Other Training Options

These are training opportunities not associated with CE-BPR. Distance Learning opportunities are integrated in the list. For web based training - look for "Online". Vendor quality probably varies. Check them out with "a buyer's eye".

| Federal | State | Independent Vendor | FREE to Feds

Federal

Multiple Agency Efforts

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture

USDA Graduate School:

• Services
• Online - Distance Learning

Forest Service

• AgLearn (USDA) - Skill Soft training. FREE to USDA employees

• Boise Aquatic Group
  

• Climate Change Resource Center: PNW-GTR-789 online or order DVD



• Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC) - FREE geospatial training services for Forest Service units and staffs. Online and in classroom settings.
• geospatial technologies
• applications
• data
  Contact: Bill Silva, Training Unit Leader (bill.silva"at"usda.gov)



• International Program - International training opportunities



• National Geology & Minerals Training Office



• Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) - contact RSAC directly for a complete listing of training opportunities. Intranet page available to Forest Service personnel
  Contact: Haans Fisk (hfisk"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)




• San Dimas Technology and Development Center (SDTDC) -
• Innovative Solutions to Wildlife/Highway Interactions.
  


• 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). 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

National Park Service: National Training Center - online and onsite training funnels to DOI Learn

Other Federal Agencies

Office of Personnel Management (OPM):

• Leadership
• Masters of Public Administration (through American University, Washington DC)
• Other

Smithsonian Institute:

• Conservation Education & Training
• Measurement & Assessment of Biodiversity Program

USGS - See "Geological Service, US"

State

Arizona:

Arizona State University: Online/Distance Learning Degree Programs

• Biological Sciences
• Geography
• Geographic Information Science
• Sustainability
• Sustainability Leadership
• Sustainable Tourism
• Sustainable Engineering

California:

Berkeley, UC Davis

• Jepson Herbarium Courses

Colorado:

Colorado State University: Online/Distance Learning Degree Program

Agriculture
Integrated Resource Management
Rangeland Ecosystem Science
Natural Resources and the Environment
Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Statistics
Watershed Science
Water Policy
more ...

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:

Master of Natural Resources

Ecology Online - Guided Independent Learning & Research in Ecology

401 series Program*

Rather than the traditional thesis-based Master of Science (M.S.) graduate program, the MNR program is course-based program of 30 semester credits, culminating with an oral presentation of a case study project. Students select a suite of courses from four major categories. The program of courses may be taken entirely on-line, on-campus, or a combination of both. In contrast to the emphasis on research as in the thesis or doctoral programs, the MNR program focuses on breadth across natural resource disciplines and is designed as a terminal degree.

*The University of Idaho offers courses and programs helping meet educational requirements to qualify for GS-0401 series of federal employment in fire. These are outlined in the Interagency Fire Program Management standards, and they include completing a bachelor's degree or at least 24 course credits that are required as part of a B.S. degree in forestry, fire, natural resources or closely related field. The individual courses in University of Idaho certificate are part of the requirements for a B.S. degree in Fire Ecology and Management. More than 800 people participated in online fire courses within the last five years.

Maryland:

University of Maryland: Online Education/Distance Learning

Population Biology and General Ecology

Pesticides and the Environment

Natural Science

Principles of Genetics

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.

Minnesota:

University of Minnesota Water Resources Center - Online Watershed Specialist Training

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:

• Cornell University - Online

Oregon:

Lewis & Clark Law School, Environmental & Natural Resources Law Program

• Not Online - coming soon. Starting fall 2013, Lewis & Clark Law School offering a one-year Master of Studies degree in environmental law. (It can also be done part-time for longer.) This will be a non-law degree for folks who want to learn about environmental law, but who don't want to be a lawyer or spend 3-4 years in law school. Students will take environmental law classes from law professors.

Oregon State University

OSU "E-Campus" 800-667-1465 or 541-737-9204
OSU: Distance Learning with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
• Management Principles of Salmon in the Pacific NW
• Biology of Birds
• Principles of Wildlife Conservation
• Wildlife in Agricultural Systems
• Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources
• Survey of GIS in Natural Resources
OSU: Distance Learning with the Department of Natural Resources
• Forest biology
• Wildlife ecology
• Rangeland management
• Wetlands and riparian ecology
• Natural resources policy and law
• GIS

Portland State University:

Center for Public Service (formerly:Executive Leadership Institute) -
• Watershed Management Certificate
• River Restoration
• Executive Seminar Program for Natural Resources
• Online - Extended Campus
• PSU Class Schedule (see drop down box)
• Anthropology
• Economics
• more (not all directly related to natural resources)

School of Extended Studies Environmental Professional Program -
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

Pennsylvania:

Gannon University: Online Masters of Public Administration

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.

• Natural Resources Masters (MNR)
• Applied Environmental Geoscience
• English - Technical Writing
• And much more....

College of Natural Resources

Department of Environment and Society:

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Certificate Program

Continuing Education in Ecosystem Management

Self Study

Department of Watershed Sciences

• Principles & Practice of Stream Restoration

Department of Wildland Resources:

Courses - do a search for "CANVAS" to sort out the Online courses

Independent Vendors