This from the fine folks at the Coastal States Organization:
“On January 5 there will be a GIS training for coastal resource professionals in Mobile, Alabama on the Habitat Priority Planner. The tool is a geographic information system (GIS)-based tool used to make decisions about land use, conservation, and restoration. Different scenarios can be quickly explored-How would this restoration project impact the landscape? Where are wetlands that may contain species of concern? How many acres of forest are currently conserved?
This course is a computer-based GIS training on how to apply the Habitat Priority Planner tool to land-use management, conservation, and restoration projects. To participate in the training you must have intermediate experience with ESRI ArcView 9.2 or 9.3. The training will take place at the US Army Corp of Engineers GIS Training Lab, 201 St. Michaels Street, Mobile, Alabama, from 8:30am-4:30pm. Registration deadline is January 1, 2010 and no refunds following registration deadline date.
For information on training content and registration, contact Michael Shelton, Weeks Bay Reserve, at 251-928-9792 or michael.shelton@dcnr.alabama.gov or Marian Hanisko, Grand Bay Reserve, at 228-475-7047or marian.hanisko@dmr.ms.gov.”
You can read more about the Habitat Priority Planner on the NOAA Coastal Services Center site.
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