Professional Development Calendar
Check this calendar for upcoming events presented by ESA and our approved providers. On-demand recordings, such as from this library of past ESA webinars, are also worth CEU.
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- 06February 6, 2023
Course Start Date: Wildlife Capture & Chemical Immobilization ; No Instructor Support (ONLINE)
 NO instructor support. Sign up anytime over a 3-month period and learn at your own pace as you work through prerecorded lectures and problem sets. Be aware that at any time during the first month, you may upgrade to receive Instructor support.
DATES: Access course from February 6 – April 30, 2023
Course Start Date: Wildlife Capture & Chemical Immobilization w/Instructor Support (ONLINE)
Dates: February 6 – March 1, 2023 (with access to course through April 30, 2023)
This course is for students and professionals interested in learning about all aspects of capturing and immobilizing wild animals using a variety of techniques and drugs. This course is also the prerequisite for a 4-day FIELD COURSE designed to provide students a one-of-a-kind, hands-on learning experience capturing and chemically immobilizing elk, black bears, wolves, mountain lions, and several species of mesocarnivores at the Wildlife Science Center (WSC) in Stacy, MN. March field course will be offered at WSC March 6-9, 2023.
Participants will learn at their own pace over four weeks by watching prerecorded lectures, working on problem sets, and reading Dr. Kreeger’s handbook and peer-reviewed journal articles. Once a week, participants will have the option to participate in a live Q&A with Dr. Kreeger about the materials presented in each module. An exam will be administered to those seeking a certification of completion from the Center for Wildlife Studies.
Statistical Methods Seminar Series: Spatial Modeling in Ecology
EFI and the ESA Statistical Ecology Section are hosting this virtual seminar series that demonstrates a variety of quantitative methods applied within Ecology and Environmental Science in the R programming language. Attendees will gain valuable insight into methods that they may or may not be familiar with from experts on a given topic.
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Approved Courses
R (for Ecology) by Luka Negoita
This provider offers:
Yale Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (Yale School of the Environment)
This provider offers a year-long certificate program, Tropical Forest Landscapes: Conservation, Restoration & Sustainable Use, as well as other online-only and field events. Follow their schedule and our calendar for a full list of opportunities.
One excellent tool for finding webinars and seminars, conferences and other events is the Ecology Seminars website/newsletter managed by Jonathan Clegg. It includes virtual events and in-person, from hour-long presentations to week-long conferences.
What Else Do You Want to See?
We want to make sure that we’re making your professional development relevant and accessible — if there are particular subjects that you want to see ESA cover, or organizations we should partner with, or even just generally think out loud about continuing education in ecology, use this form to let us know!