Date: September 10-14, 2012
Location: Fort Collins, CO

Who Should Attend: Biologists and managers who are engaged in developing, conducting, supervising or evaluating biological monitoring surveys and programs. Participants should have a basic understanding of statistics equivalent to an introductory undergraduate course. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Participate in the design of a monitoring program or survey to address a specific question or information need, including prioritizing among a set of possible monitoring objectives.
• Select the type of monitoring that best addresses a specific natural resource management problem.
• Communicate effectively with a statistician or consultant to develop a sampling design and the associated analyses that address a natural resource problem.
• Coordinate data management, analysis, and reporting that address the specific question or management need, advances learning, or reduces management uncertainty.

Tuition for FWS, NPS, and BLM is prepaid. For participants from other agencies and organizations, there is a tuition charge of $950.

Register online at http://training.fws.gov using DOILearn, the Department of the Interior’s Learning Management System.