February 16, 2026: Weekly Dose of Training Opportunities

 

Apply Now: Get FREE Life Jackets to Loan to Your Boating Community Sea Tow Foundation The Sea Tow Foundation™, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing boating-related incidents and fatalities, is now accepting applications for life jackets and life jacket loaner stand supplies as part of its 2026 Life Jacket Loaner Program. Since the program's launch in 2008, the Sea Tow Foundation has distributed more than 106,000 life jackets and now oversees over 1,300 Life Jacket Loaner Stations nationwide to help keep boaters safe on the water. Local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and agencies across the United States and U.S. territories are encouraged to apply before the February 28, 2026 deadline, which is an extension on the previously listed date. Funded through the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and administered by the U.S. Coast Guard, select applicants are awarded life jackets and/or materials to support life jacket loaner stations, new or old, in their communities. Each loaner station provides boaters with access to U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets in sizes ranging from infant to adult extra-large that can be borrowed and returned. Read More

Dear alyssa,    At American Bird Conservancy, we celebrate the diversity of birds and the diversity of all who cherish and conserve birds — because effectively and ethically addressing threats to birds requires many creative solutions, deriving from varied sources of inspiration, put into practice by people with equally varied backgrounds and perspectives.   The Afrofuturism Collective, launched as a partnership between ABC and Re:wild in 2024, examines how stories, lifeways, technologies, and concepts from the African diaspora might influence biodiversity conservation and habitat stewardship.   Join ABC and members of the Afrofuturism Collective on Wednesday, February 25 at 4pm ET for a dynamic conversation about their projects and their vision for biodiversity conservation.  WEBINAR: Afrofuturism and Birds: Envisioning Conservation Influenced by the African Diaspora  WHEN: Wednesday, February 25 at 4 pm ET | 3 pm CT | 2 pm MT | 1 pm PT | 10am HST WHERE: Zoom (link provided upon registration) COST: Free! RSVP NOW