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Upcoming Courses & Events

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

March 5-9, 2012 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: February 21, 2012
PROFESSIONAL CREDITS NOW AVAILABLE!

Conservation Banking Training Course

April 2-6, 2012 in Shepherdstown, WV
This course is designed to foster collaboration among regulators, bankers and users ensuring that all entities have a thorough grounding in conservation banking policy in order to facilitate the establishment of banks and in-lieu fee programs on the ground.

Recirculating Aquaculture: Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture

May 29 - June 1, 2012 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana
This four-day course presented by The Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute will cover the fundamentals of design and management of water reuse systems. Early Registration Deadline: May 15, 2012

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

June 25-29, 2012 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.
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