Conservation Leadership Training Courses

The Conservation Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network (CLN) is offering a number of upcoming training courses in 2009 – don’t miss the opportunity to participate. For more information on all upcoming courses, see the full listing of Upcoming Courses and Events, go to: http://www.conservationfund.org/training_education/upcoming_training_courses

The Conservation Fund is partnering with the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) to develop and pilot a course on implementation of green infrastructure strategies specifically designed for public utility managers and officials, with an emphasis on how utilities can initiate, fund, construct, and maintain green infrastructure projects to meet their water supply and water quality needs. How Green Is My Infrastructure? A Regional Approach to Municipal Planning and Investment is being offered April 14-16, 2009 at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. For more information, go to: http://www.conservationfund.org/node/886

May 18 – 22, 2009 will be your next opportunity to attend Strategic Conservation Using a Green Infrastructure Approach at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. This course is offered in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service / NCTC. For more information, go to: http://www.conservationfund.org/node/239

GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning provides the opportunity for you to apply Green Infrastructure concepts and principles using GIS! This course will be offered in June 23-26, 2009 at NOAA Coastal Services Center in Charleston, SC. This course is offered in partnership with NOAA Coastal Services Center and is designed for advanced GIS practitioners. For more information, go to: http://www.conservationfund.org/node/670

Registration is now open for the 2009 Summer Meeting of the Environmental Analysis and Transportation Committee. The theme of the meeting is Looking Beyond the Transportation Footprint: New Partners and New Scales. This meeting is hosted by The Conservation Fund in partnership with AASHTO, the US Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, US Federal Highway Administration, and the states of Maryland and West Virginia. It is being held at the home of the Fish and Wildlife Service - the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. As such, the meeting agenda has been designed to maximize dialogue exchange between transportation professionals and their resource agency liaisons. Early bird (before April 15th) registration fee is $175. For more information, go to: http://www.conservationfund.org/node/921
Feel free to contact us with any further questions.
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Margarita Carey
CLN Program Associate
The Conservation Fund
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Phone: 304.876.7924
FAX: 304.876.7751
mcarey@conservationfund.org
www.conservationleadershipnetwork.org