The Conservation Professional Training Program is a program of UW–Madison Division of Extension providing conservation training courses to help you deliver smarter solutions to farmers and rural landowners. From introductory courses for new employees to advanced training for conservation advisors, we provide diverse trainings to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed.
Conservation Calendar
We offer face to face, online and blended training to conservation agencies, private sector consultants and landowners across Wisconsin, the Midwest, and the US. View conservation-related events and trainings offered by us and our partners throughout the state.
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Soil Health- Pine Creek Watershed
Soil Health Workshop- Pine Creek Watershed Location: Libertyland Farms - Greg Gries, Hwy 42 Date: September 27, 2022 Time: 9:30am - 3:00pm Join us to discuss practices that benefit your […]
Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff
This training is designed to provide field level conservationists and resource soil scientists with an overall understanding of soil health and sustainability principles to guide them with recommendations for land […]
Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff
Course Description: This training is designed to provide field level conservationists and resource soil scientists with an overall understanding of soil health and sustainability principles to guide them with recommendations […]
The Role of Zoos in Conservation
The Role of Zoos in Conservation
Zoos are playing a key role in insect conservation research and their labs are home to innovative programs designed to help at-risk insect species recover. Join us for updates and […]
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Experience Agroforestry! – Sauk County Farm/Art DTour
Experience Agroforestry! – Sauk County Farm/Art DTour
You can explore the sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of agroforestry for yourself during the Savanna Institute’s North Farm Open House on October 1st! Members of the public are encouraged […]
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Prairie Strips Part 2: Addressing Pesticide Risks to Pollinators
Prairie Strips Part 2: Addressing Pesticide Risks to Pollinators
Emily May and Karin Jokela from the Xerces Society will present on pesticide risks to pollinators in habitat near cropland, including field research on pesticide contamination and impacts, and how […]
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Iodine as a Plant Nutrient
Iodine as a Plant Nutrient
This webinar will discuss the fundamental science behind iodine as a plant nutrient based on phenotypic, genomic, and proteomic studies. The webinar will also cover the "right dose" (one of […]
Challenges and Opportunities in Organic Urban Agriculture
Challenges and Opportunities in Organic Urban Agriculture
Join this webinar to learn about production and marketing challenges and opportunities for farming organically in urban environments. Organic producers of all sizes and across all landscapes must follow the […]
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Soil Mechanics Field Day
Soil Mechanics Field Day
Who: Anyone who completes soil logs or interprets soils logs When: 9am – 2 pm October 5th, 2022 Where: Waupaca County - Glendale Farms N9895 Kluth Rd, Clintonville, WI 54929 […]
Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar Series – Remote Sensing and Strategic Management of CyanoHABs Across the Nation
Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar Series – Remote Sensing and Strategic Management of CyanoHABs Across the Nation
Join the Algal Bloom Action Team (ABAT) this October as we host three great HABs researchers. Corey Markfort, Ph.D. and Greg LeFevre, Ph.D. will discuss the exploration of complex HABs […]
Salt Wise Stories: City of Eau Claire
Salt Wise Stories: City of Eau Claire
Cory Tietz, Street Superintendent with the City of Eau Claire, will overview Eau Claire's salt reduction strategies, successes, and next steps. When the Streets Department was told that a new […]
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Wisconsin Summit for Natural Resources Volunteers
Gather in-person with Master Naturalists and others interested in natural resources and volunteering in Wisconsin. Learn in small group settings during field tours, hikes, workshops and presentations about Wisconsin’s natural […]
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Stream site assessment – Field day
Stream site assessment – Field day
This is the third of a three part series on stream assessment and planning. This training will cover field data gathering for completing assessments including Rosgen classification, bank erosion assessment, […]
It’s the little things that run the world: the importance of aquatic invertebrates
It’s the little things that run the world: the importance of aquatic invertebrates
Join stream ecologist Mike Miller to learn about the variety of invertebrates found in Wisconsin’s flowing waters and connected wetlands, including information on species diversity, biological fun facts, their role […]
Discovering Wisconsin’s Amazing Forestry Legacy: Driving Tour and Short Hikes
Discovering Wisconsin’s Amazing Forestry Legacy: Driving Tour and Short Hikes
Join us as we travel from eastern Iron county to the old growth forest surrounding Star Lake, to explore both historic and modern forestry sites surrounding the Northern Highland AmericanForest. […]
Soil Management for the Small Acreage Farm
Soil Management for the Small Acreage Farm
Visit Running Hills Farm to see their approach to soil management. Upper Midwest CRAFT farmers Tim and Betsy Pierce will share their strategies to build soil health using cover crops, […]
Harvest Your Conservation Potential
Harvest Your Conservation Potential
Come celebrate fall and harvest season with other women who share your commitment to land conservation! Gather ideas and information for establishing your land conservation plan and how to use […]
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Driftless Region’s Día de los Muertos Celebration: A Mexican Cultural and Educational Event
Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican cultural festival to honor loved ones who have passed away. This one-day festival offers […]
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Wisconsin Science Festival
Join hundreds of organizations around Wisconsin that connect people with science, technology, engineering, art and math. More than 90 communities and 40,000 people participated last year. Info here.
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Urban Nonpoint Source (UNPS) Construction and Urban Targeted Runoff Management (TRM) Grants In BITS: DNR’s BMP Implementation Tracking System
Urban Nonpoint Source (UNPS) Construction and Urban Targeted Runoff Management (TRM) Grants In BITS: DNR’s BMP Implementation Tracking System
This webinar will be hosted by the WI DNR and UW Madison-Division Extension. It will provide an overview of the BMP Implementation Tracking System (BITS) and the use of this […]
MKE Women’s Urban Ag Network: Fall Gathering
MKE Women’s Urban Ag Network: Fall Gathering
Join in the Community Room of Urban Ecology Center's Riverside Park location, to learn about urban agriculture! We'll hear from a few amazing women who are doing urban ag work […]
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
October 11 – November 1 (Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm each week) In less than a single human lifetime, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from the United […]
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Understanding UW-Madison Division of Extension’s new approach to Agriculture Staffing
Understanding UW-Madison Division of Extension’s new approach to Agriculture Staffing
In response to evolving budgets and needs in the state, Extension has reformulated its approach to agriculture staffing across the state. Please join us for a discussion to understand the […]
How do crop advisors do conservation?
How do crop advisors do conservation?
Ever wondered how to engage the private ag consulting world on soil conservation practices? Tune in to a webinar from the Minnesota Office for Soil Health, to discuss the findings […]
Badger Crop Connect
Badger Crop Connect
Tillage Costs and Benefits Dr. Francisco Arriaga, Soil Science Professor and Extension Specialist at UW-Madison Introducing the New Entomology Precision Pest Ecologist Dr. Emily Bick, Precision Pest Ecologist at UW-Madison […]
Managing Plant Surplus Carbon to Generate Soil Organic Matter in Regenerative Agriculture
Managing Plant Surplus Carbon to Generate Soil Organic Matter in Regenerative Agriculture
Soil degradation is a global problem. Intensive, chemical-based conventional agriculture focuses on aboveground biomass production and yield and overlooks belowground plant carbon input and plant-soil-microbe associations, leading to declined soil […]
The Earth Beneath Our Feet: Climate Change and the Soil Loss Crisis
The Earth Beneath Our Feet: Climate Change and the Soil Loss Crisis
Jo Handelsman, Ph. D, will discuss our soil, the causes for its degradation, its relation to carbon transfer and climate change, and our relation to the issue. The Master Gardeners […]
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Conservation Innovation Grants: New Grazing Lands Innovations
Conservation Innovation Grants: New Grazing Lands Innovations
Join to learn about two projects: • A National Grazingland Information System: Expanding GlobalRangelands.org Through a Grazing land Thesaurus and Mobile Content Access • Deploying CERT: Integrating satellite and field […]
Boerson Farms Soil Walk
Boerson Farms Soil Walk
Come and learn how Boerson Farms in Green Lake County has been utilizing rotational grazing, silvopasture development and minimum till vegetables to build their soil health. Info here.
Conservation Innovation Grants: New Grazing Lands Innovations
Conservation Innovation Grants: New Grazing Lands Innovations
Come celebrate fall and harvest season with other women who share your commitment to land conservation! Gather ideas and information for establishing your land conservation plan and how to use […]
Get Loud: Speaking Up for Rural Wisconsin
Get Loud: Speaking Up for Rural Wisconsin
Learn how to authentically and powerfully tell your story and lift up the issues affecting our farms and communities. Wisconsin Farmers Union invites you to a special session focused on […]
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Soil Health Workshop-Marathon County
Soil Health - Fenwood Creek Watershed - Marathon County Location: Bauman Dairy Farm, 221584 Fairfield Dr, Edgar, WI Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 Time: 9:30am - 3:00pm Join us to […]
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The Confluence – Rock River Coalition 2022 Conference
The Confluence – Rock River Coalition 2022 Conference
The 2022 Confluence: Protecting What We Love in the Rock River Watershed The Rock River Coalition Conference, The Confluence, will be held on Saturday, October 15th in the City of […]
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Climate Fast Forward 2022
Climate Fast Forward 2022 gives everyone in Wisconsin the chance to be a part of the solution to the climate emergency. Participants will take stock of the progress Wisconsin has […]
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Introduction to Pastured Pigs for Profit
Introduction to Pastured Pigs for Profit
Join us for an introductory conversation about the production and marketing of pigs raised in pasture settings. Pigs can function as a profitable stand-alone enterprise or can be integrated into […]
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
October 11 – November 1 (Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm each week) In less than a single human lifetime, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from the United […]
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Upper Mississippi Conference
Save the dates to attend the 2022 Upper Mississippi River Conference. We'll look at how the private and public sectors can address climate change. Info here.
Wisconsin Association for Floodplain, Stormwater, and Coastal Management (WAFSCM) Annual Conference
The Wisconsin Association for Floodplain, Stormwater, and Coastal Management (WAFSCM) is holding its 20th Annual Conference. Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and Continuing Education Credits (CECs) can be earned at the […]
WiWiC Conservation Educator Network Falll Meet-Up
WiWiC Conservation Educator Network Falll Meet-Up
Are you a conservation educator working with women landowners in Wisconsin? A warm invite to join the WiWiC Conservation Educator Network at their Fall Meet-up. The WiWiC Conservation Educator Network […]
Identifying trade‐offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens
Identifying trade‐offs and opportunities for forest carbon and wildlife using a climate change adaptation lens
On a warming planet, a key challenge natural resource managers face is protecting wildlife while mitigating climate change—as through forest carbon storage—to the greatest extent possible. But in some ecosystems, […]
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Grazing cover crops
Grazing cover crops
Hosted by Roger Bindl, at S10620 Weidner Rd, Spring Green. This pasture walk will be focused on grazing cover crops and will showcase information collected as part of an ongoing […]
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Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals
Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals
This free, virtual meet-up series is a peer-learning opportunity for watershed professionals to share ideas and advice for solving real-life challenges of watershed projects. If you work with farmers and […]
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“Birds of North America” plus Climate Discussion
“Birds of North America” plus Climate Discussion
Sunday movie matinee at 2:00pm, followed by a discussion on its relation to climate change A moving dramatic play by Anna Ouyang Moench. John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. […]
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Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference
Please save the dates for the Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference 2022. Info here.
Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
Free training for winter maintenance professionals who remove snow, apply road salt or maintain snow removal equipment used on roads. Learn how using the right amount of salt can save […]
Harvest Your Conservation Potential
Harvest Your Conservation Potential
Come celebrate fall and harvest season with other women who share your commitment to land conservation! Gather ideas and information for establishing your land conservation plan and how to use […]
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
October 11 – November 1 (Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm each week) In less than a single human lifetime, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from the United […]
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Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
Free, hands-on training for winter maintenance professionals who remove snow, apply road salt or maintain snow removal equipment used on roads. Learn how using the right amount of salt can […]
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Nutrient Management and Water Quality
Nutrient Management and Water Quality
This monthly webinar series highlights recent outcomes, emerging opportunities, and conservation tools and data developed to assist with conservation planning and impact and efficiency assessment. The series illustrates the scope […]
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World Dairy Expo
Location: Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI Info here.
Wisconsin Summit for Natural Resources Volunteers
Gather in-person with Master Naturalists and others interested in natural resources and volunteering in Wisconsin. Learn in small group settings during field tours, hikes, workshops and presentations about Wisconsin’s natural […]
Stream site assessment – Field day
This is the third of a three part series on stream assessment and planning. This training will cover field data gathering for completing assessments including Rosgen classification, bank erosion assessment, […]
It’s the little things that run the world: the importance of aquatic invertebrates
Join stream ecologist Mike Miller to learn about the variety of invertebrates found in Wisconsin’s flowing waters and connected wetlands, including information on species diversity, biological fun facts, their role […]
Discovering Wisconsin’s Amazing Forestry Legacy: Driving Tour and Short Hikes
Join us as we travel from eastern Iron county to the old growth forest surrounding Star Lake, to explore both historic and modern forestry sites surrounding the Northern Highland AmericanForest. […]
Soil Management for the Small Acreage Farm
Visit Running Hills Farm to see their approach to soil management. Upper Midwest CRAFT farmers Tim and Betsy Pierce will share their strategies to build soil health using cover crops, […]
Harvest Your Conservation Potential
Come celebrate fall and harvest season with other women who share your commitment to land conservation! Gather ideas and information for establishing your land conservation plan and how to use […]
Driftless Region’s Día de los Muertos Celebration: A Mexican Cultural and Educational Event
Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican cultural festival to honor loved ones who have passed away. This one-day festival offers […]
Wisconsin Science Festival
Join hundreds of organizations around Wisconsin that connect people with science, technology, engineering, art and math. More than 90 communities and 40,000 people participated last year. Info here.
Urban Nonpoint Source (UNPS) Construction and Urban Targeted Runoff Management (TRM) Grants In BITS: DNR’s BMP Implementation Tracking System
This webinar will be hosted by the WI DNR and UW Madison-Division Extension. It will provide an overview of the BMP Implementation Tracking System (BITS) and the use of this […]
MKE Women’s Urban Ag Network: Fall Gathering
Join in the Community Room of Urban Ecology Center's Riverside Park location, to learn about urban agriculture! We'll hear from a few amazing women who are doing urban ag work […]
Understanding Bird Populations and How They Change
October 11 – November 1 (Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm each week) In less than a single human lifetime, 2.9 billion breeding adult birds have been lost from the United […]
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Northern Soil Compaction Conference
Do you feel like soil compaction is squeezing your yields? Are you wondering what you can do about it? The University of Minnesota Extension is proud to partner with Manitoba Ag and Resource Development and North Dakota State University to bring you the Northern Soil Compaction Conference. This virtual event will be held on June 22nd and 23rd from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm CT.
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