Tribal Capacity Building: ArcGIS Pro Training

January 07 - 08, 2026

Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF), California Indian Environmental Alliance and Humboldt Area Foundation are offering two ArcGIS workshops for tribal members and tribal staff working on Natural Resources and Fisheries. This course is funded by a NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation grant focused on Climate Resilience planning and Tribal Capacity Building.

Seth Avram LaRosa will lead the ArcGIS Pro Training which will be offered over two days at the Natural Resources GIS Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt January 7 - 8, 2026. Seth is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy & Management at UC Berkeley and a researcher with the Cannabis Research Center. Seth specializes in geospatial data analysis. His work focuses on Indigenous land governance, cannabis regulation, and environmental justice in California. Learn more at https ://crc.berkeley.edu

What to know:

The trainings will be held at the Natural Resources GIS Lab Room 203 at CalPoly Humboldt.
The trainings are free and will be split into two sessions based on experience level with the beginning orientation being offered on Tuesday, January 7 from 10am to 3pm and the intermediate training being offered on Wednesday, January 8 from 10am to 3pm.
A total of 24 participants can be accommodated. Reservations close on December 12, or sooner if full. You are encouraged to bring your own project to be used as a basemap.
Travel stipends and hotel accommodations will be provided and will be coordinated by SRF staff. Lunch will be provided.

To Apply:

Please fill out this interest form by December 2, 2025. See the course descriptions below.
SRF will send out final registration instructions for each course on December 3, 2025.

Please know that due to the capacity limit of these technical workshops, please do not register unless you are certain that you can attend. Travel mileage reimbursements will be available for tribal members and we encourage carpooling when possible.

Course descriptions:

Beginning Workshop – Introduction to ArcGIS Pro

Tuesday, January 7, 10am - 3pm

No previous GIS experience is required. Participants will learn core skills in ArcGIS Pro, including navigating the interface, working with vector and raster data, creating maps, and understanding foundational concepts such as coordinate systems, projections, and basic geospatial analysis.

Intermediate Workshop – GIS Tools for Tribal Environmental & Cultural Data

Wednesday, January 8, 10am - 3pm

This workshop assumes basic familiarity with ArcGIS Pro (opening projects, adding layers, simple edits, and navigating the ribbon/tools). We will build on those skills with hands-on workflows for some of the core GIS functionality within ArcPro: spatial analysis, creating and managing datasets, organizing geospatial projects, incorporating remote-sensing products, and producing high-quality maps for Tribal environmental and cultural resource work.

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