Professional Short Courses

The organizations and individuals listed below offer one or more training courses that have been pre-approved by the SWSPCP for credits or points toward professional certification or certification renewal.

📌 Important Note for Course Providers

You may ONLY use the following language when advertising pre-approved courses:
"This course (or these courses) has (have) been pre-approved by the SWSPCP as meeting standards for content and instruction to receive credits and/or points toward SWSPCP Professional Certification or SWSPCP Professional Certification Renewal."

🏢 Approved Course Providers

Rutgers University, Office of Continuing Professional Education

 Approved Courses:

• Hydric Soils -- More Info
• Introduction to Wetland Identification -- More Info
• Vegetation Identification for Wetland Delineation (North, South) -- More Info
• Methodology for Delineating Wetlands -- More Info

Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies

 Approved Courses:

• Wetland Delineation & NCNE Regional Supplement Training -- More Info

Wetland Soils Course (SWS International Chapter meeting)

 Approved Courses:

• An integrating perspective of wetlands in environmental impact assessment: advances in Chilean regulations -- More Info

🎥 SWS Webinars Archive

Note: SWS webinars are hosted on the SWS YouTube Channel. Webinars (excluding quarterly free ones) are posted after a 3-month delay.
 For questions, contact: info@sws.org.

 Featured Webinars:

• Blue Carbon: Science and Application for Adding Value to Estuary Restoration -- More Info
• The enigmatic Okavango Delta: A large wetland in a dryland -- More Info
• Livestock grazing affects microbial activity at different soil depths via the groundwater level with potential implications for carbon sequestration -- More Info
• Peatlands, Parks, and Playas: a Tour of Colorado's Diverse Wetlands -- More Info
• Climate Change and Coastal Wetlands: Planning for Resiliency in the Face of a Rising Tide -- More Info
• Practical Restoration Design, Implementation, and Management for Coastal and Inland Wetlands – Three Case Studies -- More Info
• Examining interactions among vegetation and water quality in conservation wetlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley -- More Info
• The Ramsar Convention and the Society of Wetland Scientists -- More Info
• Wetlands of the coast of Lima: patterns of diversity and challenges for conservation -- More Info
• Potential climate change impacts on native seeds relative to Phragmites -- More Info
• Enhanced Mapping Tools to Protect and Restore Vermont's Wetlands -- More Info
• Introduction to the historical and morphological changes (1800 to present) along the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Colombia -- More Info
• Influence of the Pulses in the Organization of the Vegetation of the Parana River, Downstream from Its Confluence with Paraguay -- More Info
• Valley-bottom palmiet wetlands: the mysterious peatlands at the tip of southern Africa -- More Info
• Fluvial paradigms: between myths and realities at the confluence of the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers -- More Info
• Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Science, Policy and Management -- More Info
• Evaluation of soil respiration rates across a range of well-pad peatland restoration treatments in the Alberta oil sands region -- More Info
• ARGENTINA: THE GREATEST KALEIDOSCOPE OF WETLANDS IN SOUTH AMERICA -- More Info
• The Good, the Bad, the Peatland: Sharing knowledge to better restore wetlands -- More Info
• How to make better constructed wetlands -- More Info
• Restoring Lake Apopka � Water Quality, Wetlands, Water, and Wildlife -- More Info
• Scientists' Second Warning to Humanity and a Declaration on the Rights of Wetlands -- More Info
• Preliminary study: Ecological and Economic Assessment of the Villa Mar�a Wetland, Chimbote - Peru. -- More Info
• Ecosystem services in the wetlands of the central coast of Peru: advances and future prospects -- More Info
• Toxic Pollution in Wetlands and Remediation Actions -- More Info
• Coastal wetlands and climate change, SWS Webinar scheduled November 21, 2019 -- More Info
• Withering Wetlands - Global Trends in Wetland Loss and Degradation: Why, and what can be done about it? -- More Info
• Women Leaders in Wetland Science -- More Info
• Wanted - Invasive Plants - Dead or Alive -- More Info
• Convergence of Wetland Science and Technology -- More Info
• Before the Ghosts Appear: Identifying the Effects of Chronic Saltwater Intrusion on Coastal Floodplain Swamps Using Remote Sensing -- More Info
• Roadside Right-of-Way Wetlands Resulting from Road Construction and Mowing -- More Info
• Can biochar increase carbon sequestration in wetland restoration projects? -- More Info
• Restoring Native Clam Communities for Improved Water Quality in the Indian River Lagoon -- More Info
• Urban Wetlands and Water Management -- More Info
• Aquatic Birds Monitoring, Wetland Conservation, and Citizen Science in Chile -- More Info
• Resurrecting ghost ponds and other approaches in pond restoration and conservation -- More Info
• Role of inland saline wetland ecosystems in the face of climate change -- More Info
• Urban Wetlands, an opportunity to make sustainable cities -- More Info
• Assessing Vegetative Species Re-colonization of Commercial Cranberry Bogs -- More Info
• Pantanal a heated dialogue. What is next after major fires have taken more than 30% of the wetland -- More Info
• The history of biodiversity in Mexico's Cuatro Ciénegas wetlands, and its significance to the future of humanity. -- More Info
• Urban wetland initiatives--Increasing resiliency of New York City salt marshes -- More Info
• Assessing Functions of Missouri’s Bottomlands: Laying the Groundwork for Wetland Conservation -- More Info
• Restoring Riverby Ranch for Bois d’Arc Lake: A Watershed Scale Ecological Restoration Project -- More Info
• Small herbivores interacting with macrophytes in subtropical wetlands -- More Info
• Application of floating treatment wetlands in Pakistan for wastewater treatment -- More Info
• Integrating wetlands into holistic nature-based planning projects -- More Info
• Climate-resilient environmental flows: Theory, practice & outlook on a changing climate in Mexico -- More Info
• Ecology and Conservation of Crawfish Frogs in Remnant Wet Prairies of Northwest Arkansas -- More Info
• Hydroecological monitoring of high elevation wetlands in Bolivia -- More Info
• Peatland Mapping from boreal to tropical zone in Americas -- More Info
• Buying time — Salt marsh adaptive management to sea level rise using runnels -- More Info
• Wetlands Ecology & Ecological Engineering at UF 40-yrs of the co-evolution of science & regulation -- More Info
• Peatland Mapping from boreal to tropical zone in Americas -- More Info
• Wetland identification in ecologically challenging and high-stakes interface environments -- More Info
• Restoring Coastal Plain streams functional uplift through baseflow channel and valley restoration -- More Info
• USACE Jurisdictional Determination Requests and Waters of the U.S. Definition -- More Info
• Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta hydro-sedimentological model, a tool for recovery and management -- More Info
• The role of wetlands and wet meadows in the Conservation of the American Burying beetle in Nebraska -- More Info
• The use of constructed wetlands for treatment of agricultural drainage waters in the Czech Republic -- More Info
• Karst Wetlands in the Yucatan Peninsula -- More Info
• HumMentor 2022 Wetlands Perspectives -- More Info
• Identifying Hydric Soils workshop -- More Info
• Wetland Mapping and Emerging Technology -- More Info
• Urban wetland management in Cameroon, challenges, and prospects -- More Info
• Hands-on Wetlands Education with WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands Educators Guide -- More Info
• Wetland water quality: Relationship with watershed land cover/ land-use, soils, and water inputs. -- More Info
• Coral Reef biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: studies for its conservation -- More Info
• An Overview of the History and Breadth of Wetland Management Practices -- More Info
• Too much salt and not enough water - how drought is pushing Great Salt Lake to the brink -- More Info
• Atlas of Bofedales of the Southern Tropical Andes -- More Info
• The ecology of Laguna Madre, a global treasure deep in the heart of Texas -- More Info
• The Central American Waterbird Census: the first ten years 2011–2020 -- More Info
• Unexpected Results in Adaptive Management -- More Info
• Automated Data Sheets for Wetland Delineation -- More Info
• When Times Get Tough Remember The Sea Turtles! -- More Info
• Revised Definition of "Waters of the US" -- More Info
• Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Implications for WOTUS and the Clean Water Act -- More Info
• Development and Implementation of an Agricultural Wetlands Mitigation Bank -- More Info
• A Broad Scale 2,500 Acre Wetland Habitat Restoration Project in South Florida -- More Info
• Conservation Planning in Municipalities: Case Studies of Urban Wetlands & Waterways -- More Info
• Wetland Mitigation and the Art of Creating a Water Budget -- More Info
• Latest Trends in Wetland Mitigation Banking -- More Info
• Ramsar Convention Implementation in Coastal Wetlands of the Caribbean -- More Info
• Influence of the Edge Slope of a Wetland on Waterbirds in the Bogota Savannah -- More Info
• Wetlands bioremediation of emerging contaminants -- More Info
• Sinking In: Culture and Disruption -- More Info
• Coastal Wetland Coverage Classification Criteria in Mexico -- More Info
• Connectivity and Water Quality in the Afchafalaya Basin -- More Info
• Ecology and Response of Sphagnum-Dominated Peatlands in Western Washington to Landscape Stressors -- More Info
• An Integrated Framework for Evaluating Wetland and Stream Compensatory Mitigation -- More Info
• Vanishing Ice: Wetland Rehabilitation for Infrastructure Installations in Permafrost -- More Info
• Wetlands of Nebraska Outreach and Education Project: Accomplishments and Transferability -- More Info
• Constructed Wetlands as Sustainable Solution for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment -- More Info
• A Legal Approach to Design a Strategy for the Improved Management of Wetlands in South Africa -- More Info
• Prioritizing Floodplain Reconnection to Improve Ecohydrological River Corridor Function -- More Info
• Environmental Governance and Ecological Risks of Wetlands in the Bogota Plateau, Colombia -- More Info
• Agriculture and Aquatic Ecosystems. "La Brava" Lake: A model in the Pampa Region of Argentina -- More Info
• Pre-Production Plastics Remediation and Restoration in the Riparian Zone -- More Info
• Agriculture and Aquatic Ecosystems. "La Brava" Lake, a Model in the Pampa Region of Argentina -- More Info
• Environmental Governance and Ecological Risks of the Wetlands in the Bogota Plateau, Columbia -- More Info
• SWS Sackett Symposium -- More Info
• Assessing Anthropogenic Impact on Nathsagar Wetlands and Proposing Conservation Measures -- More Info
• Wanha': Where, How, and Why? -- More Info
• Can Floating Treatment Wetlands Help Alleviate Urban Stormwater Nutrient Pollution? -- More Info
• Floodplain Water Quality Functions: How Mud Science Leads to Actionable Management for Societal Benefits -- More Info
• Field Safety Seminar with Field Inclusive: A New Type of Field Safety -- More Info
• Overview of Final National Ordinary High Water Mark Field Delineation Manual for Rives and Streams -- More Info
• Electric Transmission Line Rebuild Through Tidal Waters - Ogeechee River, Savannah GA -- More Info
• Long-Term Resilience of Surface Height on Floodplains -- More Info
• Harnessing AI for Wetlands: Practical Tools and Use Cases for ChatGPT and Beyond -- More Info

 See Webinar archive: YouTube Channel.

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