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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.

GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning

November 18-21, 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: Oct 17, 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. Team Application Deadline: December 5, 2008

Strategic Conservation Planning Using the Green Infrastructure Approach

May 18-22, 2009 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: April 17, 2009!

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

June 15 - 19, 2009 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.

Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture

July 6 - 10, 2009 in Bar Harbor, ME
This five 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 USDA National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center in Franklin, Maine will host the site visit for the course. This facility is a state-of-the-art fish culture center based on system design concepts covered in the course. Registration Deadline: May 1, 2009!
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