Training for town officials

MONTPELIER- The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources has launched an online training for municipal officials. Sixteen informative videos, most around 10 minutes long, are intended to help new, and not-so-new, municipal officials learn about ANR’s work and the tools available to help communities.
While trainings are specifically tailored to municipal officials, any community member who would like to learn more about ANR’s work is invited to participate.
Training topics range from invasive species to recycling laws to dam safety. Tutorials help attendees gain proficiency in tools such as the Permit Navigator, BioFinder, and the Clean Water Projects Explorer. One video even shows how to clean a bat house. A visually engaging platform known as a StoryMap has been used to combine stunning photographs, instructional video trainings, and in one case, music, to showcase a sample of what ANR has to offer.
ANR has been a partner with municipalities over the past seven years to provide a wide range of workshops at its annual training event, fondly known as Muni Day.
When plans for 2020’s in-person workshop were quashed due to the pandemic, staff turned their sights to technology for a solution. Information is at https://anr.vermont.gov/about_us/special-topics/municipal-day.