Class on Starting and Sustaining Watershed Groups
Here’s a fantastic class that happening in the San Francisco Bay Area that you’ll want to attend if you’re interested in ecological monitoring:
Basins of Relations: Starting and Sustaining Watershed Groups. It’s being taught by Brock Dolman, a fantastic instructor who will keep you entertained, engaged, enlightened and inspired:
This four-day intensive residential training is designed to promote and support the creation of North Coast community-based watershed groups. This training is specifically designed for teams of three to four residents, with each team representing a local watershed. You will learn about watershed processes, salmonid ecology, water quality monitoring, in-stream restoration, biotechnical engineering, uplands erosion control, road restoration, native habitat restoration, sustainable forestry, community group process, and funding opportunities for watershed groups. Your team will develop a watershed group formation plan during the training and commit to facilitating the creation of a community-based group in your home watershed. Enrollment is limited and subject to an application process intended to select committed watershed-based teams.
To give you a taste, here’s Brock on native grasses and their interrelations with grazing, soil building, and watershed:
The class is a fantastic deal: $200 – 500 sliding scale, which includes meals and lodging at the beautiful Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. But it starts starts next Friday, December 5, so you’ll need to call to sign up soon! To register, contact Brock Dolman at (707) 874-1557 ext. 206.
