Recordings
Past Webinar Recordings
Past webinars are recorded and select ones are listed here, starting with the most recent. Are you searching for one that's not listed? Webinars hosted by other agencies or organizations such as the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, Partnership for the National Trail System, and Society for Outdoor Recreation Professionals are archived online by those organizations.
The Minimum Requirements Analysis Basics: What Is It & Why Do It? (2026)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
In this webinar, you will be provided with an explanation of how the MRA process should be applied. Using the Minimum Requirements Analysis Framework (MRAF), the session will describe the two step process of determining necessity, and then identifying the minimum activity if it is necessary to consider action in Wilderness. By the end of this session, participants should be able to (1) identify the basis in law for a minimum requirements analysis, (2) recognize the two-step process of an MRA and how that relates to the Minimum Requirements Analysis Framework (MRAF), and (3) recognize the necessity of an MRA in emergencies.
Recording from January 21, 2026
Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into Wilderness Stewardship (2025)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
The presentation will be centered on how the National Park Service and the Hoonah Indian Association worked together on the planning effort for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve's recent Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan.
Recording from January 14, 2025
Climate Change and Wilderness: A Gnarly Issue (2021)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
Wilderness areas are not immune to the changing climate. As stewards of our most enduring resource, managers must understand the effects of climate change and the long-lasting impacts of decisions and actions they may take. This webinar explored the challenges of managing wilderness in a changing climate and the RAD (Resist-Accept-Direct) decision framework as a tool to assist in making informed, purposeful choices about responding to conditions of continuous change.
Recording from December 7, 2021
Are we losing quiet spaces and natural places? (2021)
Host: Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
Wilderness areas are the most protected public lands in America, and offer numerous benefits for the land, the species that exist there, and people who visit. Though wilderness is managed in such a way to maintain wilderness character, modern intrusions in wilderness are a growing problem. Many contemporary wilderness visitors use technology such as Bluetooth speakers to enhance their own wilderness experience. Others build structures such as cairns either as art or for wayfinding. However, such intrusions are counter to the ideal of wilderness. This webinar featured Ben Lawhon, Senior Director of Research and Consulting with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics.
Recording from November 4, 2021
Wilderness and Traditional Indigenous Beliefs (2021)
Host: National Park Service Alaska Region
This webinar highlights some of the intersecting perspectives on the human nature relationship. Three panelists from three different cultures and perspectives share why they value the homeland of the Gwich'in and Cup'ik people, a place that is also known as a wilderness area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This webinar features Roger Kaye, Polly Napiryuk Andrews, and Bernadette Dimientieff.
Recording from October 26, 2021
National Park Service—An Introduction to Wilderness Character (2020)
Host: National Park Service
Preserving wilderness character is mandated by the Wilderness Act of 1964 and agency policy. This webinar provided the basics of why we preserve wilderness character, the definition of wilderness character, including the qualities and what degrades them, and how to integrate wilderness character into National Park Service planning, monitoring and operations. Presenters included Roger Semler, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Division Chief, Tim Devine, Wilderness Stewardship Branch Chief for Training and Development and NPS Representative at the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, and Erin Drake, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Communications and Outreach Specialist.
Recording from May 5, 2020
Wilderness in the NPS—An Exploration of the Wilderness Stewardship Division (2020)
Host: National Park Service
This webinar focused on the role and function of the National Park Service's (NPS) Wilderness Stewardship Division, and highlighted key partners and resources critical to successful wilderness stewardship. Presenters included Roger Semler, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Division Chief, Tim Devine, Wilderness Stewardship Branch Chief for Training and Development and NPS Representative at the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, and Erin Drake, NPS Wilderness Stewardship Communications and Outreach Specialist.
Recording from April 9, 2020