Upcoming Training and Other Projects in 2010

Courses and Workshops

CLN ends 2009 by partnering with Chicago Wilderness and bringing a Green Infrastructure Implementation workshop to Chicago December 1 – 3, 2009. Look forward to hearing the results in 2010!

2010 begins with both a national and placed-based offering of the Fund’s highly acclaimed, Balancing Nature and Commerce in Communities that Neighbor Public Lands. The national course offering is scheduled for January 25-28, 2010; team applications are due December 11, 2009. Participating teams focus on community character – what it is and how to protect, maintain and enhance it, partnerships (between public land managers and communities), economic development that capitalizes sustainably on a community’s assets, and action planning (actions that are reflective of a team’s vision). On January 11 – 13, 2010, CLN will take this course to Unicoi County, TN where the local community working with the Cherokee National Forest and the state will focus on establishing a sustainable tourism revenue stream for the county. Other Regional offerings slated for 2010 include communities located in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

2010 is the year of Green Infrastructure. Two national offerings of Strategic Conservation Planning Using a Green Infrastructure Approach, will take place on March 8-12, 2010 and September 13-17, 2010. In addition, the course is slated to travel to several locales in 2010.

The 4th annual offering of a Training Course for Mitigation Banking and In-Lieu Fee Program Interagency Review Teams (IRTs) is scheduled for June 21-25, 2010. This course is offered in partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and is only open to interagency review team members. A waiting list for the course is established each year, so register early!

For more information and to register for upcoming national courses, go to CLN's Course Listing.

Community Outreach Forums

The Conservation Fund, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, is continuing its work of developing a system-wide approach to mitigation using green infrastructure for the NiSource multi-species habitat conservation plan (MSHCP). The Conservation Fund’s green infrastructure assessment will extend beyond NiSource’s 15,500 mile network to encompass the adjacent counties, eco-regions and watershed units within the 14-state area. The Conservation Leadership Network will be leading and conducting focus groups with state resource specialists in early 2010 to begin identifying and developing mitigation opportunity packages.