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Coastal Training Program

The coastal training program provides up-to-date scientific information and skill-building opportunities to individuals who are responsible for making decisions that affect coastal resources. Through this program, Reserves can ensure that coastal decision-makers have the knowledge and tools they need to address critical resource management issues of concern to local communities. This program is a strategic progression from very successful coastal decision-maker workshops sponsored by NERRS. 

The goal of the Reserve coastal training program is to have better-informed decision-making regarding coastal resource issues, and improved coastal stewardship at local and regional levels. The coastal training program at the Reserve will provide professional training and focus on issues such as coastal habitat conservation and restoration, mitigation, biodiversity, water quality and quantity, energy resource development, and sustainable resource management. The program will target a range of audiences, including land-use planners, elected officials, regulators, land developers, engineers, community groups, environmental non-profits and coastal businesses. This training program will provide a range of opportunities for professionals to network across disciplines, and develop new collaborative relationships to solve complex environmental problems.

CTP Calendar

Cooperative Conservation Listening Session - September 5, 2006

MANERR worked with the Department of Commerce to organize co-host a Cooperative Conservation Listening Session with Dr. David Sampson, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce.  Reserve Manager, Dr. Lee Fuiman, also participated as a panel member. This meeting was the latest in a series of discussions the Administration has hosted since the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation in August, 2005. The listening session gave citizens an opportunity to exchange ideas on incentives, partnership programs, and regulations that could improve results and promote cooperative conservation and environmental partnerships. Citizens provided public comment for support of many Federal programs, as well as requests for reorganization and/or enforcement of other programs.

Mapping and GIS Forum in the Texas Coastal Bend and Mission-Aransas NERR -  January 23, 2007

The Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) and the Harte Research Institute hosted a mapping and GIS forum at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute on January 23, 2007. The purpose of the forum was to gather and disseminate knowledge to colleagues in the mapping community about projects occurring in the Texas Coastal Bend and the Mission-Aransas NERR.

Social Dimension Regional Roundtable Workshop – April 10^th and 11th

A regional roundtable workshop will be conducted in collaboration with the NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) to present a human dimension profile of the MANERR to natural resource management professionals and applied social scientists from and/or working in South Texas.  The workshop will also help develop a master plan of action for applied social science activities that will support ecosystem-based management decision-making for the Mission-Aransas NERR and surrounding watersheds along the South Texas coast. 

Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts July 17-18, 2007

The NOAA Coastal Services Center is offering a GIS Workshop at Texas A&M, Corpus Christi. This two-day introductory technical training course offers GIS users in the field of coastal resource management an opportunity to understand remote sensing techniques by providing hands-on computer training. Familiarity with ArcGIS is required. This course is from the training curriculum developed by the NOAA Coastal Services Center. For more information or to register, go to: http://landinfo.tamu.edu/noaa

Limited seating so register early! $85/person

Smart Growth Workshop – Summer 2007

The MANERR will work with CSC to host a Coastal Community Planning and Development training course.  This course will offer instruction in the general principles of smart coastal development and ways to implement these principles within a community.

Bacteria Dynamics Workshop – TBD

There is currently a Total Maximum Daily Load Program for coliform bacteria in Copano Bay.  MANERR will work with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality host a workshop that will educate a technical group of resource managers on the information gaps of coliform dynamics and possible health risks.

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