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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

September 13-17, 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: August 20, 2010
PROFESSIONAL CREDITS NOW AVAILABLE!

Recirculating Aquaculture: Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture

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.

National Green Infrastructure Conference 2011

February 23-25, 2011 in Shepherdstown, WV

Join Us! To hear nationally recognized speakers from across the country discuss key elements for success and vital lessons-learned. Be part of developing the strategy for the future of green infrastructure!

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What Is Green Infrastructure?

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We need green infrastructure to balance the gray. The term "green infrastructure" has been used to refer to everything from green roofs to more ecologically friendly stormwater management systems. But what is it really?

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