Due to the increasing number of GIS & Remote Sensing training opportunities on the open market, our program no longer supports a workshop developed specifically for natural resource professionals. However, in an effort to help you locate GIS & Remote Sensing training that meets your needs we have collected the following information. If you know of other quality GIS & Remote Sensing training please let us know.

NOTE: Most of the vendors teach GIS using ESRI software. Do you know that ESRI offers training as well ? Check out what they have to offer. They have experience teaching Forest Service people and are competitively priced.

University / Institution Vendors

California:

University of California - Davis
GIS for Resource Managers and Professionals (one of many courses)
(Sidebar choice of "Program Areas">Discipline Tree, select "Land Use and Natural Resources">GIS)
Dates: Varied - contact UC Davis
Tuition: $480.00 (with discounts for groups or society memberships)
Contact: Linda K. Vance, Director of Biological Sciences Program
Email: lkvance@ucdavis.edu
Website: www.extension.ucdavis.edu
Telephone: 530-754-6487
Courses only listed for 4 months into the future. Updated frequently. Email Linda for courses not listed. UC Davis does contract courses for groups of 12 or more with specific training objectives - they will develop training that tailor fits.

Montana:

The University of Montana
GIS & Remote Sensing: Applications for Fisheries and Wildlife
Dates: Check their web site for dates
Tuition: $390.00
Contact: Joan Brehm
Email: jbrehm@selway.umt.edu
Website: www.umt.edu/ccesp/c&i/nrm/
Telephone: 406-243-6098
Other workshops under development include: Advanced GIS (Summer)

Oregon:

Oregon State University
GIS/GPS Fundamentals for Natural Resource Planning
Dates: Check their web site for dates
Tuition: $395 (does not include lodging and meals)
Contact: Forestry Conference Office
Email: conference@cof.orst.edu
Website: www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/arcview/
Telephone: 541-737-2329

South Carolina:

Clemson University
Practical Implementation of GIS in Natural Resources
Dates: Check their web site for dates
Location: Clemson, South Carolina
Website: www.forsonline.org
Sponsored by: Forest Resources Systems Institute (FORS)
Registration: www.forsonline.org/register
Telephone: 864-656-7723

Utah:

Utah State University
Introduction to ARCView (ESRI software)
Customized courses available upon request.
Dates: Frequent (check their web site)
Tuition: (check their web site)
Contact: Bonnie Banner
Email: bonnieb.banner@usu.edu
Website: http://www.gis.usu.edu/license/
Telephone: 435-797-2589

Utah State University: Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences

Virginia:

Virginia Polytech Institute & State University - College of Natural Resources
Conservation Management Institute
GIS for Natural Resource Professionals
Dates: Customized in-house training on request
Tuition: Contact VPI (dependent on travel)
Contact: Andrew Rosenberger, Research Associate
Email: anrosenb@vt.edu
Website: http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/OE/GIS/GIS.htm
Telephone: 540-231-7348

Washington:

University of Washington
Introduction to GIS for Natural Resource Professionals
Dates: (check their web site)
Tuition: (check their web site)
Contact: College of Forest Resources
Email: forestce@u.washington.edu
Website: www.cfr.washington.edu/Outreach/cecal.html
Telephone: 206-543-0867

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Government Vendors

Bureau of Land Management
GIS Workshop - Bureau wide
BLM Training Catalog
Dates: Check their web site for dates
Tuition: Check their web site
Contact: Diane Nelson
Email: dcnelson@tc.blm.gov
Website: www.ntc.blm.gov http://oslearn.ntc.blm.gov/NTCSCHEDULE.nsf?OpenDatabase
Telephone: 602-906-5548

Fish and Wildlife Service
GIS - Introduction for Conservation Professionals
Dates: Check their web site for dates
Tuition: Check their web site
Contact: NCTC Registrar
Email: nctcregistrar@fws.gov
Website: FWS Catalog
Telephone: 304-876-7200

Forest Service
Geospatial Service & Technology Center (GSTC)
Training & Technology Awareness
Dates: (check GSTC web site)
Tuition: (check GSTC web site)
Contact: David Watkins, Program Manager
Email: dwatkins@fs.fed.us
Postal Address: 2222 West 2300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/gstc
Forest Service Geospatial Training Intranet:
Geospatial - http://fsweb.gstc.fs.fed.us/
Geotraining - http://fsweb.geotraining.fs.fed.us
Developed jointly by the Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) and the Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC) - centralizing geospatial courses and information.
Telephone: 801-975-3816

NOTE: Non Forest Service folks should call or email David directly. He will be happy to share a complete list of services.

Forest Service
Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC)
Dates: (check RSAC web site)
Tuition: (check RSAC web site)
Contact: Mike Morrison
Email: mmorrison@fs.fed.us
Postal Address: 2222 West 2300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/
Forest Service RSAC Training Intranet: http://fsweb.rsac.fs.fed.us/
Telephone: 801-975-3755

Forest Service
Region 1, GIS Training: downloadable module available: http://fsweb.r1.fs.fed.us/gis/GIS_Training/instructions_for_arcgis.html
Contact: Kim Foiles, Email: kfoiles@fs.fed.us
Region 2, Information Resources Staff
Contact: Jackie Doll, Email: jdoll@fs.fed.us

State
Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) - State Agencies
Run by the Department of Administrative Services, Division of Information Technology Services. Most states have an AGRC staff, but not all. Visit the page hosted by ESRI to find out the current status.

• Arizona
• Georgia
• Utah

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Industry Vendors