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Online Training in Watershed Management
Watershed Academy Web is on CD
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This is the Watershed Academy's Distance Learning Program—Watershed Academy Web. The Web site offers a variety of self-paced training modules that represent a basic and broad introduction to the watershed management field. The modules are organized by the six themes listed above. Modules vary in the time they take to complete, from ½ hour to 2 hours. Fifteen of them (marked with asterisks * below) are the core modules for the Watershed Academy Certificate Program.
Module Themes
Introductory/Overview Modules
Watershed Ecology
Modules
Watershed Change
Modules
Analysis and Planning Modules
Management Practices Modules
Community/Social/Water Law Modules
Introductory/Overview Modules
These modules introduce the principles of the watershed approach and the value of working at a watershed level.
Watershed Ecology Modules
These modules show that watersheds are natural systems that provide benefits to people and the environment when they are kept in good condition.
Watershed Change Modules
These modules describe both natural and human-induced changes in watersheds, and compare normal changes with changes of concern.
Analysis and Planning Modules
These modules address how watershed planning, monitoring and assessment are important first steps toward solving problems.
Management Practices Modules
These modules show how watershed management challenges such as urban runoff, cropland management, forestry and other issues are addressed by techniques that reduce environmental impacts.