Instructor Bio: Tyson Waldo has been working at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) for the past 9-years.  Starting as a GIS Specialist in 1999 he became the North Puget Sound Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program (SSHIAP) Biologist in 2001.  Additionally, since the spring of 2006, Tyson has been working, as an adjunct instructor of GIS at Western Washington University.  Recently, Tyson has been working on applying the ArcGIS ArcHydro geo-data model to fisheries and fish habitat management in western Washington.

Stefan Freelan is a GIS Specialist and Instructor at Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University. In addition to teaching GIS, Cartography and GPS he assists with academic research projects and is Co-Director of the Institute for Spatial Information and Analysis. He has a MS in Geography and a BA in Environmental Ethics. Prior to joining WWU he was a GIS Analyst and a private consultant with local Planning Departments.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Create a file geo-database complete with field sub-types, coded domains and relationship classes for managing fisheries and fish habitat data.
• Apply the ArcHydro Data-model and Toolset to fisheries and fish habitat data management.
• Use Geometric Networks and Network Analyst to model fish habitat.
• Use Spatial Analyst for watershed assessment.
• Use python scripting language within the Field Calculator
• Use the Linear Referencing data-model and toolset to

Intended Audience: This hands-on course is intended for biologists and ecologists involved with the collection, interpretation and presentation of spatially related fisheries and fish habitat data.  This course is intended for intermediate to advanced ArcINFO and ArcView 9 users.

Prerequisites: Intro to ArcGIS 9 for Fisheries and Wildlife Biology Applications-Course ID: GIS-400 or similar work experience.

Credit: 2.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)