Note to presenters: This file is part of the FS Resources section at: http://www.wilderness.net/fs/

1. Note to presenters: This file is part of the FS Resources section at: http://www.wilderness.net/fs/ The presentation should be reviewed and revised as needed to match the training objectives and intended audience.

3. ARTHUR CARHARTNational Wilderness Training Center

4. ARTHUR CARHART National Wilderness Training Center 2010 Update Mission: Improve wilderness stewardship through training,information,and education.

5. Core Competencies Wilderness Managers and Others • Knowledge • Skills • Abilities http://carhart.wilderness.net/ index.cfm?fuse=competencies

6. Core Competencies - Focus

7. Core Competencies - Focus

8. History, Law, Regs, Policy Nat & Cultural Res Mgt & Monitoring Managing Special Provisions Visitor Use Mgt & Monitoring Planning Field Skills Wilderness Stewardship Core Competency Areas Wilderness Character Monitoring

9. Core Competencies Benefits • Responsive to the needs • Identifies career direction • Ensures consistency across agencies • Helps professionalize the discipline of wilderness stewardship • Guides the Carhart Center program of work

10. Training – FY 2010 • Classroom

11. National Wilderness Stewardship Training • Topics: • The 1964 Wilderness Act • Wilderness law, agency policy, and • management principles • National issues affecting wilderness • management • Minimum Requirements Analysis and sound • decision-making for wilderness stewardship Target audience: Senior-level decision makers Forest Supervisors and Deputies, and staff “I will strongly encourage my peers to attend this course in the future.” “One of my career highlights was this week of training.” “Insightful and thought-provoking week.”

12. Regional Wilderness Stewardship Training Similar to the National course but explores issues in a regional context. Target audience: Field-level decision makers. District Rangers and staff “I learned so much and I am leaving with refreshed/new perspectives about the enduring resource of wilderness and its careful management.” “Wonderful opportunity to network with other professionals, inspiring course.” “Best course I’ve ever taken in my career.“

13. Unit Wilderness Workshops Who What Where When Why

14. Training – FY 2010 • Online

15. Carhart Center Online Training Available in FY-10 The Wilderness Act of 1964 Minimum Requirements Decisions Wilderness Stewardship Planning Framework Visitor Use Management

16. Carhart Center Online Training Wilderness Stewardship Planning Framework (available now) I: Building a Foundation for Success. II: Describing Desired Conditions. III: Gathering Information. IV: Identifying and Selecting Indicators. V: Specifying Standards. VI: Zoning Wilderness. VII: Management Action Alternatives. VIII: Implementing and Monitoring . Instructors: Linda Merigliano and Jim Hammett

17. Visitor Use Management (available now) Course I. Fundamentals Course II. Management Strategies A. Overview B. Biophysical Impacts C. Social Impacts D. Visitor Education Course III. Monitoring A. Overview B. Campsite Impacts C. Trail Impacts D. Visitor Use 1. Visitor Encounters Instructors: David Cole, Troy Hall, Jeff Marion

18. Carhart Center Online Training Courses in Development for FY-11 • Natural Resources Management • Fundamentals Vegetation • Fish and Wildlife Night Sky • Air Soundscapes • Research\Scientific Activities Soil and Water • Cultural Resources Management • Wilderness Character Monitoring • Four Cornerstones of Wilderness Stewardship

19. Carhart Center Online Training • Other Information: • Offered through University of Indiana – Eppley Institute • www.carhart.wilderness.net/elearning • Not yet available for credit (pending OPM approval) • Completion recorded in Ag Learn and DoI Learn • Designed for resource managers, open to all participants • Including state agencies, partners, students, etc. • Self-paced study format • Free, no fees

20. University of Montana Wilderness Management Distance Education Program • Academic Classes: • Wilderness in the American Context • Managing the Wilderness Resource • Managing Wilderness Recreation Resources • Wilderness Management Planning • Features: • credit or non-credit • under graduate or graduate level (graduate certificate available) • accepted for GS-401 qualifications • online or correspondence formats • designed for managers, open to all participants • tuition and text book required, credit fees optional

21. Training - Wilderness.net

22. Information - Wilderness.net • Agency Specific Resources • www.wilderness.net/fs/ • Toolboxes • www.wilderness.net/toolboxes/

23. Forest Service Resources • National Strategies • 10YWSC • Wilderness Character Monitoring • Chief’s Emphasis Areas • Wilderness Advisory Group • Climate Change • Management • Laws and Policy • Desk Guide – Management Practices • Fundamentals training materials • Wilderness Ranger handbook (1993) • National Wilderness Awards

24. Resources for the 10YWSC on Wilderness.net Guidebook http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm? fuse=NWPS&sec= manageFS Toolboxes http://www.wilderness.net/toolboxes/

29. Forest Service Resources • Wilderness Stewardship Desk Guide • Quick Reference for Common Wilderness Stewardship Issues • Topic description • Relevant portions of: • laws • policy • Management Practices • Links to other resources www.wilderness.net/fs/

30. Toolboxes • Typical Contents: • Relevant Law and FS Policy excerpts • FS Strategies, Guidelines, Templates • Examples • Resources and References • New Toolboxes: • Added to meet identified needs

31. Toolboxes

32. Toolbox Revisions • Objective: • Once posted, all toolboxes are continually updated with revised agency policy and guidelines and new templates, examples, and references as needed. • Current status: • Organization and volume of info. is not useful for many • Some toolboxes lack current examples • Agency guidance (and process templates) are not always provided • Approach: • Review toolboxes and update as needed • about 8 per year • Continually revise to add new policy and examples • Your help is needed: • Send examples of plans, templates, forms, analysis, etc. • Send suggestions for improvement

35. Wilderness Professionals Social network www.connect.wilderness.net Approved by the Forest Service for official use !

36. Wilderness Professionals Social network www.connect.wilderness.net • Current Groups: • 10 Year Wilderness Stewardship Challenge • Wilderness Advisory Group • Wilderness Friends • WILD 9 • Climbing • Rigging • Outfitter-Guide Needs Assessments • Stock Use • Fire Management • Cross-cut Saw Filing • Education • Non-native Invasive Plants • Biodiversity in Wilderness • Traditional Skills and Tools

37. Wilderness.net Social Media

38. Wilderness.net Social Media

39. Education – FY 2010 • On-line resources available now • K-12 curriculum and teacher resources • Social media for kids • Wilderness Quizzes • Web Quests • Literature and other resources • Revised products and techniques – later in 2010 • What works and what doesn’t - survey of educators • Lessons learned approach • Links to successful program examples

40. Wilderness Training, Information, Education Needsand Query • Help spread the word about wilderness training, information, and education resources (www.wilderness.net) • Send your examples and ideas for toolboxes • Comments and suggestions for improvements • tcarlson@fs.fed.us • 406-243-4630

41. ARTHUR CARHARTNational Wilderness Training Center