Conservation Banking Training Course

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Date:

Location:

Held at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV.

Course Description:

Conservation banking is a tool to conserve species and their habitat, while simultaneously streamlining the mitigation process for regulatory agencies, bank sponsors, project permittees and credit buyers. This course is designed to foster collaboration among regulators, bankers and users ensuring that all entities have a thorough grounding in conservation banking policy in order to facilitate the establishment of banks and in-lieu fee programs on the ground. In addition to covering the core elements of conservation banking establishment and implementation, recovery crediting and other associated credit trading systems and concepts will be addressed.

Course Objectives:

• Provide a thorough grounding in the relevant federal policy and regulations guiding the review,
  establishment, and operation of conservation banks and in-lieu fee programs

• Enable participants to identify the need for and opportunities associated with conservation banking
  programs including economic benefits of third party compensatory offsets from both a bankers’ and
  users’ perspective

• Provide solid expertise and understanding in how conservation banks and in-lieu fee programs are
  effectively and efficiently reviewed and overseen in both their establishment and operation

Target Audience:

Slots are available to members of the following agencies/entities: US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Army, US Marine Corps, Federal Highway Administration, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the National Mitigation Banking Association. Each entity will identify and select their participants.

Course Tuition:

Contact Information:

For more information, please contact Kris Hoellen at 304-876-7462 or khoellen@conservationfund.org

Other Information:

The course is offered in partnership by The Conservation Fund, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Army, US Marine Corps, Federal Highway Administration, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the National Mitigation Banking Association.