How to apply

Letters & Forms | Tuition | Tribal Scholarships |

Forest Service Candidates

A call for nominations goes out from the National office in May through each Region. Supervisors should forward nominations to the Regional Coordinator, following the Region's nomination process.

Forest Service candidates, after selection by the Regional Office and confirmation by the Washington Office, should complete an SF-182 and submit it either directly to the professor in charge of the workshop (Host university or Institution is the vendor) or to your Regional Coordinator. Follow your Regional Coordinator's instructions. Some vendors accept credit cards.

Once confirmed, participants are obligated to pay the tuition, fixed costs or find a substitute. Confirmation will occur in October via letter from the Regional Office. This applies whether you register through your Regional Coordinator or through AgLearn.

If a confirmed participant needs to withdraw, he/she must immediately contact his/her Regional Coordinator for assistance in finding a substitute. Trying to withdraw from a workshop with only a few weeks notice will be difficult and is NOT recommended. If a substitute is not found then tuition will still have to be paid (a few rare exceptions are made but this is at the vendor's discretion). Every effort will be made to assist participants with their individual needs. Expect to be actively involved in finding a substitute.

Self Funded: If you are self funded you can register directly through AgLearn. Visit our 'Registering In AgLearn' page for detailed instructions.

"Everyone Else" Candidates

Candidates from other agencies, States, Tribes, private industry, International countries or the public interested in enrolling can apply to us or directly to the vendor of each workshop. You can apply at anytime.

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Letters & Forms

Just in case you didn't get a copy of the nomination letter and registration form in the postal and electronic mail - we have them all here. If you want to be on our annual mailing list (email or postal) please let us know.

Forest Service folks, note that some Regions have application forms that vary from the national registration form. Other Regions simply use the national registration form. Please fill out an appropriate form and send it to your Regional CE Coordinator with a "cc" to the Natonal Program Leader.

Individuals not employed by the Forest Service should use the "Fed-State-Tribe-Private" form. Fill out the form and send it to the National Program Leader, as indicated on the form.

Two form options are provided. One is "html" - meaning it is formatted as a web page. This format allows you to "preview & print" - click "print screen" on your browser and get a hard copy. The other option is a downloadable "rtf" format, allowing "editing & emailing". Once downloaded, you can edit it electronically in your favorite word processing software, and submit via email as an attachment.

If you can't find what you need, please contact either the National WFW-CE program leader or your Regional Coordinator.

National	Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)	Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)	Letter (html) (doc) (pdf)	Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)
Form (html) (pdf) (txt)	Register directly in AgLearn	Register directly in AgLearn	No form: Forests send list to RO
Region 4	Region 5	Region 6
Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)	Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)	Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)
Register directly in AgLearn	Register directly in AgLearn	Form* (html) *(doc) *(pdf)	*(txt)
Region 8	Region 9	Region 10
Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)	Letter (html) (doc) (pdf)	Letter (html) (doc) (pdf)
Form* (html) *(pdf) *(txt)	Register directly in AgLearn	Register directly in AgLearn
Fed, State, Tribal, Private		Tribal
Invitation Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)		Invitation Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)
Form (html) (pdf) (txt)		Scholarship Letter (html) (pdf) (txt)
		Form (html) (pdf) (txt)

* Different from the national registration form.

Tuition

Tuition does not cover lodging, meals or transportation. Limited tuition dollars are available through a few Regional offices during the nomination process for Forest Service personnel. Responsibility for payment of all costs (e.g., tuition and travel) rests solely with the nominating unit, unless regional office tuition funding is obtained. It is strongly recommended that when you are developing your budget for "out years" (2009, 2010, etc.) be sure to include funding for training. Individuals who qualify and have planned training dollars are given priority ranking for workshop slots.

Once confirmed, participants are obligated to pay the tuition, fixed costs or find a substitute.

Tribal Scholarships

The following workshops in the USFS Continuing Education Program for Natural Resource Professionals - Sponsored by the Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air and Rare Plants Staff - is offering 50% scholarship for natural resource professionals working for Tribal Organizations (Councils, Bands, Tribes, Rancherias, Communities, Villages, Consortiums, and Reservations). Number of slots available per workshop depends on the total number of participants registered.

• Program Management
  Utah State University
• Advanced Concepts in Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis
  Utah State University/James Madison University
• Aquatic Monitoring - Eastern
  Utah State University
• Policy and Legal Aspects of Endangered Species Management
  Lewis & Clark College
• Endangered Species Act for Line Officers
  Lewis & Clark College
• Wildlife Habitat & Plant Management
  Northern Arizonia University
• Leadership & Communications
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• Natural Resource Policy, Values & Economics
  University of Georgia
• Natural Resource Policy, Values & Economics
  Portland State University, Public Administration School of Government

See workshop links for additional workshop information. The host institutions will match half the tuition costs; thus reducing the listed tuition cost to 50% for Tribal Organizations. Note that workshop tuitions do not cover meals and lodging. A few provide snacks or coordinate gatherings. Participants will have to pay travel, lodging and meals depending on the workshop. For assistance or registration contact Shelly Witt.

If you are a member of the "Native American Fish & Wildlife Society" contact them for possible financial assistance.

If you would like to be on our annual electronic brochure mailing, please contact Shelly Witt.

If you would like a hard copy of our brochure, please contact Shelly Witt.