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Conservation Leadership NetworkConservation 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.

Strategic Conservation Planning Using the Green Infrastructure Approach

April 14-18, 2008 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: March 12, 2008!

Conservation Options: The Land Protection Toolbox

April 14 - 17, 2008 This survey course is designed for people new to the land conservation field as well as for professionals who want a refresher course on the fundamental tools of land conservation. Registration Deadline: March 17, 2008!

Green Infrastructure - Linking Landscapes and Communities

May 5 - 9, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah
New opportunity to take the Strategic Conservation Planning Using a Green Infrastructure Approach course in a western location! Registration deadline: April 14, 2008! Don't miss this opportunity to avoid flying east!

From Bucks to Acres - Creating Conservation Success

May 12 - 15, 2008 Have you ever found yourself unable to take advantage of a promising land conservation opportunity because you lack the necessary capital or ability to respond as rapidly as needed? This course is designed for land trust professionals interested in the basics of working with market-based financing tools. Registration Deadline: April 21, 2008!

Training Course for Mitigation Banking Interagency Review Teams

June 9 - 13, 2008 in Shepherdstown, WV
Providing a thorough grounding in the relevant federal policy guiding mitigation bank review, establishment, and management; 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

June 16-19, 2008 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: May 1, 2008!

Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture

July 28 - August 1, 2008 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. Registration deadline: June 6, 2008!

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Communities that Neighbor Public Lands

January 26 - 29, 2009 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.
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