Upcoming Courses & Events

Conservation Leadership Network courses are designed to foster collaboration and to replicate real world scenarios. As such, our courses are applicable for individuals from a variety of disciplines and sectors, with responsibilities that scale the national, regional, and local levels. Our courses combine successful strategies with up to date research and top quality instruction - courses are taught "by practitioners, for practitioners."

Courses are offered at locations around the U.S., including the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV, the headquarters of the Network. In addition, CLN's distance learning program, ConservationDirect uses satellite television and the Internet to provide accessible and affordable training to professionals across the nation.

Current course offerings are listed below.

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Communities that Neighbor Public Lands

$760.00

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January 25-29, 2010 in Shepherdstown, WV
During this 4 day course ‘teams’ will focus on the economics, natural resources and community character of their area and learn valuable partnership building skills. At the end of the four days, teams will leave with a specific action plan for implementing a collaborative project in their community.

Strategic Conservation Planning Using the Green Infrastructure Approach

$950.00

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March 8-12, 2010 in Shepherdstown, WV
Green Infrastructure is our Nation’s natural life support system - an interconnected network of natural lands and other open spaces that conserves ecosystem values and functions and provides associated benefits to human populations. Registration Deadline: February 12, 2010
PROFESSIONAL CREDITS NOW AVAILABLE!

Planning for Climate Change Using a Green Infrastructure Approach

$125.00

Pilot offering for Coastal Communities in the Chesapeake Bay!
April 26-28, 2010 in Shepherdstown, WV
Participants will have the opportunity to plan for potential climate change impacts (storm surge/sea level rise, changes in precipitation and temperature) using a green infrastructure approach as a guide for developing effective adaptation and mitigation strategies. Registration Deadline: April 1, 2010

Training Course for Mitigation Banking and In-lieu Fee Program Interagency Review Teams

$FREE

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June 21-15, 2010 in Shepherdstown, WV
Providing a thorough grounding in the relevant federal policy guiding review, establishment, and management of mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs; this course marries the technical knowledge upon which environmentally sound decisions are made with the leadership skills necessary for achieving effective decision-making.

GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning

$680.00

August 3-6, 2010 in Shepherdstown, WV
This course teaches how to apply GIS tools, methodologies, and analyses to strategic conservation planning using a “Green Infrastructure” approach. Registration Deadline: July 6, 2010!

Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture

$850.00

October 25-29, 2010 at NCTC in Shepherdstown, WV
This four-and-a-half day course presented by The Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute will cover the fundamentals of design and management of water reuse systems. Staff from the Freshwater Institute (Shepherdstown, WV) will teach the course. The Freshwater Institute will be the site of lab activities for the course. The Freshwater Institute is a state-of-the-art fish culture facility based on system design concepts covered in the course.