Contact: Joshua Schloesser (715) 682-6185 ext. 113; joshua_schloesser@fws.gov
Student spaces in USFWS-sponsored courses are filled with USFWS personnel first, collaborators and other DOI personnel second. If you work for one of the other DOI bureaus, contact your watercraft lead. Dates are subject to change.
Course attendees must be: (a) able to wear a personal flotation device (PFD) and perform manual tasks while in the water, (b) on official duty (thus covered by worker's compensation), and (c) able to legally operate a motorized vehicle.
| MOCC | Ludington Biological Station, Ludington, MI | April 15-17, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | Marquette Biological Station, Marquette, MI | April 29-May 1, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | Crab Orchard NWR, Marion, IL | May 6-8, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | Upper Mississippi River NWFR, Onalaska, WI | June 10-12, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | Tamarac NWR, Rochert, MN | June 24-26, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | Detroit River IWR, Trenton, MI | July 15-17, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | Fond du Lac, Cloquet, MN | August 12-14, 2025 | [email protected] |
| MOCC | USDA, Alpena, MI | August 19-21, 2025 | [email protected] |
| NMM-BLENDED | Minnesota Valley NWR, Bloomington, MN | May 15, 2025 | [email protected] |
| NMM-BLENDED | Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO | June 4, 2025 | [email protected] |
| NMM-BLENDED | Upper Mississippi River NWFR, Winona, MN | June 4, 2025 | [email protected] |
| NMM-BLENDED | Green Bay FWCO, New Franken, WI | June 10, 2025 | [email protected] |
| NMM-BLENDED | Minnesota Valley NWR, Bloomington, MN | June 11, 2025 | [email protected] |
| NMM | Tamarac NWR, Rochert, MN | June 17-18, 2025 | [email protected] |
| Airboat Module | Location to be determined | July 15-16, 2025 | [email protected] |
| Winter Airboat | Location to be determined | February 10-11, 2026 | [email protected] |
| River Module | Upper Mississippi River NWFR, Onalaska, WI | July 15-16, 2025 | [email protected] |
| River Module | Big Muddy NWR, Boonville, MO | July 29-30, 2025 | [email protected] |
| Shallow Drive | LaCrosse/Onalaska, WI | July 8-9, 2025 | [email protected] |
| Open Water Module | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, WI | September 16-18, 2025 | [email protected] |
| M/V Baird-Vessel Specific | M/V Baird dock, Cheboygan, MI | July 8-9, 2025 | [email protected] |
