Crucial to the effectiveness of managing public and private landscapes
is the skilled and accurate collection and management of natural resource
field data. This four day course will advance these skills as they
apply to managing field based conservation projects,
making the likelihood of success much greater.

Special Registration Rate: $249.00 if register by March 11, 2011
Standard Registration Rate: $299.00 if register after March 11, 2011

Conservation Planning Short Course
for Practitioners and Students

Learn from experts from the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, the Center for
Collaborative Conservation at Colorado State University, Bio-Logic, Inc., and
The Conservation Cooperative. This course is designed for non-specialists who
seek an opportunity to acquire valuable skills in field collection and project
planning techniques. It will focus on small to medium-sized projects and is
structured as a field base course, including significant field experience.

Course Objectives

• Participant will develop a basic understanding of conservation
  planning and its application in achieving positive conservation outcomes.


• Participants will acquire field project planning skills and learn how these contribute to successful conservation outcomes.


• Participants will gain an understanding of field data collection techniques using a site specific approach to evaluating the pieces, patterns and processes which make up the architecture of conservation planning.


• Participants will learn some basic skills in the use of developing field maps using GIS and GPS technology for the purpose of completing field work for conservation plans.