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...

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...

Location: Fully online Erosion control is a common challenge in streambank management, and selecting the right tools is key to success. Effective bank protection should maximize stability, minimize environmental impact, and require little to no maintenance. Rock groynes, or flow retarders, provide a versatile solution by harnessing the river’s energy to rebuild banks while offering...