Desktop Investigations:
Environmental Analysis Seminars
Target Audience
SALMTEC presents a seminar series on Desktop Analysis, designed to build capacity in existing professionals, regulators, project managers, and recent graduates by developing skills at analyzing imagery, spatial datasets, academic journal articles, and technical reports.
Timeline
- Five seminars in total
- One offered each month
- January to May 2024.

Format
- One-hour duration
- During ‘lunch-time’
- Live, in-person, webinar-style
Seminar Schedule
Land Use
Land uses over time: imagery interpretation and other tools
Technical Information
Critical review of scientific/technical reports
Biogeoclimatic Processes
Regional/watershed processes: climate, geology, soils
Ecology of Hydrology
Hydrology of Ecosystems:
-Water inputs & outputs = water balance -Constructed/restored wetland design essentials
Preliminary Wetland Delineation
Combining investigations: Imagery Climate/Watersheds Geology/Soils Hydrology/Ecosystems
Building Competencies
Land Use
Existing Information
Regional Processes
Ecology of Hydrology
Wetlands
Imagery Interpretation
Spatial Data
Reports