OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

The Western Transportation Institute is continuously developing and presenting road ecology research findings and information to a variety of professionals and students through courses, workshops and seminars on a number of technical topics.

CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

A continuing education short course on road ecology is now available. It is offered for continuing education credit or you may simply view it for non-credit.  Go to: www.wti.montana.edu/Education/continuing_education.aspx

WORKSHOPS

Washington Wildlife-Crossing Field Course

June 2-4, 2008 Hyak, Washington

Goal: The purpose of the 2008 Washington Wildlife-Crossings Field Course is to provide a constructive forum for sharing experiences and exploring new ideas, perspectives, and concepts in the planning, design and construction of wildlife crossings. The course will lead to an expansion of the knowledge base on issues involving wildlife crossings while encouraging an interdisciplinary dialogue. Rather than providing an introduction to wildlife crossings, this advanced-level course seeks to tackle the more complex issues that transportation professionals face in the field of road ecology.

Course Planning and Logistics: The 2008 Washington Wildlife-Crossings Field Course will be a three-day course held from June 2nd through June 4th in Hyak, Wash., along the Interstate 90 Corridor just 50 miles east of Seattle. The course location at Snoqualmie Pass–the site of a major planned transportation and wildlife-crossings project on I-90–provides an exceptional opportunity to learn from a project that is currently underway. By using this project as a case study and the focus of a field trip on the second day of the course, participants will have the opportunity to experience first-hand the hurdles as well as the achievements that have resulted in a comprehensive proposal to construct a suite of wildlife crossings along this stretch of Interstate.

For more information please visit the workshop website:
www.restoretherockies.org/field_course_WA.html

At the Crossroads: Transportation and Wildlife—Highway 3 Transportation Corridor Workshop

January 28-29, 2008 Fernie, British Columbia

Purpose: To identify how best to maintain and restore ecological connectivity within the southern Canadian Rockies with a specific focus on the Highway 3 transportation corridor, to inform efforts to minimize and mitigate adverse road and rail impacts on wildlife populations, and to develop a better understanding of the various ongoing wildlife research projects in the region by convening a workshop Jan. 28-29, 2008, in Fernie, British Columbia. This workshop brought together scientists, transportation planners, the local conservation community and allied interests.

For more information on what was accomplished at the workshop, go to:
www.rockies.ca/crossroads/index.php

UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE COURSES

The Civil Engineering Department at Montana State University is offering a three credit course, CE 552, "Road Ecology," in the fall semester of 2008. A syllabus for the course when it was last offered in 2007 is available at: www.coe.montana.edu/wti/patm/courses/ce580/CE580_syllabus.pdf

CONFERENCE LINKS

If you would like a link to your road ecology continuing education, workshop, course, or conference information posted here, contact rament@coe.montana.edu.