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Are You Ready for the Challenge?

Becoming an NCLI Fellow is a major step in career advancement and contributing to the future of conservation. The NCLI is suited for the highest-potential, future leaders. Do you have what it takes?

As today’s conservation leaders work toward retirement – who will fill their seats? Will it be you? Are you willing to take on challenges that you know will ensure a conservation legacy for the next century? Are you prepared?

Complete Application Process and Program Outline

The application/nomination period for Cohort 4 is February 1, 2009 to May 15, 2009. Application and nomination forms will be available and must be completed during that time period online via this website, www.conservationleadership.org.

Each applicant must be nominated by their director/CEO.

Nominations presume acceptance on the part of the applicant and imply commitment of the time and funds necessary for the applicants participation should they be selected.

What Fellows Are Saying

Jason Moeckel (Cohort 3)
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

“The program was professionally and personally the most profound and meaningful learning experience I can recall. I have a renewed enthusiasm for the work and a better appreciation for process.”

Tom Paragi (Cohort 3)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game

“NCLI provided me with the knowledge and a framework to understand adaptive challenges, ask the tough questions, and guide a constructive process for addressing challenges faced by modern conservation professionals.”

Danielle Flynn (Cohort 3)
Bureau of Land Management

“Through my NCLI experience I came to fully appreciate the value in being (willingly) ripped apart from the inside out and reassembled in a whole new way.”

Aaron Jeffries (Cohort 3)
Missouri Department of Conservation

“I didn’t know what to expect from the NCLI. I asked friends who participated in Cohort 1 and 2 about the class and they told me the course would be challenging, and that I would just have to wait and see. They all said it was an incredible experience and that it would change my life. They were right.”

David Zebro (Cohort 3)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

“When you're at the Institute, we become a team of one with a common purpose of trying to make a difference in conservation; you look at issues with a broader purpose. It’s a life-changing, life altering experience, something unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.”

Karen Bataille (Cohort 3)
Missouri Department of Conservation

“NCLI taught me more about the art of leadership in 11 days then I have learned during my 15 year career.”

Southern Company NCLI Scholarships

Southern Company is offering two challenge tuition scholarships (50%) for NCLI Fellows.

Eligibility:

Fellows accepted into the NCLI who work within non-governmental, tribal, state or federal natural resource conservation organizations.
Work occurs in the Southeastern US, particularly within the Southern Company service area (AL, GA, southeast MS, and FL Panhandle).
Work focuses on any of the following three areas: (1) bird and habitat conservation, (2) longleaf pine restoration, (3) wetland, riparian, or coastal restoration efforts; particularly those efforts that involve or promote diverse partnerships.

Eligible Fellows should contact the NCLI by phone at 304.876.7988 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it as soon as possible after notification of their acceptance to the NCLI.

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