NRTG’s MicroCourses provide focused, flexible training to sharpen your skills and enhance your professional expertise. In just four hours, Designing a Robust and Successful Water Quality Study will guide you through the critical steps required to design a water quality study that is both scientifically sound and defensible. Whether you are working in environmental consulting, regulatory compliance,...

NRTG’s MicroCourses offer a dynamic training pathway that’s as flexible as it is enriching to build expertise. Our Sampling Fish in Lakes — Methods to Increase Your Catch course, spanning four hours, delivers in-depth training in an easily digestible format. It’s designed to maximize your skills for immediate application in lake ecosystems and fisheries management. Fish sampling...

The Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) is a land cover and land use classification system specific to grassland regions. This course introduces concepts related to grassland ecosystem mapping, including: Components of grassland ecosystems Interpretation of imagery Classification of GVI site types (e.g., range sites) The course is delivered through a blended format combining self-paced modules, offline...

Katelyn White, BC Energy Regulator Part of the 2025-2026 Community of Practice (CoP) Lunch and Learn Webinar Series, Society for Ecosystem Restoration in Northern BC

Location: Fully online This two-day, fully online Avian Nest Sweeps and Monitoring Methods training provides participants with foundational knowledge to support effective, efficient, and ecologically responsible nest sweeps for breeding birds. After completing this course participants will understand the regulatory and environmental drivers behind nest sweeps and gain tools to plan and conduct these specialize...

Location: Fully online Wetland Assessment is an applied, two-day, online with a student led field component course focusing on the step-by-step process of how to characterize, classify, and delineate wetlands in Canada and the northern United States. Program Outcomes Upon successful completion, participants will be able to: Identify and classify wetlands in the field using...

Momentum for Continued Growth: Building B.C.’s Resource Future This theme reflects a critical time for western Canada’s resource sector—one defined by renewed confidence, accelerated infrastructure and project development, and a strong commitment to inclusive growth through meaningful Indigenous partnerships.

Location: Fully online The ability to remove amphibians and reptiles safely and effectively from a work site is an important skill for environmental professionals. This two-day applied course provides students with key skills and knowledge to capture, identify and handle specimens, effectively plan and conduct a herptiles mitigation project, and prevent disease transfer.   What...

Location: Fully online  This one-day Fish Habitat Restoration – Prescription Development course will provide participants with the methodology to develop a comprehensive habitat restoration prescription. Topics include how to inventory your site, investigate, and define historic conditions, identify ecological and traditional values to be restored, establish goals and objectives, develop and execute your restoration and monitoring plan....

Location: Fully online You will acquire the foundational knowledge needed for identifying plants to their exact species. We’ll cover the essentials: from understanding plant naming and classification to decoding plant morphology and terminology and mastering the use of botanical keys. Along the way, we’ll navigate common challenges and pitfalls in plant identification, introduce you to...

The course will be conducted through three-hour online sessions held over five Tuesday mornings, with optional take-home activities available between sessions.