UPCOMING SWRR CLASSES
WERC Class - Rehabilitating Your Education Programs
Date: September 6, 2010
Time: 10:30 am to noon
Location:
Anderson Library
Address: 3200 W. Center St., Anderson
Sign-up Contact: Kar Stoker or Janet Story
(you must call to attend)
Also see:
WERC Website
CLASSES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
SWRR
Shasta Wildlife Rescue conducts classes for volunteers to help them learn about the center and wildlife care.
Training for volunteers is also conducted at the Animal Care Committee (ACC) meetings held every month, which all
volunteers should attend.

IWRC
The International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC) conducts training and certification for wildlife rehabilitators.

For more information on IWRC classes and certification see:
http://www.iwrc-online.org/training/calendar.cfm
http://www.iwrc-online.org/training/catalog.html
http://www.iwrc-online.org/certification/index.html

To see photos of the 2007 IWRC class attended by some of our members go to our Pictures - page 4 web page.

CCWR
The California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators (CCWR) conducts training and certification for wildlife rehabilitators.
For class dates and locations see:
http://www.ccwr.org/activities/classes.htm.

CCWR also hosts the CCWR Symposium. For information see:
http://www.ccwr.org/activities/symposia.htm.

Wild Rescue
This organization conducts training in Northern California on "Wildlife Emergency Response". For dates and
locations see:
http://www.wildrescue.org/Training.html.

Wild Again Wildlife Rehab
Training and Conferences:
http://www.ewildagain.org/Training/trngschedule.htm
Homeopathy with Wildlife Workshop:
http://www.ewildagain.org/Training/homeopathy_seminar_1_day.htm

Humboldt College
Department of Wildlife Studies
Wildlife Program

NC State University
Trauma Management of Injured Wildlife.

Shasta College Classes
For those of you interested in becoming a birder or just someone that would like to identify the birds that come into
the Center while you're on a shift, Shasta College offers classes that may be of interest from their Natural Resources
Department. Below are some sample classes they have recently offered. Classes change every semester. For the
latest information check the college's website:

Shasta College - main page
Shasta College - search course offerings  (tip, search Agriculture - Natural Resources Dept. and/or instructors
Lindstrand and Nolte)
Shasta College - Wildlife and Natural Resources Dept.

A sample of classes offered:

Title: Birds and Their Habitat
Description: Three eight-hour field trips will be a required part of this course. An introduction to the study of birds.
Emphasis on the behavior, taxonomy, migration, orientation, flight, evolution, economic importance, and field
identification of the birds. We will also study bird ecology and the role of birds in bio-diversity and ecosystems. Other
topics covered are songs and calls, territory, courtship, nests and eggs, care of young, and the systems
(reproductive, etc.) of birds.
Instructor: L. Lindstrand

Title: Introduction to Natural Resources
Description: An introduction to the integrated management of forests, soil, watershed, fish, and wildlife in the context
of protection and restoration of watersheds and ecosystems. An emphasis will be placed on natural resources
careers, policy and law, tools, techniques and practices, and management philosophies of public and private lands.
Basic biological and ecological processes will be introduced along with discussion of the scientific method and
preparing reports.
Instructor: K. Nolte

Title: Wildlife of Northern Calif.
Description: A weekend field trip to the Tulelake area will be required Common species of wildlife found in Northern
California will be observed and discussed. Habitat ecology and management along with regulatory and conservation
issues will be covered in the class. Various identification tools, instructional aids, and other relevant materials will be
reviewed and discussed. This course may be repeated once for a total of two enrollments since course content
varies and skills are enhanced by supervised repetition.
Instructor: L. Lindstrand
See:
Wildlife course set (Redding Record Searchlight article, 04/06/08) for additional information.
CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
American Association of Wildlife Vets and American Association of Zoo Vets
http://www.aawv.net/meetings.html

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
http://www.aazv.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=200

American Birding Association Regional Conference
http://www.aba.org/mtgs/index.html

American Society of Mammologists Annual Meeting
http://www.mammalsociety.org/whatsnew/meetings.html

American Veterinary Medical Association
http://www.avma.org/meetings/default.asp

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting
http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABSMeetings/

Animal Care Expo
http://www.animalsheltering.org/expo/

Association of Avian Veterinarians
http://www.aav.org/conferences/

Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians Conference
http://www.arav.org/ECOMARAV/timssnet/common/tnt_frontpage.cfm

Bat Conservation Trust National Bat Conference
http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/national_bat_conference.html

California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators Symposium
http://www.ccwr.org/activities/symposia.htm

California Veterinary Medical Association Conferences
http://www.cvma.net/

Central Plains Society of Mammalogists Meeting
http://centralplainsmammals.org/

Central Valley Birding Symposium
http://www.cvbs.org/

Florida Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
http://fwra.org/events/

Global Raptor Information Network - Meetings
http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/SiteNews.asp?lNewsType=2

Humane Society Conferences
http://www.hsus.org/about_us/events.html

IBA - International Association for Bear Research & Management
http://www.bearbiology.com/index.php?id=7

Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Joint Meeting
http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/jointmeeting/

IWRC International Education Symposium
http://www.iwrc-online.org/
http://www.iwrc-online.org/conf/conferences.html

Michigan Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Conference
http://miwra.org/

Mid-Atlantic States Association of Avian Veterinarians Annual Conference
http://www.masaav.org/conference/index.htm

Midwest Wolf Stewards
http://www.wolf.org/wolves/news/events.asp

National Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference
http://nwrc.com.au/index.html

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Symposium
http://www.nwrawildlife.org/home.asp

Natural Resources Symposium
http://tws-west.org/sac-shasta/upcoming.html

New York State Wildlife Rehabilitation Council Conference
http://www.nyswrc.org/conference.html

North American Bluebird Society Conference
http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/convention.htm

North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=348&Itemid=61

Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Annual Conference
http://www.owra.org/conference

Oiled Wildlife Care Network Conference
http://www.owcn.org/
http://www.eowconference09.org/

Peregrine Fund - Ingestion of Spent Lead Ammunition: Implications for Wildlife and Humans
http://www.peregrinefund.org/Lead_conference/

Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference
http://www.raptorresearchfoundation.org/conferences.htm

Snake Ecology Group Meeting
http://www.herpetologistsleague.org/en/news.php

Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology Conference
http://www.snwvb.org

Southeastern Bat Diversity Network Meetings
http://www.sbdn.org/meetings.html

Washington Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference
http://www.wwrawildlife.org/conference/index.php

Watchable Wildlife Conference
http://www.watchablewildlife.org/conference/default.htm

Western Bird Banding Association Conference
http://www.westernbirdbanding.org/next-meetings.html

Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Medicine Club, UC Davis, Annual Symposium
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/Clubs/WAAM/symposium.html

Wildlife Center of Virginia Call of the Wild Conference
http://www.wildlifecenter.org/wp/rehabilitator-training/call-of-the-wild-conference/

Wildlife Disease Association Conference
http://www.wildlifedisease.org/meetings.htm

Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina Symposium
http://www.ncwildliferehab.org/

Wildlife Society Annual Conferences & Workshops
http://joomla.wildlife.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=184
http://joomla.wildlife.org/Western/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=348
Bald Eagle

Photo contributed by Steve Hobson:
http://steves-digital.net/
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