The BWSR Academy is a three-day, cost effective, annual training event for conservation-based local government staff. The event is centered around 90-minute interactive training sessions with opportunities for hands-on learning by attendees. This emphasis on hands on training differentiates the BWSR Academy from conferences, conventions or symposiums which are primarily one-way delivery of information or research. The Academy sessions deliver content that is directly applicable to LGU work “back home.”