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Wanted to pass along a few quick updates about upcoming SOS trainings. To register for all of our SOS trainings, please use the
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SOS training registration form</a>, which is also available on the SOS website's getting started section, blm.gov/sos. </div>
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<b><u>April 29-30. 2 days - NOW VIRTUAL.</u></b></div>
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This training is hosted through the BLM National Training Center and was originally going to be a three day in-person training, but has now changed to two days/ virtual format. This training is open to all DOI employees and active SOS non-federal partners,
and there is no cost.<span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b> The deadline for registration is next Tuesday, April 22.</b></span> </div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Please sign up through DOI talent: <span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<i>Non federal partners</i></div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Register as external learners through DOI talent. To sign up for the training and get more information on how to register as an external learner use the
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SOS training registration </a>form and Sarah Hill will be in touch with further instructions.
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<b><u>May 19-21 2.5 days, In person, Shepherdstown, WV, USFWS NCTC</u></b><i><u>.</u></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This training is hosted through the USFWS National Conservation Training Center and is still slated as an in-person training with a hybrid virtual option. This is open to all DOI agency staff and active SOS
non-federal partners. While some parts of this training will have an east coast focus, it is still an appropriate training for anyone involved in SOS. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The room and board cost for this training is
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>$185 (FWS employees) and $210 (non-FWS) per day per person - but
</i><b><i>there are still</i></b><i> </i><b><i>many</i></b><i> </i></span><span style="font-weight: bolder;"><i>scholarships for room and board are available to anyone who is attending the training. Participants must cover their own transportation to and from
the training center, but lodging and on-site food will be provided for scholarship recipients. </i></span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-weight: bolder;"><i>If you are interested in attending this in-person training, email Kelly Thomas (kelly_thomas@fws.gov by the morning of Friday, April 18 (this Friday). Please also register via the
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SOS training registration </a>form. </i></span></div>
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<b><u>Additional SOS trainings </u></b></div>
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Our last scheduled virtual training is May 14-15. </div>
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More SOS trainings in May and June will be scheduled when we have a better idea of when summer crews will be starting. The most up-to-date record of our current training offerings is always the training form link in the SOS website "getting started" section.
If you have a training need that is not met by our current offerings, reach out to Sarah Hill and let her know when your crews will need training. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Seeds of Success National Curator<br>
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<i>I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Nuwe/Nume (Paiute, Shoshone, Bannock) people, as well as other indigenous tribes who traveled through the area known as Idaho who have stewarded
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