Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center Online Courses
These online courses are offered in partnership with the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University. Click on a title to learn more and register online, or view registration information for all online courses. Free webinars are also available. For more information on current classroom courses, click here.Free enrollment for the following courses is currently open.
Wilderness Act
The Wilderness Act of 1964 > The purpose of The Wilderness Act of 1964 course is to acquaint you with the contents of this law and equip you to consider its impact in managing a wilderness area.
This is a foundational course and, along with Minimum Requirements Analysis, is a required prerequisite, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, for all the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center courses. These required courses provide the foundation for subsequent courses and for conducting management actions within wilderness.
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This is a foundational course and, along with Minimum Requirements Analysis, is a required prerequisite, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, for all the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center courses. These required courses provide the foundation for subsequent courses and for conducting management actions within wilderness.
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Writing a Minimum Requirements Analysis
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. During this course, participants will: Define minimum requirements; Identify the benefits to using the MRA process and the MRDG; Explain under what circumstances the MRA is to be used; Describe the MRA process; Use the MRDG.
There is one required prerequisite for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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There is one required prerequisite for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
Register for this course.
Deciding to Keep Wilderness Wild: Four Cornerstones for Wilderness Managers
Deciding to Keep Wilderness Wild: Four Cornerstones for Wilderness Managers > This course explores the four most important
principles of managing wilderness: Preserve Wildness and Natural Conditions, Protect Wilderness Benefits, Provide and Use the
Minimum Necessary, and Manage Wilderness as a Whole. The course is designed to stimulate your thought process so that when you
are faced with difficult wilderness stewardship issues, you can make well-informed decisions that minimize negative impacts to
wilderness character as required by The Wilderness Act of 1964.
There is one required prerequisite for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis course.
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Non-agency
There is one required prerequisite for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis course.
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Non-agency
Wilderness Stewardship Planning Framework
Wilderness Stewardship Planning Framework > The Wilderness Stewardship Planning Framework course contains nine modules designed to assist you in developing and selecting management action alternatives and implementing an action plan.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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RECM/FOR 406 Wilderness Management Planning > This course, offered through the University of Montana's Wilderness Management Distance Education Program, is instead for students who are interested in a for-academic-credit university-level distance education course that provides an in-depth understanding of wilderness planning theory and methods, examines case studies in wilderness planning, and compares different types of planning processes.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
RECM/FOR 406 Wilderness Management Planning > This course, offered through the University of Montana's Wilderness Management Distance Education Program, is instead for students who are interested in a for-academic-credit university-level distance education course that provides an in-depth understanding of wilderness planning theory and methods, examines case studies in wilderness planning, and compares different types of planning processes.
Wilderness Visitor Use Management
Fundamentals > This is the first in a series of three courses in the Visitor Use Management course of study and is designed to introduce you to the fundamental principles of Visitor Use Management.
There is one required prerequisite for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis course and that you take the other Visitor Use Management courses in sequence: Strategies, and Monitoring Impacts and Uses.
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Strategies > This is the second in a series of three courses in the Visitor Use Management course of study. This course contains four modules that explain management strategies in general and specific strategies to address biophysical and social impacts, including visitor education and the essential role it plays in managing visitor use.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Visitor Use Management: Fundamentals, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis course.
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Monitoring Impacts and Uses > This is the third in a series of three courses in the Visitor Use Management course of study and contains four modules that introduce the process for monitoring campsites, trail impacts, and visitor use. An optional section on monitoring visitor encounters is also included.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Visitor Use Management: Fundamentals, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis and Visitor Use Management: Strategies courses.
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There is one required prerequisite for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis course and that you take the other Visitor Use Management courses in sequence: Strategies, and Monitoring Impacts and Uses.
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Non-agency
Strategies > This is the second in a series of three courses in the Visitor Use Management course of study. This course contains four modules that explain management strategies in general and specific strategies to address biophysical and social impacts, including visitor education and the essential role it plays in managing visitor use.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Visitor Use Management: Fundamentals, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis course.
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Non-agency
Monitoring Impacts and Uses > This is the third in a series of three courses in the Visitor Use Management course of study and contains four modules that introduce the process for monitoring campsites, trail impacts, and visitor use. An optional section on monitoring visitor encounters is also included.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Visitor Use Management: Fundamentals, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Minimum Requirements Analysis and Visitor Use Management: Strategies courses.
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Non-agency
Natural Resource Management in Wilderness
Fundamentals > This is the first in a series of twelve courses in the Natural Resource Management course of study. This course presents the legal foundation for managing natural resources in wilderness and relevant natural resource management concepts.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Challenges in Natural Resource Restoration > Managing natural resources is a challenging task given the pressures of legal mandates to keep wilderness natural yet untrammeled. This course discusses these qualities of wilderness character and the dilemma of managing them equally.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Non-agency
Monitoring > Wilderness management often involves monitoring in order to adapt quickly to threats. This course addresses the types of monitoring goals and methods used and why managers must weigh the costs associated with gathering precise and accurate data from monitoring efforts.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Evaluating Proposals for Scientific Activity > This course discusses the process to evaluate proposals for conducting scientific activity in wilderness and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character with such activity.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Fish and Wildlife > This course explains the basis for fish and wildlife management in wilderness. It presents law, policy and other legal requirements for addressing various threats and issues involving fish and wildlife. This course also presents guidelines, principles and case studies that demonstrate a variety of management options.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Fish and Wildlife Inventory and Monitoring > This course explains the importance of monitoring fish and wildlife and demonstrates application of the basic concepts of survey sampling for fish and wildlife in wilderness. This information corresponds to Step 1 and Step 4, respectively, of the 8-Step Process for Developing a Monitoring Program outlined in the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Monitoring course.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals; Monitoring; and Fish and Wildlife courses.
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Threatened and Endangered Species > This course presents guidelines managers can follow to satisfy requirements of the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act, and agency policies when managing threatened and endangered species in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Air Quality > This course explains the legal basis for managing air quality in wilderness and the various issues involved for management. This course isn't intended to qualify you as an air specialist, but to acquaint you—as a wilderness manager—with the laws and processes available to manage air quality in wilderness. Every agency has an air resource section with air specialists who are available to assist you with any air quality management issues you may have in your wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Soil and Water > This course discusses the importance of management and monitoring soil and water resources—inside and outside wilderness; the various laws relating to management; and identifies strategies for prevention, mitigation, and restoration of impacts on soil and water resources in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Vegetation > This course defines the vegetation component of the wilderness resource, its value to wilderness, and mandated management policies, including threats and strategies for managing vegetation in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Soundscapes > This course differentiates natural sound from noise in the acoustical environments that make up soundscapes in wilderness. It identifies threats and strategies for managing soundscapes in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Night Sky > This course discusses the basis of night sky resource management, including the threats and principles for managing night sky in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register: Non-agency
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
Challenges in Natural Resource Restoration > Managing natural resources is a challenging task given the pressures of legal mandates to keep wilderness natural yet untrammeled. This course discusses these qualities of wilderness character and the dilemma of managing them equally.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Monitoring > Wilderness management often involves monitoring in order to adapt quickly to threats. This course addresses the types of monitoring goals and methods used and why managers must weigh the costs associated with gathering precise and accurate data from monitoring efforts.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Evaluating Proposals for Scientific Activity > This course discusses the process to evaluate proposals for conducting scientific activity in wilderness and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character with such activity.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Fish and Wildlife > This course explains the basis for fish and wildlife management in wilderness. It presents law, policy and other legal requirements for addressing various threats and issues involving fish and wildlife. This course also presents guidelines, principles and case studies that demonstrate a variety of management options.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Fish and Wildlife Inventory and Monitoring > This course explains the importance of monitoring fish and wildlife and demonstrates application of the basic concepts of survey sampling for fish and wildlife in wilderness. This information corresponds to Step 1 and Step 4, respectively, of the 8-Step Process for Developing a Monitoring Program outlined in the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Monitoring course.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals; Monitoring; and Fish and Wildlife courses.
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Non-agency
Threatened and Endangered Species > This course presents guidelines managers can follow to satisfy requirements of the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act, and agency policies when managing threatened and endangered species in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Air Quality > This course explains the legal basis for managing air quality in wilderness and the various issues involved for management. This course isn't intended to qualify you as an air specialist, but to acquaint you—as a wilderness manager—with the laws and processes available to manage air quality in wilderness. Every agency has an air resource section with air specialists who are available to assist you with any air quality management issues you may have in your wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Soil and Water > This course discusses the importance of management and monitoring soil and water resources—inside and outside wilderness; the various laws relating to management; and identifies strategies for prevention, mitigation, and restoration of impacts on soil and water resources in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Vegetation > This course defines the vegetation component of the wilderness resource, its value to wilderness, and mandated management policies, including threats and strategies for managing vegetation in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Soundscapes > This course differentiates natural sound from noise in the acoustical environments that make up soundscapes in wilderness. It identifies threats and strategies for managing soundscapes in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Non-agency
Night Sky > This course discusses the basis of night sky resource management, including the threats and principles for managing night sky in wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: Fundamentals course.
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Non-agencyManaging Cultural Resources in Wilderness
Fundamentals of Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness > This is the first in a series of three courses in the Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the importance of cultural resources in wilderness, and how stewardship of those resources differs in wilderness from areas that are not wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Inventory and Monitoring of Cultural Resources in Wilderness > This is the second in a series of three courses in the Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course provides you with a basic understanding of the inventory and monitoring processes as related to cultural resources.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
Evaluating Scientific Proposals for Cultural Resources in Wilderness > This is the third in a series of three courses in the Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course discusses the process for evaluating proposals for conducting scientific activity in wilderness related to cultural resources and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character with such activity.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the, Inventory and Monitoring of Cultural Resources in Wilderness course.
Click on your agency shield to register: Non-agency
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
Click on your agency shield to register:
Non-agency
Inventory and Monitoring of Cultural Resources in Wilderness > This is the second in a series of three courses in the Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course provides you with a basic understanding of the inventory and monitoring processes as related to cultural resources.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
Evaluating Scientific Proposals for Cultural Resources in Wilderness > This is the third in a series of three courses in the Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course discusses the process for evaluating proposals for conducting scientific activity in wilderness related to cultural resources and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character with such activity.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Cultural Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the, Inventory and Monitoring of Cultural Resources in Wilderness course.
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Non-agency
Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness
Fundamentals of Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness > This is the first in a series of three courses in the Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the importance of paleontological resources in wilderness, and how stewardship of those resources differs in wilderness from areas that are not wilderness.
There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
Inventory and Monitoring of Paleontological Resources in Wilderness > This is the second in a series of three courses in the Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course provides you with a basic understanding of the inventory and monitoring processes as related to paleontological resources.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Evaluating Scientific Proposals for Paleontological Resources in Wilderness > This is the third in a series of three courses in the Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course discusses the process for evaluating proposals for conducting scientific activity in wilderness related to paleontological resources and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character with such activity.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the, Inventory and Monitoring of Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course.
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There are two required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964 and Minimum Requirements Analysis, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
Inventory and Monitoring of Paleontological Resources in Wilderness > This is the second in a series of three courses in the Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course provides you with a basic understanding of the inventory and monitoring processes as related to paleontological resources.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course.
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Non-agency
Evaluating Scientific Proposals for Paleontological Resources in Wilderness > This is the third in a series of three courses in the Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course of study. This course discusses the process for evaluating proposals for conducting scientific activity in wilderness related to paleontological resources and the decisions wilderness managers must make in order to preserve wilderness character with such activity.
There are three required prerequisites for this course, The Wilderness Act of 1964, Minimum Requirements Analysis, and Fundamentals of Managing Paleontological Resources in Wilderness, which you must take and pass with an 80% or higher, before taking this course. It is recommended that you take the, Inventory and Monitoring of Paleontological Resources in Wilderness course.
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Non-agency
