Last Update: 4/3/2007

Ecosystem/Restoration Workforce Training

 

Ecosystem Workforce Training Curriculum
This provides a hands-on curriculum for the training of forest and watershed restoration workers.

Part 1 (English) (Spanish) 4.1 Mb

--Overview and use of curriculum
--Science for ecosystem restoration and enhancement
--Technical and safety knowledge

Part 2 (English) (Spanish) 4.7 Mb

--Fact sheets, checklists, diagrams and other resources for technical and safety knowledge

Part 3 (English) (Spanish) 3.6 Mb

--Water protection information
--Reforestation information
--Business development and management for ecosystem restoration and enhancement

Ecosystem Workforce Training Project Start-up and Operations Manual
Created in 1996 by the Rogue Institute for Ecology & Economy, this document provides tools and tips for creating an ecosystem/restoration workforce training program.

Part 1 (3.8 Mb)

--Overview and strategy for developing a ecosystem/restoration workforce training program
--Forming the workforce training partnership
--Agreements and memorandums
--Education and project work

Part 2 (4.2 Mb)

--Appendices A-C

Part 3 (3.5 Mb)

--Appendices D-H

Part 4 (2.6 Mb)

--Appendices J-R

Part 5 (2.5 Mb)

--Appendices S-X

Advancing Oregon's Sustainability Agenda:
The Role of the Ecosystem Management Industry in Achieving Sustainability (2001)

This document provides a summary of the 2001 Ecosystem Workforce Program Annual Forum in Pendleton, Ore.

 
Improving Jobs, Community, and the Environment:
Lessons from the Ecosystem Workforce Project (1998)
This report describes the early work of the EWP supporting ecosystem workforce training programs that emerged in several communities to retrain displaced timber workers in Oregon between 1994 and 1998.
Resources for Creating a Restoration Economy from Western Progress
Presented by Western Progress, this workshop describes goals and methods for restoring the Rocky Mountain West economy.
 
The High-Skill Approach to Ecosystem Management:
Combining Economic, Ecological, and Social Objectives (1998)
A Preliminary Analysis of the Impacts of Selected Jobs-In-The-Woods projects.