Training Resources
Looking for outdoor recreation training and professional development opportunities? Check out these websites for upcoming virtual, hybrid, and in-person trainings as well as other resources. SORP members can also search Libraries a comprehensive list of outdoor recreation resources and websites.
Trail Skills Project
The Trail Skills Project serves as the workforce hub for the trails community providing connections to trails education, trail expertise, professional development, and job opportunities. The project goals are: Promo...
Facilitation for All
“Facilitation for All” is a curated resources toolkit by the Butter Community, featuring the best free facilitation resources! #facilitation#templates#project-management
Facilitation for All
“Facilitation for All” is a curated resources toolkit by the Butter Community, featuring the best free facilitation resources!
Saguaro National Park - Trail Accessibility Information
The Saguaro National Park website provides comprehensive trail information, including the trail data specified in the ABA Outdoor Developed Area Guidelines and photos.
Indian Country 101 (The Whitener Group)
The development of the Indian Country (IC) tribal engagement series was grounded in the understanding that you can’t work with tribes in the United States without first outlining the long and complicated history of tribe...
Developing the Thinking Sawyer – Chainsaw Recertification in the Eldorado NF
By Don Amador Trail volunteers and USFS staff gathered at Elkins Flat OHV Area in June for a chainsaw recertification class hosted by PWORA and Eldorado National Forest. Aligned with the Forest Service’s updated Nationa...
Recreation Law Group Training
Legal and risk management trainings geared toward outfitters and guides and recreation organizations. #riskmanagement#legal#incidentresponse
The Harbinger Consultancy
The Harbinger Consultancy Over the years, these discrete threads of Harbinger’s work have been woven into an integrated approach to community and economic development, and a commitment to help communities, regions and su...
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association AIANTA has teamed up with industry and federal partners to provide a series of webinars on resource development opportunities and other tourism related topics. Most webin...
Indian Country 101 Training (The Nature Conservancy)
Indian Country 101 Training (The Nature Conservancy) Growing Competency and Capacity to Partner with Indigenous Peoples: Tribal Engagement Training for Conservation Practitioners in North America. Cost: Free#indigenous#t...
Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative (Univ. of Minnesota)
Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative (Univ. of Minnesota) Based at the University of Minnesota's Cloquet Forestry Center, we are a forestry education cooperative offering continuing education opportunities for natur...
Cultural Landscape Training Path
Cultural Landscape Training Path On-demand training for federal and state employees, NGOs, and local communities to increase respect for the land and engagement with indigenous communities. Cost: Free#training#federal-go...
National Resources Distance Learning Consortium
National Resources Distance Learning Consortium Universities within the NRDLC offer courses in natural resources, certificates of study, and graduate degree programs. To find courses offered through the various instituti...
National Recreation and Park Association
National Recreation and Park Association On-demand and in-person learning programs including a virtual learning subscription. CPRP and CPRE certification and continuing education credits are provided by NRPA. Cost: Free...
Clemson Parks, Recreation and Tourism Online Master’s Degree
Clemson Parks, Recreation and Tourism Online Master’s Degree Clemson University is among the nation’s top universities in graduate education in the fields of parks, recreation, tourism and related disciplines. The M.S. (...
BLM National Training Center
BLM National Training Center The BLM National Training Center hosts a wide variety of courses related to Bureau of Land Management programs. Some courses are open to non-agency employees. They also host a Knowledge Resou...
Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace Virtual and in-person Leave No Trace awareness and instructor trainings Cost: Free and Fee-based#leave-no-trace#Sustainability#training
Sawtooth Outdoor Education
Sawtooth Outdoor Education Virtual Leave No Trace instructor training Cost: Fee-based#Sustainability#leave-no-trace#training
ForestEd (Society of American Foresters)
ForestEd (Society of American Foresters) ForestEd is open to any forestry and natural resource professional to meet credential and licensing continuing education requirements, or to simply advance yourself in your career...
River Training Center (River Management Society)
River Training Center (River Management Society) The River Training Center (RTC) supports the effective management and stewardship of North American rivers by providing training for professionals and volunteers who study...