Participants who have their own financial sponsorship are invited to get more information and apply via our website (Note: Please visit the website for application details and updated tuition costs.) The seminars include:
The International Field Course on Wildlands and Protected Area Management, co-hosted by the Center for Protected Area Management and Training at Colorado State University and US Forest Service International Programs, held entirely in Spanish, presents key concepts, principles, and methods of protected area management while emphasizing field-based practical exercises. Participants will interact extensively with local resource users, various local, state, and federal agencies, collaborating private conservation organizations, and other citizen groups involved in natural resource management. This interaction will provide participants with hands-on experience in solving complex biodiversity conservation and natural resource use and management problems, as well as in interacting with the many types of stakeholders involved in real-world situations.
The International Seminar on Protected Area Management is held in the northern Rocky Mountains of the western United States. This integrated state-of-the-art course examines strategies to conserve the world's most special places. The program, sponsored by the US Forest Service International Programs and the Universities of Montana, Idaho and Colorado State, will evaluate policies and institutional arrangements that sustain both people and natural resources.
The International Seminar on Forestry and Natural Resources Administration and Management, cohosted by US Forest Service International Programs and Northern Arizona University, presents a broad spectrum of natural resource management techniques and institutional arrangements so that participants may selectively gather ideas that can assist in the management of their lands. The seminar focuses on strategies and methods to develop, manage, and conserve natural resources for the sustained delivery of goods and services to meet the full range of human needs.
The International Seminar on Watershed Management will in the southwestern United States. Because of the increasing demand, legal conflict and competing uses and practices that place tremendous pressure on its extremely scarce water supply, the southwestern U.S. is an excellent case study for watershed managers. The seminar is designed for mid-career watershed management professionals who desire to take part in an interactive and intensive training and exchange program on integrated watershed management. The program is sponsored by the US Forest Service International Programs.
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 COMING SOON: Monarch Live!
Beginning in October 2008 and continuing into 2009, “MonarchLIVE - A Distance Learning Adventure.” – a live, electronic and interactive field trip for students, educators and communities – will connect classrooms across Canada , the US , Mexico and other countries via the internet. Webcasts will trail the migration of the Monarchs in real time, and will showcase current efforts of students, citizens and scientists. Initiated by the US Forest Service International Programs, the Prince Williams School Network in Virginia, Forest Service Conservation Education, and other partners are joining the project to integrate distance learning methods with hands-on activities to increase monarch habitat, promote conservation and foster student-led projects in urban schools and communities.. Highlights of this electronic adventure include a look at monarch winter habitat and communities in Mexico , and butterfly gardens in Chicago , IL and St. Paul , MN . Free for schools to register, hundreds of schools and thousands of students are expected to join in the program. To learn more, visit: http://monarch.pwnet.org
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US Forest Service Disaster Assistance Support Program Offers Orientation Courses for December 2008
(Application deadline: September 22, 2008, for all Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management employees only.)
The US Forest Service’s International Programs, Disaster Assistance Support Program (DASP), will offer one 16-hour orientation course to introduce Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) personnel to the DASP and its partnership with the US Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). The session will also provide an introduction to the organization and functioning of the team structures used by OFDA in international disaster responses, including Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) and the Washington, DC-based Response Management Teams (RMT). The course will be offered December 4-5, 2008, in Boise, Idaho, at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The course will begin at 9:00 am on Thursday and conclude at 5:00 PM on Friday.
The 2008 Orientation to the DASP is open to employees of the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management with status. Attendance will be limited to 30 participants. Generally this course is offered every 12-18 months.
To learn more about this course, read the US Forest Service solicitation letter.
To apply for this course, please download this application.
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US Forest Service International Programs and Partners Host Annual International Seminars
