Contact: Aaron Garcia (208) 827-6360; aaron_garcia@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.
A split course indicates the training days are not consecutive. The content of a split course is the same as any other course of the same type (e.g., MOCC, Airboat Module, Open-Water Module). Typically, travelers do not enroll in split courses because of the delay between the first (classroom) day and the following (field) days.
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.
Abbreviations: CRITFC = Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission; UH-HIMB = the University of Hawaii - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology; HFD = Honolulu Fire Department; OS = Ocean Safety - Honolulu; SBSA = Scientific Boating Safety Association; OSU = Oregon State University; IDFG = Idaho Fish and Game
| COURSE | LOCATION (COLLABORATORS) | DATE | CONTACT |
| MOCC | Stockton, CA | Oct 21-23, 2024 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Stockton, CA | Oct 21 & 24-25, 2024 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOICC | Honolulu, HI (NOAA) | Jan 16-17 & 22-24, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Honolulu, HI (NOAA/UH-HIMB/HFD/OS) | Jan 22-24, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Honolulu, HI (NOAA/UH-HIMB/HFD/OS) | Jan 22 & 27-28, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| Open-Water Module | Honolulu, HI (NOAA/UH-HIMB/HFD/OS) | Jan 30-31, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | San Diego, CA (NOAA/Scripps) | Feb 25-27, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Honolulu, HI (NOAA/UH-HIMB/HFD/OS) | Mar 17-19, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Honolulu, HI (NOAA/UH-HIMB/HFD/OS) | Mar 17 & 20-21, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Stockton, CA | Apr 7-9, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Stockton, CA | Apr 7 & 10-11, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Kennewick, WA | Apr 14-16, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| Airboat Module | Burbank, WA | Apr 17-18, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Seattle, WA (NOAA & WDFW) | Apr 28-30, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Seattle, WA (NOAA & WDFW) | Apr 28 & May 1-2, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Klamath Falls, OR (BOR) | May 12-14, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| Airboat Module | Klamath Falls NWRC, OR/CA (BOR) | May 15-16, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Honolulu, HI (NOAA) | Jun 10-12, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOICC | Astoria, OR | Jul 14-18, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Astoria, OR | Jul 16-18, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| Airboat Module | Ilwaco, WA (Willapa NWRC) | Jul 21-22, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| River Module | Red Bluff, CA | Jul 24-25, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| River Module (Split) | Red Bluff, CA | Jul 24 & 28, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| Airboat Module | Minidoka, ID (SE Idaho NWRC) | Aug 6-7, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Guam (NOAA/Guam EPA/CNMI) | Aug 11-13, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Guam (NOAA/Guam EPA/CNMI) | Aug 11 & 14-15, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Midway NWR | FY25 TBD | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| Airboat Module | Willows, CA (Sacramento NWRC) | FY25 TBD | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Honolulu, HI (NOAA/UH-HIMB/HFD/OS) | Oct 1-3, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC | Stockton, CA | Oct 20-22, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
| MOCC (Split) | Stockton, CA | Oct 20 & 23-24, 2025 | aaron_garcia@fws.gov |
