Workshop Calendar

|Program Leadership |
| Technical Leadership: Multi-disciplinary, Terrestrial, Aquatic , Watershed |
| Workshops on Demand |

Program Leadership

February 24 - March 5, 2009
March 26 - April 3, 2009 (yes, starts Thursday...)
Leadership and Communications (LAC)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2010 To Be Announced
Leadership and Communications: Advanced (LAC/A)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2010 To Be Announced; 2009 Cancelled for Utah hosting
Program Management (PMB)
Utah State University
Program Management - Round II (PMBII)
Utah State University

2010 To Be Announced; 2009 Cancelled
Natural Resource Policy, Values, and Economics (RPVE)
University of Georgia - Athens, Georgia

Technical Leadership

Multi-disciplinary

2010 To Be Announced
Policy and Legal Aspects of Endangered Species Management (PLA-I) - Introduction
Lewis and Clark College

2010 To Be Announced
Landscape Ecology (LE)
University of Montana/University of Massachusetts

2010 To Be Announced
Water Resource Management for Line Officers
USDA Forest Service

Fall 2009 - To Be Announced
Planning for Environmentally-Sensitive Highway Projects (EcoHWY)
USDA Forest Service and USDI Fish & Wildlife Service/NCTC

May 4 - 7, 2009
Endangered Species Act for Line Officers (ESAL)
Lewis and Clark College

March 2009 - Cancelled
July 20 - 24, 2009
Innovative Approaches to Wildlife and Highway Interactions (IAWHI)
USDA Forest Service and USDI Fish & Wildlife Service/NCTC

Possible for FY09
Plain & Simple! Document Writing (PSDW)
Dr. Jud Monroe, Environmental Planning & Documentation LLC

Request on AgLearn or email National Program Leader
Managing Forested Ecosystems (MFE)

Not Offered for FY09
Policy and Legal Aspects of Endangered Species Management (PLA-A) - Advanced
Lewis and Clark College

Terrestrial

January 28 - 30, 2009 - Cancelled
2010 To Be Announced
Asking & Answering the Right Monitoring Questions (AARMQ)
Sound Science, LLC

Starts online January 26 to April 10, 2009 and then onsite April 13 - 17, 2009
Wildlife Conservation and Management (WCM)
Northern Arizona University

GIS and Remote Sensing (GIS)
There are a number of vendor options available for this type of training. Check the GIS web site for the options we know about.

Request
Vegetation Monitoring in a Management Context (VM)
Sound Science, LLC

Winter 2009
Vegetation Monitoring in a Management Context (VM)
The Nature Conservancy/University of Florida

Aquatic

May 11 - 15, 2009
Advanced Concepts in Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis (ACAEA)
Utah State University - Distance Learning delivery

May 18 - 22, 2009
Stream and Watershed Restoration Design and Implementation (NR20)
USDA Forest Service - PNW Aquatic Training Program

June 1 - 4, 2009 - Cancelled
Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring and Evaluation (NR16)
USDA Forest Service - PNW Aquatic Training Program

Any Time of Year
Aquatic Monitoring - Eastern (AM)
Utah State University (host): On Demand. Call vendor to schedule a workshop where you want it when you want it. Eastern version of NR16.


Request
Watershed Restoration (WR)

Watershed

Not Offered for FY09
Predicting Bedload Transport in Gravel-bed Streams: Computation and Field Technique (Bedload)
USDA Forest Service, University of Colorado, Johns Hopkins University, Colorado State University

Workshops on Demand

Dr. Brett Roper (USDA Forest Service and Utah State University Department of Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources) offers assorted aquatic workshop topics "on demand". He will work with you on hosting aquatic workshops in your area. Generally there is a 10 to 15 participant minimum. Invite natural resource professionals from your area other federal agencies, tribal organizations, state, city, private, international and companies. You work with Brett to develop a curriculum to best meet your needs.

Contact: Dr. Brett Roper, 435-755-3566 or broper@fs.fed.us

Current options include:

• Basin Surveys & Applications (including inventories)
• Aquatic Monitoring - Eastern
• Sampling Amphibians - Objective: explain and demonstrate sampling methods for a variety of amphibians and associated habitats.
• Data Analysis using Excel^TM - Objectives: design Pivot Tables; use ANOVA and Regression Analysis; interpret data.
• Technical & Scientific Writing - Objectives: analyze data; write professional quality technical documents and scientific articles to be disseminated broadly to the public.
  
  
  
  

Dr. Steve McMullin (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University) and other instructors from the popular Leadership and Communications workshop will bring any piece of LAC to your district or forest. This is a cost-effective way to provide high-quality training to your employees. The most popular modules have been Myers-Briggs psychological type as a basic building block for interpersonal communication and team building. Other workshops that have been offered or that can be offered include leadership and management, conflict resolution, working effectively with the media, and effective writing and speaking for natural resource professionals.

Contact: Dr. Steve McMullin, 540-231-8847 or smcmulli@vt.edu



Mark Hudy (USDA Forest Service and James Madison University) offers two traveling workshops. Mark develops with you a workshop that meets your needs at a time and place of your choice.

Contact: Mark Hudy, 540-568-2704 or hudymx@jmu.edu

Current options include:

• Aquatic Passages - Road-stream crossing structure inventory and assessment determining barrier status (e.g., FishXing). A number of regional Fisheries, Water & Engineering Program Leaders have cooperatively hosted or are hosting this workshop. Regions hosting a course should allow several months lead time for working with the team (e.g., decisions/materials - coarse screens). Contact Mark for the "whens" and "wheres".
  
• Geo Spatial Photomonitoring - Enhancing spatial data with digital photography. Applications for aquatic or vegetation monitoring.