Corps planning guidance and the "Principles and Guidelines" for planning water resources projects are used as the basis to describe the information required for ecological resources evaluation. Emphasis is placed on describing and demonstrating cost-effective, state-of-the-art techniques and procedures for identifying, inventorying, assessing, evaluating, and displaying ecological resources information. Habitat assessment procedures and inventory techniques are described and demonstrated for birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. Emphasis is placed on those techniques that can be used to inventory sensitive species and evaluate their habitat or potential habitat. Students receive hands-on training through field trips taken to both terrestrial and aquatic sites where they conduct selected animal inventories and habitat assessments. Students will be provided with key sources of ecological resources information and technical assistance within the Corps, other agencies, and outside sources. Instructors emphasize that ecological resources cross geographic and political boundaries and encourage interdisciplinary and cross-stovepipe collaboration.