Training Resources Exchange

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s catalogue provides specific training for NWCG positions.

LANDFIRE office hour chats

Basic Prescribed Fire Training

Extension Foundation Campus: Basic Prescribed Fire Training is an online course for landowners, land managers, state/federal agency personnel. In this course participants will develop a basic knowledge of the use, application and effects of prescribed fire. For more information or to enroll, contact John Weir, Oklahoma State University, at john.weir@okstate.edu

Introduction to Southeastern Prescribed Fire

Extension Foundation course: the course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental basics of prescribed burning in Southeastern forested ecosystems. At the end of the course the student will have a working knowledge of fire law, fire terminology, fire prescriptions, fire safety, firebreaks, smoke management and a basic understanding of how to conduct a prescribed burn. This course is not intended to take the place of state Certification courses, workshops, or experience in the field. Rather, it is intended to give students a basic understanding of the principles of prescribed fire and fire effects.

Private Land Stewardship Academy: Natural Resource Management Lessons

The role of landowners as stewards of private lands and the public benefits derived from them is paramount. Most often successful land stewardship begins when natural resource professionals convey good land stewardship practices and techniques to private landowners. In this series of online lessons, learn about Natural Resource Management -- how management can help address current and emergent private land challenges -- from the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute.

Purdue Agriculture Help the Hellbender

Everyone can do something to Help the Hellbender. On this website, you will find information about the hellbender, as well as household and farm management practices that can help keep our rivers and streams clean. People who fish and kayak can also learn what they should do if they see a hellbender in the wild.

Human Dimensions Foundations of Natural Resource Conservation

This course will foster a common understanding and application of human dimensions of natural resource conservation.

Communicating Science - Distilling Your Message

Learn to communicate more effectively about science with people outside your field, including the general public, policy makers, the media, donors, and prospective collaborators in other disciplines.