Patrick Garner offers primary and advanced wetlands courses for sale directly on this site, or alternately through either RedVector.com, the largest internet-based continuing education provider in the world and through PDH, an engineering-oriented CEU provider. These courses are popular with wetland experts, architects, engineers, landscape architects and professional surveyors to further their education and to meet CEU requirements.

In addition, three land surveying courses are provided for survey professionals. In the last five years, thousands of professionals (and individuals interested in wetlands) across the country have taken these courses.

Course Offerings

WETLAND COURSES

Wetland Primer for Design Professionals
This online course will acquaint you with the changed perception of wetlands in North America with contemporary definitions and more. Learn More ...

A Wetland Primer, Advanced: Field Evaluation & Permitting Considerations for Design Professionals
This online course is a follow-up to my, "A Wetland Primer For Design Professionals" course [above], for design professionals, many of whom often need a broader understanding of why wetlands play an increasingly important role in site considerations, and how they are identified. This course is crucial for architects, engineers, land surveyors and landscape architects.
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A Primer on Inland Wetlands Creation and Restoration
for Design Professionals

This course is a supplement to A WETLAND PRIMER FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS and ADVANCED WETLANDS PRIMER: FIELD EVALUATION & PERMITTING. Although a basic understanding of wetlands—crucial for architects, engineers, land surveyors, contractors and landscape architects—is presented in those two courses, design professionals are often expected to understand the fundamentals of wetland creation and restoration. Upon completing this course, you will understand the basic parameters required for all successful inland wetland creation.

LAND SURVEYING COURSES

American Land Surveying - A History
American Land Surveying has a grand and sometimes tumultuous history. Bold personalities have been attracted to the work. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, Henry David Thoreau all worked as surveyors. Learn More ...

Decision-making and Ethics in Everyday Practice for Land Surveyors
This course examines a series of situations that surveyors may commonly face. The course discusses correct actions in the context of what the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) calls its “Surveyor's Creed and Canons.
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Adverse Possession: An Advanced Course
This online course reviews the historic concepts of "adverse possession", the statutory character of these actions, and the burden of proof against the claimant. This course examines the effect of surveys on such claims, exemptions to claims of adverse possession, and the well established elements of adverse possession. The course also discusses the doctrine of prescription and its relationship to adverse possession. Learn More...