DOI Adaptive Management Training Opportunities

The Department of the Interior has prepared an orientation session and two training sessions to familiarize staff at all levels with adaptive management concepts and applications. These broadcasts are part of a Department-wide effort to firmly establish adaptive management as a tool for resource decision-making. The broadcasts are being recorded and made available for future use.

Upcoming Adaptive Management Broadcast

The third and final broadcast entitled: Implementing Adaptive Management: Iterative Phase will be presented on November 29, 2007, at 2:00-4:00 p.m. EST. This broadcast is the third in a series to introduce the Department of the Interior’s Adaptive Management Technical Guide. A panel of experts—Ken Williams (USGS), Jim Nichols (USGS), Mike Mayer (NPS), Fred Johnson (FWS), and Karen Simms (BLM)—will describe how to use adaptive management as a resource tool, using case studies to illustrate important points. This interactive discussion will focus on the Iterative Phase, including decision-making, follow-up monitoring, assessment, and the iteration of these steps. The presenters will answer questions from the audience during the broadcast, which will be hosted by Dave Lemarie, FWS.

Course Handouts:  
    Implementation/NEPA (7 page PDF) — Ken Williams and Mike Mayer
    Small Scale Case Studies (5 page PDF) — Jim Nichols
    Florida Scrub Jay Case Study (2 page PDF) — Fred Johnson
    Las Cienegas Partnership Case Study (8 page PDF) — Karen Simms
    Adaptive Harvest Management (5 page PDF) — Jim Nichols

Course Objectives:
  —Summarize the operational sequence used to implement an adaptive management project.
  —Describe the Iterative Phase, which includes decision-making, follow-up monitoring, assessment, and the iteration of these steps.
  —Describe the relationship of each step with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.

Target Audience: Technical field staff, line officers, and field and regional managers in DOI agencies. Although this is the target audience, the broadcast is open to anyone with interest in adaptive management.

Course Participation: Please register through DOI Learn by logging in (https://doilearn.doi.gov/) and searching on the course number 1610-24C.

Broadcast information: (2 page PDF)

Previous Broadcasts

The first and second broadcasts, Adaptive Management Overview & Orientation and Implementing Adaptive Management: Set-Up Phase can be viewed by going to http://www.blm.gov/ntc/st/en/knowledge_resource.html. You may also get a DVD copy from your bureau broadcast contact.

Implementing Adaptive Management: Set-Up Phase

This broadcast was the second in a series to introduce the Department of the Interior’s Adaptive Management Technical Guide. A panel of experts—Fred Johnson (FWS), Mike Mayer (NPS), Jim Nichols (USGS), Karen Simms (BLM), and Ken Williams (USGS) — described how to use adaptive management as a resource tool, using case studies to illustrate important points. The panel answered questions from the audience during the broadcast, which was hosted by Bert Frost (NPS).

    Introduction & Step 1: Stakeholder Involvement (7 page PDF)
    Step 2: Objectives (2 page PDF)
    Step 3: Management Actions (3 page PDF)
    Step 4: Modeling (4 page PDF)
    Step 5: Monitoring & Closing Remarks (5 page PDF)

Adaptive Management Overview & Orientation

An introduction to the Department of the Interior’s recently released Adaptive Management Technical Guide, this 90-minute orientation broadcast provides a brief overview of adaptive management as a resource management tool and describes circumstances under which it is appropriate to use adaptive management. This broadcast is targeted to a broad audience including technical field staff, line officers, and field and regional managers. It can be viewed at: http://www.ntc.blm.gov/Adaptive_Mgmt/AdaptiveFinal.swf

Original Broadcast Date:  Thursday, May 24 at 12:00 noon EDT.

Resources:  Handout (10 page PDF) used during the broadcast; a DVD of the broadcast is available from your broadcast contact.

Broadcast Contacts (PDF 1 page)

Bureau Adaptive Management Training

Interior bureaus will incorporate adaptive management into training on related issues, such as NEPA and resource management planning.  Please contact your bureau’s training office to find out where and when bureau-specific adaptive management training is being offered.

Note New Posts:
The November 29 class handouts and the Broadcast Info.