Education

Education Program

CNPS Workshops and Professional Training

The Plant Science Training Program specializes in providing workshops for professional botanists, biologists, and ecologists to teach the skills and provide the tools and resources for conducting sound scientific surveys for rare plants, rare plant communities, vegetation, and wetlands. Discounted registration fees are offered to CNPS Members. (Join CNPS here)

Work Exchange Program for Reduced or waived workshop fees

Looking for information about a previous event? Past workshops and training events are listed here.

2012 CNPS Plant Science Workshops
	Workshops for 2012 will be posted soon. Due to the high volume of workshops provided at the CNPS 2012 Conservation Conference, Jan 10-11, we will provide fewer workshops this year. You should expect to see the following workshops or ideas for workshops materialize by mid February.
mid April	CRAM protocols for Vernal Pools Sacramento Valley with Carol Witham and other instructors
late April / early May	Measuring and Monitoring Plant Populations Santa Barbara with John Willoughby
late May and/or June	Wetland/Riparian Plant identification Bay Area and/or Sierra Nevada range - Instructors TBA
July	Vegetation Rapid Assessment and Releve protocols South or central coast, with Julie Evans, Jennifer Buck
January 2013	Vegetation Mapping W with Todd Keeler Wolf and Julie Evens, probably Berkeley
Note that some details, including price and exact locations, are subject to change.

To register or for more information, contact Josie Crawford at (916) 447-2677 or jcrawfordcnps.org

Work Exchange Program for Reduced or waived workshop fees