- AgLearn (USDA) - Skill Soft training. FREE to USDA employees
- Climate Change Resource Center: PNW-GTR-789 online or order DVD
- Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC) - geospatial training services for Forest Service units and staffs. Online and in classroom settings.
- geospatial technologies
- applications
- data
Contact: Bill Silva, Training Unit Leader (billsilva"at"fs.fed.us)
- International Program - International training opportunities
- National Geology & Minerals Training Office
- Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) - contact them directly for a complete listing of training opportunities. Intranet page available to Forest Service personnel
Contact: Mike Morrison (mmorrison"at"fs.fed.us)
- Basic Digital Image Processing Application
- Change Detection: Advanced Digital Image Processing Application
- Remote Sensing in Resource Applications (an awareness training CD-ROM)
- GPS/GIS for Managers and Supervisors ($40)
- Integrating Geospatial Technologies for Managers ($40)
- Geospatial Interface training videos; 2 to 5 minutes (FS Intranet)
- Region 1 - GIS Training: Downloadable module available (FS Intranet)
- The Distance Learning Program & Consortium- Online Recreation & Lands staff sponsored in partnership with College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech University. A wide variety of individual online training, as well as the opportunity to earn a Masters degree via online.
- San Dimas Technology and Development Center (SDTDC) -
- Innovative Solutions to Wildlife/Highway Interactions. Contact: Sandra L. Jacobson, sjacobson@fs.fed.us or 707-826-1276
- Stream Systems Technology Center (STREAM): Measurement of Stream Discharge by Wading. CD-ROM. STEAM worked with USGS to create a Special Edition of the USGS produced multimedia training CD: Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4036. STREAM has mailed a CD to each USFS National Forest (for FREE!). USFS personnel may request additional copies from STREAM via email (rmrs_stream@fs.fed.us) or FAX (970-295-5988). Non USFS individuals: contact USGS (scroll down).
Regional Forest Service Sponsored Training:
- Ninemile
Wildlands Training Center: Region 1; Lolo NF, Ninemile
RD: 406-626-5201
- PNW
Aquatic Technical Training Program: Region 6
- CISPUS Environmental Learning Center
(located on Gifford Pinchot National Forest)
- Training in Resource Management Communication
Skills (Interagency)
Contact: Myron Blank on the Mt. Hood National Forest @
503-668-1796
- Continuing Education in Ecosystem Management
(CEEM) program: Region 1
- Natural
Resource Institute (NRI) program: Region 6
- Leadership
Improvement Training: sponsored by USFS Region
5. www.fs.fed.us/news/meet
Open to all government agencies and non-government organizations.One
(1) week long. Send email inquiries to: LIT/r5_mendocino@fs.fed.us
USDI - United States Department of Interior
National Park Service: National Training Center - online and onsite training funnels to DOI Learn
Other Federal Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
Office of Personnel Management
Smithsonian Institute:
USGS - See "Geological Service, US"
State
Classes
USA: "One Stop" listing of online/distance education
and degree programs
California:
Berkeley, UC Davis
Colorado:
Colorado State University: Online/Distance
Learning Degree Program
Florida:
University of Florida: Earn a Certificate
in Natural Areas Management by completing five workshops
conferred by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and IFAS Extension.
Idaho:
University of Idaho - College of Natural Resources:
- Main
page - undergraduate and graduate online courses
Maryland:
University of Maryland: Online
Education/Distance Learning
- Concepts of Biology (BIOL
101)
- Introduction to Statistics (STAT
200)
- Grant & Proposal Writing (COMM
492)
- Conservation Biology - used to be offered...keep checking
the UofM main site.
Massachusettes:
MIT (Massachusettes Insitute of Technology) - Online MIT OpenCourseWare. A free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
Montana:
Montana State University: Masters of Science degree program - Online
- Launched in 2012 - online Masters of Science (M.S.) in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences. This is a course-based, non-thesis program with a professional paper requirement. Students are not required to be on the Montana State University (MSU) campus for any portion of their program. The M.S. program in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences is designed to provide outstanding graduate opportunities across a substantial breadth of disciplinary interests. Programs are specifically adapted to each graduate student and often address processes at multiple scales through well-integrated, multi-disciplinary efforts. The flexible and interdisciplinary nature of this program allows students to select courses to fit their professional goals and interests.
University of Montana: Continuing
Education > Division of Natural Resource Management
- Online Wilderness in the Wilderness Context
406-243-4630. Done in conjunction with Arthur Carhart National
Wilderness Training Center.
New York:
Oregon:
Oregon State University
- OSU: Distance
Learning with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
(1-800-261-7049)
- Management Principles of Salmon in the Pacific NW (FW323)
- Biology of Birds (FW311)
- Principles of Wildlife Conservation (FW251)
- Wildlife in Agricultural Systems (FW 435/535)
- Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources (FS340)
- Survey of GIS in Natural Resources (FW 303)
- OSU: Distance Learning with the Department of Rangeland Resources (541-318-3772)
- Natural Resource Decision Making NR 455
- Desert Watershed Management RNG 355
- Riparian Ecology and Management RNG 455
Portland State University:
- Executive Leadership Institute - Watershed
Management Professional Program
- School of Extended Studies - Wetland, Stream & Restoration Professional Training
- Wetland Plant Workshop for Non-Botanists (One-day)
- Wetland Sedges, Grasses and Rushes
- Wetland Plants of the Pacific Northwest
- Erosion Control: Project Assessment, Design, Installation, Maintenance, and Monitoring
- Monitoring & Maintenance of Constructed Wetlands, Waterways, and Associated Wetlands
- Writing Successful Environmental Grant Proposals
Texas:
Texas A&M University: Online
Utah:
Western Governors
University
- Varied Topics (& Degrees): go to "catalog"
and scroll the "Field of Study" drop down box:
- Physical Science (earth science, geology, hydroecology)
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure (nothing related to natural resources at this time)
- Social Science & History
- Mathmatics (Statistics!)
- Biological Sciences
- And much more....
Utah State University
Online Courses
USU also offers satellite courses.
- Electronic Publications Management (ENGL6440)
- Online Writing (ENGL6460)
- Fundamentals of Marketing (BA3500)
- Introduction to Economic Institutions, History, and Principles (ECON1500)
- Elements of Grammar (ENGL1120)
- Directed Readings in Wildlife Damage Management (FW4810)
- Exploring the Changing Earth: Introduction to Geology (GEOL1100)
- Managing Organizations and People (MHR3110)
- Psychology of Human Adjustments (PSY1210)
- Introduction to Statistics (STAT1040)
- And much more....
College of Natural Resources
- Department of Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources
Washington:
Washington State University: Events
& Workshops
- Distance Education (800-222-4978)
Independent Vendors
GIS
ArcView and Arc/Info GIS software
and training
AllPoints GIS Inc.
Kessler GIS
Pedogonet - listings of
trainings
Juniper GIS
ITT - GIS software; free seminars/webinars and other fee based training
Forestry
Forest Engineering,
Inc.
Public Policy
Brookings
Institute
Woods Institute
Watershed/Hydrology/Geomorphology
Wildland Hydrology;
also known as "Rosgen Training"
TechTutorials.com
- Free. Online Technical Tutorials created by users.
Statistics
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