DOI bureaus. ACF supports the FWS mission to protect and manage fish and wildlife populations and their habitats by helping to identify contaminant problems and assess biological effects of contaminants.
NCTC Courses Utilizing the Science Lab
- Advanced Fisheries Management
- Advanced Macroinvertebrate Ecology and Identification
- Advanced Plant Identification
- Amphibian Health Examinations and Disease Monitoring
- Applied Plant Ecology
- Biotelemetry Techniques
- Coldwater Fish Culture
- Environmental Contaminates Field and Lab Techniques
- Fish Identification
- Fisheries Management
- Fisheries Techniques
- Fish Histology and Histopathology
- Freshwater Biomonitoring Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates
- Introduction to Fish Health
- Investigating Fish Kills
- Macroinvertebrate Ecology and Identification
- Oil and Chemical Spill Response
- Pesticides and Fish and Wildlife Resources
- Rotenone and Antimycin Use in Fish Management
- Stream Habitat Measurement Techniques
- Warm and Cool Water Fish Culture
- Wetland Plant Identification
- Wildlife Disease Monitoring
- Wildlife Handling Techniques
- Water Treatment Processes for Aquatic Systems
For additional information or questions, please contact:
Information Technology and Registrar
(304) 876-7200 or email
For Technical information or questions, please contact:
Science Lab Manager
Phone: 304-876-7255
Fax: 304-876-7262
e-mail: gary_schetrompf@fws.gov
Science Lab (fillable form)
