In the Plant Identification Level 2 MicroCourse presented by NRTG, participants will delve deeper into important botanical terminology to enhance familiarity with various plants encountered in nature. Attendees will also explore the anatomy of difficult plant groups and discuss which characteristics to note and photograph when initiating species identification.

This course presented by NRTG equips individuals expanding their careers into this realm with detailed knowledge. It covers specific capture techniques, their rationale, and execution, along with best practices for safe handling to prevent injury or disease transmission. Additionally, it explores broader elements such as study design and offers guidance on identifying species across various...

NRTG's two-day, fully-online Avian Nest Sweeps and Monitoring Methods training program will train participants to perform efficient, effective, and ecologically responsible nest sweeps for breeding birds. After completing this course participants will understand the regulatory and environmental drivers behind this practice and be prepared to plan and conduct these specialized surveys.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly referred to as drones, have been increasing in popularity over the last few years for surveying, photo/video capture, and digitizing data of environmental conditions from stream bottoms to treetops. This tool has provided unprecedented and customized landscape level views and analyses to a large range of environmental professionals and technicians. The...

In this MicroCourse presented by NRTG, participants will examine how to design fish habitat assessments based on the desired project objective. Are we doing a baseline survey in advance of a proposed development? A reconnaissance survey? Or perhaps designing a monitoring program that will measure potential habitat changes downstream from a mine or forestry project?...

Presented by the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology, this online eight-day online course with Joe Thorley is for natural resource managers who have to interpret the results of statistical analyses and make decisions about how much data to collect and which management actions to undertake. The course focuses on the fundamentals of uncertainty, modeling,...

The BC-CESCL course is designed to help practitioners understand how to manage erosion and sediment control on their construction projects and understand their obligations under government legislation. Although it most relevant for the "boots on the ground" site personnel and new ESC professionals, site monitors often take the course and benefit from expanding their knowledge....

An introduction to the programming language R, presented by CMI. This course will provide tips and tricks to programming in R, installation of R packages and libraries, introduction to base R objects and data types, assign a value to a name, identify functions, for loops, and conditional statements, read in data from common file types...

This course presented by EGBC primarily explores the profound effects of climate change on critical energy infrastructures, with a particular focus on extreme weather events such as wildfires, floods, droughts, and severe storms. Students will be able to learn how these climate-related events affect energy infrastructure, causing grid stress and disrupting energy infrastructure. There is...

Although TRVs are regularly used, they are often not completely understood. This presentation will explain how TRVs are derived, where you can find TRVs, and identify differences in TRVs derived by different agencies. Case studies will demonstrate why strong risk assessors should consider the basis of TRVs in their risk conclusions. Presented by GeoEnviroPro.

The BC Ministry of Forests is inviting you to a virtual three-hour workshop on the development of a Climate Adaptation Policy Framework. The Climate Adaptation Policy Framework will guide the Ministry of Forests’ work on adapting to climate change and establish a consistent approach to integrating climate change adaptation into strategic and operational decision-making. The...

Hydrology & Wetland Design Seminar explores the water cycle of a single ecosystem: wetlands when considering wetland components and designing wetlands. Water inputs, throughputs and outputs, as well as indicators...