Courses
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Writing A Minimum Requirements Analysis
This course describes the minimum requirements concept and guides users through the process of writing a Minimum Requirements Analysis (MRA) using the Minimum Requirements Decision Guide (MRDG) developed by the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center.
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Wilderness Character
Learn about how wilderness character is defined, wilderness character qualities and what degrades these qualities. This course also discusses how to integrate wilderness character into planning, monitoring, management, operations, and more.
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Visitor Use Management in Wilderness: Strategies
This second course in the series provides a thorough overview of how to determine which strategies and actions to use when managing visitor use in wilderness.
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The Wilderness Stewardship Planning Framework
This course is designed to assist you in understanding, developing, and selecting management alternatives for a wilderness stewardship plan.
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Survey Basics and Best Practices for Park and Recreation Agencies
Survey Basics and Best Practices for Park and Recreation Agencies will provide a brief overview on how to develop and distribute a survey. It reviews the reasons for surveying and how to construct, conduct, and use the survey data.
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Supporting Interpreters with Effective Training
Gain valuable skills that will help you train impactful interpreters. Interpretive trainers support interpreters in connecting people to parks, museums, zoos, and other places.
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Social Media and Interpretation
Explore how social media can be used interpretively to expand your reach.
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Perfecting the Procurement Process
New to the procurement process? This course will help you to gain an understanding of how to obtain products and services from organizations outside your own.
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Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Monitoring
Learn the importance of natural resource monitoring and what resources are appropriate to monitor in wilderness.
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Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fish And Wildlife Inventory and Monitoring
Learn the fundamentals of monitoring fish and wildlife in wilderness, and see examples of monitoring programs. Learn MoreFree -
Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Evaluating Proposals For Scientific Activity
Learn about the process of evaluating proposals to conduct scientific activity in wilderness and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character while such activity occurs.
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Managing Wildlands and Wild Spaces Certificate
In this certificate you will learn the basic steps for decision making and management that are applied to federal wilderness areas, and how they can be interpreted and implemented on other, non-federal protected areas. These wildlands can benefit from the same systems and strategies the US government uses to identify the wilderness characteristics, develop plans for stewardship, manage visitor usage, and protect the natural resources.
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Managing Special Provisions in Wilderness: Insects and Disease
Learn about relevant considerations for managing insects and disease in wilderness.
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Managing Special Provisions in Wilderness: Fire
Learn about the appropriate management of fire in wilderness, including the use of prescribed fire and fuel treatments. This course is not a replacement for fire training. Learn MoreFree -
Inventory and Monitoring of Cultural Resources in Wilderness
This course is the second in a series of three courses on Cultural Resources Management in Wilderness. It provides an in-depth look at the special requirements of inventorying and monitoring cultural resources in wilderness.
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Introduction to the Human Health and Natural Environments Series
In this course you will explore the core concepts covered in the seven courses in the Human Health and Natural Environments series.
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Introduction to Resource Protection: Recorded
Explore the universal challenges you will encounter when charged with the protection of natural and cultural resources along with providing for public use and access. Learn MoreFree -
Introduction to Dialogic Interpretation
Explore a new approach to interpretation – dialogic interpretation. This course discusses three methods interpreters are using to present dialogic programs to visitors and guests.
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Interpretive Talk
Learn practical steps for creating an effective and well-crafted interpretive talk. Learn More$59.00 -
Interpretation on the Move
Explore guided interpretive programs, which can take many forms: walks, hikes, house tours, canoe trips, bus tours, cave tours, just to name a few.
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Interpretation Basics for Seasonals and Volunteers
New to interpretation? Want to refresh your understanding of the basics of interpretation? This course is for you!
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Human Health and Natural Environments Certificate
Explore the role(s) that the parks and recreation profession can have in making connections between the natural world and human health through this self-paced certificate program.
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History of Parks: Conceptual Justification for Developing and Maintaining Parks
This recorded webcast is designed for park and public agency employees who are interested in the history of parks. The session will include historical details, drawings and photographs of the people and places who make up the story, their objectives, successes and failures.
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Great Meetings with Great Outcomes
This course provides a brief introduction to the benefits of facilitation in group settings.
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Fundamentals of Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness
This is the first course in the Paleontological Resources Management in Wilderness series. It focuses on the basics of managing paleontological resources found in wilderness.
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Fundamentals of Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness
Part one in a series of three courses in the Cultural Resources Management in Wilderness course of study, this course provides a basic understanding of the importance of cultural resources in wilderness and examines how stewardship of those resources in wilderness is different from stewardship in areas that are not wilderness. Learn MoreFree -
Fundamentals in Interpretation Certificate
Establish a strong foundation in the basics of interpretation. This certificate program explores the history of interpretation as a profession and provides knowledge in roving, informal interpretation, audience identification and engagement, and interpretive talks.
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Foundations of Interpretation
All over the world docents, park guides, and naturalists at museums, parks, zoos, and cultural and historical sites strive to provide meaningful experiences for visitors. Interpretation is the essential tool they use. Learn MoreFree -
Foundations of Human Health and Natural Environments
This course will help you gain an understanding of the different movements in the history of parks, human health and natural environments. It will also provide you the tools to develop personal definitions for the terms “human health” and “natural environments.”
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First-Line Supervisors: Competency-Based Supervision and Management
Gain skills in developing competencies and managing staff with competencies in mind.
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First-Line Supervisors Management Certificate Program
Gain skills in developing competencies and managing staff with competencies in mind.
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First-Line Supervisor Management: Team Building
Gain a comprehensive understanding of what a team is and how to develop an effective team.
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First-Line Supervisor Management: Recruitment Strategies
Gain skills in hiring and preparing staff to be successful in their positions.
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First-Line Supervisor Management: Quality of Service
Gain ability to ensure organizational goals and customer expectations are met.
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First-Line Supervisor Management: Monitoring and Improving Productivity
Gain skills in methods for leading teams and developing staff ability to perform effectively.
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First-Line Supervisor Management: Effective Communication
Gain skills in effective methods for communicating with staff, colleagues, and partners.
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Evaluating Scientific Proposals for Cultural Resources in Wilderness
This course is the third in a series of three courses on Cultural Resources Management in Wilderness. It provides a comprehensive overview of the process used to evaluate proposals for scientific activity in wilderness.
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Evaluating A Minimum Requirements Analysis
This course is designed to assist individuals charged with approving Minimum Requirements Analyses (MRAs). The stories and case studies presented in this course are based on real cases and real MRAs. Learn More
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Deciding to Keep Wilderness Wild: Four Cornerstones for Wilderness Managers
Explore the four most important principles of managing wilderness: Preserve Wilderness and Natural Conditions, Protect Wilderness Benefits, Provide and Use the Minimum Necessary, and Manage Wilderness as a Whole.
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Coaching for Interpretive Success
Explore the skills needed to be an effective interpretive coach. Coaching others to develop and deliver meaningful interpretation is rewarding because you multiply the opportunities for visitors to understand the relevance and significance of our resources. It gives you the chance to share your passion.
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Betty van der Smissen Lecture: Risk Management And Legal Liability
Reb Gregg and Jim Moss, two of Betty van Smissen’s esteemed colleagues, debate selected legal issues in outdoor recreation in a lively, entertaining, and educational recorded webcast. Learn MoreFree -
Asset Management Webcast
Asset management can be a complicated subject, particularly for smaller agencies with limited budgets. This presentation will provide an overview of asset management for parks and recreation agencies of all sizes. Learn MoreFree -
Aquatics 1: Principles Of Aquatics Management
In this course, learners will begin to examine aquatics and aquatics management. Learn More$59.00 -
Accessibility Essentials #1: Historical Impressions of Disability
Part 1Learn about foundational concepts of accessibility and disability in this free microlearning e-course series! This course is intended for anyone in the parks, recreation, and tourism industry who wants to learn about disability and accessibility in historic and modern-day contexts.
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