JORDAN RIVER COMMISSION

Technical Training Series

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Please join the Jordan River Commission and its partners at our technical training workshops. Learn about the JRC’s Best Practices for Riverfront Communities toolbox and delve into the details of the with some of the nation and region’s leading experts. Ask questions about your projects, learn through hands-on exercises, and go home with useful materials and the confidence to implement new management practices, techniques, and strategies in your professional work.

 

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Explore Past Training Workshops


 
April 19-21, 2017
Integrating Wetlands into Best Practices
Instructors: Phil Scoles, Terra Science and Wetland Training Institute and Eric McCulley, RiverRestoration.org
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November 18, 2016
Green Infrastructure: Putting it to Work
Instructors: Hillary Brown, FAIA of City College of New York. And local experts: Cory Pierce, Trace Robinson, Paul Taylor, Sarah Hinners, LaNiece Davenport, Jim Price
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May 1, 2015
Integrating People and Wildlife in an Urban Setting
Instructors: Ty Harrison, Chris Cline, Bill Hogan, Trent Bristol, Carolina Roa, Melissa Burns, Dan Potts, Eric McCulley, Stephanie Jochum-Natt
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November 21, 2014
Rooftop to River: Tools for Watershed Protection
Instructors: David Hirshman and Bill Stack from the Center for Watershed Protection
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March 25 – 27, 2014
Streambank Soil Bioengineering & Restoration Project Design and Maintenance
Instructors: Chris Hoag, of Hoag Riparian Restoration; Eric McCulley and Ty Harrison, JRC Technical Advisory Committee members; and Jason Roper and Nathaniel Todea from NRCS
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February 12, 2014 
Preserving Open Space through Conservation Design & Transfer of Development Rights
Instructors: Randall Arendt, author of Rural By Design; Arthur C. Nelson and Sumner Swaner from the University of Utah’s College of Architecture and Planning
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