Course Catalog

Below is a list of all courses that have been offered through the Coastal Training Program. We typically offer classes until the demand wanes. If there is a class that you would like to see offered again, please let us know, and we'll keep track of the requests

Managing the Effects of Shoreline Development

• Gaining Project Traction with Stakeholders: Strategies for Effective and Efficient Engagement
  
• Adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities

• Environmental Negotiations

• Facilitation Skills for Scientists, Planners and Resource Managers
  
• How to Communicate about Climate Change
  
• How to Explain Science, Share Data, and Build Trust: Presentation Skills for Scientists and Public Officials
• Using the Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines for Marine Shoreline Stabilization
• Planning and Facilitating Collaborative Meetings
  
• Planning Effective Projects
  
• Puget Sound Coastal Processes, Shoreline Modifications, and Beach Restoration
• Sea Level Rise Adaptation: Opportunities for Planning in Washington State
• Shoreline Management and Stabilization Using Vegetation

Physical and Biological Processes

• Coastal Inundation Mapping
• Eelgrass Delineation
  
• Grass, Sedge, and Rush Identification for Western WA Puget Lowland Habitats
• How to Conduct a Forage Fish Survey
  
• Plant Identification in Central and Eastern Washington Habitats 
• Winter Tree and Shrub Identification for Western WA Puget Lowland Habitats
• Using the Field Indicators for Hydric Soils

Shoreline and Environmental Laws and Administrative Procedures 

• Designing and Installing Mitigation and Restoration Projects
• How to Administer Development Permits in Washington's Shorelines
• How to Administer Development Permits in Eastern Washington's Shorelines
• How to Determine the Ordinary High Water Mark
• How to Determine the Ordinary High Water Mark in Eastern WA
  
• How to Use Wetland Bank Credits for Mitigation
• Navigating SEPA -Here are recordings of a virtual implementation of this training from winter 2021: Session 1, Session 2, Session 3, Session 4
• Planning for Protection and Restoration of Eelgrass Habitats
• Reviewing Wetland Ratings in Western WA
• Selecting Wetland Mitigation Sites Using a Watershed Approach in Eastern WA
• Selecting Wetland Mitigation Sites Using a Watershed Approach in Western WA
• Using the Credit-Debit Method for Estimating Mitigation Needs
• Using the Credit-Debit Method for Estimating Mitigation Needs in Eastern WA
  
• Using the Revised Washington State Wetland Rating System (2014) in Western Washington
• Using the Revised Washington State Wetland Rating System (2014) in Eastern WA
• Using the Credit-Debit Method for Estimating Mitigation Needs in Eastern WA