The Forest Service has announced several new webinars to educate employees and volunteers on several of the Wilderness Stewardship Performance elements.
From the FS:
The Wilderness Information Management Steering Team is pleased to announce they will be hosting the next in a series of short training webinars for the Wilderness Stewardship Performance (WSP) elements. The next webinar will cover two WSP elements, Agency Management Actions and Motorized Equipment/Mechanical Transport Use Authorization.
All webinars will be recorded and posted on the Wilderness Stewardship Performance SharePoint site, so live attendance will not be required. The recordings will also be posted on Wilderness.net to allow our partners, who assist us with wilderness stewardship, an opportunity to receive the training as well. Partners are also more than welcome to attend the live webinar.
All the webinars will follow the same format. The webinars will consist of a short introduction about WSP, followed by the element subject matter expert going through the element scoring, providing specifics and examples of required deliverables associated with the element, and describe required documentation for scoring. The webinars will finish with information on where to find support resources for the element being discussed.
The Agency Management Actions webinar is scheduled for Tuesday February 19 at 11:00am Alaska, 12:00 PT, 1:00 MT, 2:00 CT, 3:00 ET and we are fortunate to have Bjorn Fredrickson, Region 3 Wilderness/Wild and Scenic River Program Manager, as our presenter.
The Motorized Equipment/Mechanical Transport Use Authorization webinar is scheduled for Tuesday February 19 at 12:00 Alaska, 1:00 PT, 2:00 MT, 3:00 CT, 4:00 ET and will be presented by Eric Sandeno, Wilderness/Wild and Scenic River Information Manager for the Washington Office.
The attendee link for WebEx is below as well as the call in information.
The Wilderness Information Management Steering Team (WIMST) consists of representatives from each region of the Forest Service. The purpose of WIMST is to promote quality wilderness stewardship at all levels of the organization through effective and efficient use of information and data. The ultimate goal of the team is to ensure those responsible for making decisions related to wilderness stewardship have sufficient information or have the ability to collect sufficient information to make informed decisions related to wilderness stewardship. WIMST is also responsible for making sure the public has the information needed to enjoy and appreciate the full benefits of wilderness.
WSP Agency Management Actions webinar
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
3:00 pm | Eastern Standard Time
Meeting number: 965 243 337
WSP Motorized Equipment/Mechanical Transport Use Authorization webinar
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
4:00 pm | Eastern Standard Time
Meeting number: 965 243 337
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