GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning

Workshop Announcement
GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning

June 13-16, 2011
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Each Day
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Estuarine Education Center
Gautier, Mississippi

Overview

This four-day course, co-taught by staff members from the NOAA Coastal Services Center and The Conservation Fund, teaches students how to apply geographic information system (GIS) tools, methodologies, and analyses to strategic conservation planning using a “green infrastructure” approach. Students will use data sets from coastal areas to develop conservation priorities and strategies to address a realistic conservation scenario.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

- Describe primary concepts and benefits of a green infrastructure approach to coastal conservation and broader land-use planning efforts;

- Define the goals, objectives, and parameters of a green infrastructure network and identify appropriate core data elements needed to design this network using GIS tools and methodologies; and

- Choose and employ raster-based spatial analyses to design a coastal green infrastructure network using ArcGIS.

Prerequisite
Experience with or training in ArcView 9.x. This course uses the Spatial Analyst extension, and materials presented are both comprehensive and fast-pasted. While not required, the following courses would also be helpful: Introduction to Coastal GIS for basic GIS skills (NOAA CSC) and Strategic Conservation Planning Using a Green Infrastructure Approach (The Conservation Fund).

Cost

The workshop fee is $45.00 and includes all course materials.

*Registration Required*

Limited to 20 Participants! For more information about this workshop and to register, visit us online at: http://guest.cvent.com/d/ydqy5j.

Questions? Please contact:
Michael Shelton, michael.shelton@dcnr.alabama.gov or Avia Huisman, avia.huisman@dmr.ms.gov.

Michael Shelton

Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,
Lands Division, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
11300 US Highway 98
Fairhope, Alabama 36532

251-928-9792