Training at the National Conservation Training Center
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Course Categories
The National Conservation Training Center is focused on providing various types of learning opportunities for Service employees and other Federal and non-Federal partners in conservation topics and other focal areas. Visit our course categories below to learn more about the courses we offer and to see what courses are currently scheduled. Please note the Center is not open to the general public.
Academies
Academies are focused on developing the skills and knowledge needed to address the mission of the programs and the Service. They are single and multi-week courses designed for targeted groups of FWS employees.
Aquatic Species Biology and Conservation
These courses focus on the successful restoration of threatened and endangered aquatic species.
Communications
These courses build the skills needed to effectively serve as the face and voice of the Service.
Conservation Policy
These courses explore mission relevant policies and planning topics. Participants learn how to locate, interpret, and apply regulations resulting from policy and law.
Decision Analysis
These courses build the knowledge and skills needed to make better decisions.
Geospatial Technologies
These courses build skill proficiency in using GIS and GIS applications for mapping and map communication, analysis, modeling, data creation and data management to support planning and decision making.
Habitat Assessment, Restoration, and Management
These courses build the knowledge and skills to effectively assess, restore, and manage streams, wetlands, and upland habitats. A highly developed series of courses in stream measurement and fluvial geomorphology build advanced skills for the most challenging restoration problems.
Human Dimensions
These courses focus on using social science knowledge and tools to effectively incorporate societal values into conservation planning and decision-making, and to build stronger and more diverse partnerships.
Leadership
These courses and programs prepare leaders and supervisors to accomplish the Service’s mission.
Refuge Land Policy
These courses focus on in-depth exploration of law, policy, and planning topics relevant to National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) land acquisition, protection, and management.
Safety and Emergency Response
Safety courses are mandatory for jobs that require specialized skills for using equipment or dealing with situations with inherent risk.
Statistics and Modeling
These courses build skills in population modeling, biological monitoring, and quantitative assessments needed to support conservation decisions.
Supervision and Employee Development
These courses and programs prepare leaders and supervisors to accomplish the Service’s mission.
Visitor Services
These courses build the skills needed to develop, provide, and manage priority public uses and other recreation at FWS field stations.
Wilderness Training
Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
Wildlife Biology and Field Techniques
These hands-on field and laboratory courses increase skills in the sampling, measuring, and health assessment of terrestrial and aquatic wildlife to manage and sustain species.