{"id":656,"date":"2020-07-13T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/?page_id=656"},"modified":"2021-02-24T16:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T21:41:46","slug":"structured-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tdonovan-vtcfwru\/structured-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Structured Decision Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to this self-paced training for an Overview of Structured Decision Making (SDM). This course is designed to offer natural resource managers a rational framework and techniques to assist in making smart decisions. To apply SDM with confidence, it will be helpful to have a basic understanding of modeling concepts<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course instructors Dr. Mike Runge<\/a> and Dr. Sarah Converse<\/a> are both research ecologists with USGS and highly regarded experts for structured decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each module consists of video lectures and a section from the course workbook (pdf). Skill checks identified in the videos include a reference to a specific page found in the workbook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course was developed in collaboration between these U.S. Department of the Interior agencies: Bureau of Land Management (National Training Center)<\/a>, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (National Conservation Training Center)<\/a>, and the U.S. Geological Survey (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Description<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last Updated: July 14, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/summary>
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