Shoreland Zoning to Protect Property, Fish, Water
2022-05-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Want to SEE what shoreland zoning standards accomplish? We’ve developed a new graphic to illustrate the benefits to fish, lakes and rivers. We’ll take a photo tour of waterfront properties and discuss how they are likely to impact the lake or river.
Info here.

2022 County Officials Workshops
2022-05-18, 2022-05-19
Join the University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Education Program and the Wisconsin Counties Association for our County Officials Workshops (COWS), which will be held in person in 2022.
THIS ONE-DAY WORKSHOP is a unique opportunity for both newly elected county government officials and veterans of the county board to learn from experienced educators about best practices and avoiding the pitfalls of governance.
TOPICS INCLUDE

Roles & Responsibilities
Budgeting
Open Meetings Law
Public Records Law
Ethics & Conflicts of Interest
Running Effective Meetings
Agendas & Minutes

Info here.

Strategies for Identifying and Managing Plant Diseases
2022-05-31 12:00 - 13:00
Plants can be affected by fungus, bacteria, viruses and other factors. Join us to learn about how to look for symptoms of plant disease and what you can do. We will also talk about different control methods and options.
Info here.

Planting for Pollinators at Pollinator Palooza
2022-06-04 10:00 - 14:00
Have you heard the latest buzz? Aram Public Library is hosting our very first Pollinator Palooza!
There will be speakers, organizations sharing their stories, raffles, and a pollinator costume contest! Bring the whole family down for a BEE-utiful day, celebrating pollinators of all sorts!
Info here.

Pollinator Week 2022
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-26
Statewide webinars about pollinators and pollinator habitats. Local activities for all ages. Resources to learn more about pollinators in Wisconsin.
Info here.

Bee-utiful Planting for Pollinators
2022-06-22 18:30 - 19:30
While wildlife gardening is now one of the biggest gardening trends, the decline of pollinators and other insects still remains urgent. Learn how to help pollinators thrive and create refuge for them, and how to enhance local food productivity by adding native plants to urban and suburban yards.
Info here.

UW Small Grains Field Day
2022-07-06 10:00 - 12:00
Small grain resiliency trial plot tour: What can we effectively grow? – Haleigh Ortmeier-Clarke Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy
Disease management in Wisconsin: What works and what doesn’t! Damon Smith Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Pathology
UW winter wheat variety trials: Tour and management update Shawn Conley Soybean & Small Grains Extension Specialist, Department of Agronomy

Info and registration here.

UW Cover Crop Management in Conventional Corn-Soybean Production Systems Plot Tour
2022-07-06 13:00 - 15:30
Join us on July 06 from 1:00PM-3:30PM at Arlington Ag Research Station to visit our cover crop research plots, check equipment and exchange knowledge with University Specialists and fellow farmers adopting cover crops in their crop production systems.
Meet at 12:45PM
Public Events Building, Arlington Agricultural Research Station
N695 Hopkins Road, Arlington, WI
Need additional information? Please feel free to contact me (rwerle@wisc.edu) and/or Nick Arneson (njarneson@wisc.edu).

Climate Intersections Conference
2022-07-12 - 2022-07-14
The North Central Region Water Network is excited to announce that we are hosting a regional conference exploring the ways climate intersects with our lives, our water and our land!
Info here.

Tips & tricks learned along the way with grazing
2022-07-14 18:00 - 19:00
Hosted by Bill Powers at N2641 Burns Rd, Mauston. The focus of this pasture walk will be coming together to share tips & tricks learned along the way with grazing.
Info here.

Organic Weed Control Intensive
2022-07-24 09:00 - 16:00
Join Kat Becker from Cattail Organics and Sam Tilton from Lakeshore Technical College to re-envision weed control on your vegetable farm. In this full day, workshop-style event you will build your knowledge of weed management systems, view and try a wide variety of tools, and learn from Kat, Sam, and other experienced farmer peers right in the field. You will leave with the strategies you need to develop a detailed, comprehensive, and actionable plan for managing weeds into the future.
Info here.

Water Management During Drought
2022-08-10 14:00 - 15:00
Drought is continuing to intensify across portions of the Midwest this year, and over the past several years severe drought has plagued much of the upper Midwest and northern Plains. This month’s edition of The Current Webinar Series will discuss water management during drought – from the latest irrigation technologies to livestock water management. Tune in to hear updates on the latest research and programs addressing drought.
Info here.

Agronomy and Soils Field Day
2022-08-31
Details TBD

Field Day at Gehrke Family Farm
2022-09-08 10:00 - 13:00
Join for a field day learning about Diverse Species Cover Crop Mixes, Using Chemicals on Interseeding Plots, and Soil Health.
Event Topics:
DIVERSE COVER MIXES AFTER WHEAT – Options and management of diverse cover crops after wheat and how to plan for the following cash crop.
INTERSEEDING CHEMICAL PLOT – Seeing and discussing different chemical options when interseeding cover crops into corn.
SOIL HEALTH DISCUSSION – Discussing soil health, how it can be implemented on your farm as well as impacts to your operation.
Info here.

Life Hacks Over Lunch: A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals
2022-09-16 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-11-18 11:30 - 12:30
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 communities on watershed-scale projects to improve water quality and have ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t want to recreate the wheel,” this meet-up series is for you.
In each meet-up, one person kicks things off by presenting a challenge or issue to the group to “hack.” Conversation, collaboration, and commiseration will ensue.
Info here.

Soil Health-Waushara Co
2022-09-21
Soil Health – Waushara County
Location: Lake Poygan/ Pine River
Field driveway just west of N1742 County Rd D, Berlin, WI
Date: September 21, 2022
Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Join us to discuss practices that benefit your farm and help water infiltrate into your soil. See how different management practices conserve soil and nutrients, and witness the results in real time with a rainfall simulator.
Get an earthworm’s view of the field from a soil pit and learn how to assess your own fields’ soil health; participating farmers will also be able to take a free soil-health test kit back to their farm to measure compaction, infiltration and soil stability, compliments of a grant.
Lunch is included in the registration. Pre-registration by Sept 19 is requested to ensure enough meals and handouts for all participants.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please complete one form for all participating from your farm or business
There is no registration fee.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited funding, priority for attendance (and soil health kits) will be given to those who farm in and adjacent to the Lake Poygan/Pine River watersheds. If capacity limits are reached, those outside the target area may be placed on a waiting list.
Register here.

Soil Health - Dry Run / South Kinni Watersheds
2022-09-22
Soil Health – Dry Run / South Kinni Watersheds
Location: Huppert Brother Farms, 855 Chapman Drive, River Falls
Date: September 22, 2022
Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Join us to discuss practices that benefit your farm and help water infiltrate into your soil. See how different management practices conserve soil and nutrients, and witness the results in real time with a rainfall simulator.
Get an earthworm’s view of the field from a soil pit and learn how to assess your own fields’ soil health; participating farms will also be able to take a free soil-health test kit back to their farm to measure compaction, infiltration and soil stability, compliments of a grant.
Lunch is included in the registration. Pre-registration by Sept 19 is required to ensure enough meals and handouts for all participants.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please complete one form for all participating from your farm or business
There is no registration fee.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited funding, priority for attendance (and soil health kits) will be given to those who farm in and adjacent to the Dry Run/South Kinni watersheds. If capacity limits are reached, those outside the target area may be placed on a waiting list.
An EEO/AA employer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requirements. For information on this program, or to request accommodations, contact Kevin.Erb@wisc.edu.
Register here.

Soil Health-Peshtigo River Watershed
2022-09-23
Soil Health – Peshtigo River Watershed
Location: Harmony Arboretum & Strutz Farm, N3890 Cty E, Peshtigo
Date: September 23, 2022
Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Join us to discuss practices that benefit your farm and help water infiltrate into your soil. See how different management practices conserve soil and nutrients, and witness the results in real time with a rainfall simulator.
Get an earthworm’s view of the field from a soil pit and learn how to assess your own fields’ soil health; participating farmers will also be able to take a free soil-health test kit back to their farm to measure compaction, infiltration and soil stability, compliments of a grant.
Lunch is included in the registration.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email. There is no charge to participate.
The event is co-sponsored by UW Madison, Division of Extension and the Marinette County Land & Water Conservation Division.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited funding, priority for attendance (and soil health kits) will be given to those who farm in and adjacent to the Peshtigo River Watershed. If capacity limits are reached, those outside the target area may be placed on a waiting list.
Register here.

Soil Health- Pine Creek Watershed
2022-09-27
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 farm and help water infiltrate into your soil. See how different management practices conserve soil and nutrients, and witness the results in real time with a rainfall simulator.
Get an earthworm’s view of the field from a soil pit and learn how to assess your own fields’ soil health; participating farmers will also be able to take a free soil-health test kit back to their farm to measure compaction, infiltration and soil stability, compliments of a grant.
Lunch is included in the registration. Pre-registration by Sept 24 is requested to ensure enough meals and handouts for all participants.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please complete one form for all participating from your farm or business
There is no registration fee.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited funding, priority for attendance (and soil health kits) will be given to those who farm in and adjacent to the Pine Creek watershed. If capacity limits are reached, those outside the target area may be placed on a waiting list.
Register here.

Wisconsin Summit for Natural Resources Volunteers
2022-10-06 - 2022-10-08
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 world and the nurturing aspect we give to the natural world and receive from our time in nature.
Info here.

Urban Nonpoint Source (UNPS) Construction and Urban Targeted Runoff Management (TRM) Grants In BITS: DNR’s BMP Implementation Tracking System
2022-10-11 09:00 - 10:00
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 system to submit Urban Nonpoint Source (UNPS) Construction Grant and Urban Targeted Runoff Management (Urban TRM) Grant final reports. This webinar is targeted towards county and municipality conservation professionals who have an active UNPS Construction or Urban TRM grant, may be applying for a such a grant in the future, or are interested in learning more about BITS. You will receive a confirmation email after you register.
Info here.

Understanding UW-Madison Division of Extension’s new approach to Agriculture Staffing
2022-10-12 09:00 - 10:00
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 changes and provide feedback on how those changes will impact county conservation staff and opportunities for continued collaboration to support agricultural producers in Wisconsin.
Heidi Johnson, Patrick Robinson, and Amber Radatz from Extension will be facilitating the discussion.
Info here.

Soil Health Workshop-Marathon County
2022-10-14
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 discuss practices that benefit your farm and help water infiltrate into your soil. See how different management practices conserve soil and nutrients, and witness the results in real time with a rainfall simulator.
Get an earthworm’s view of the field from a soil pit and learn how to assess your own fields’ soil health; participating farmers will also be able to take a free soil-health test kit back to their farm to measure compaction, infiltration and soil stability, compliments of a grant. Hear from local farmers about their experiences, and from Marathon County CPZ about conservation funding opportunities.
Lunch is included in the registration. Pre-registration by October 12 is requested to ensure enough meals and handouts for all participants.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive a confirmation email, send a message to Kevin.Erb@wisc.edu .
Please complete one form for all participating from your farm or business
There is no registration fee.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to limited funding, priority for attendance (and soil health kits) will be given to those who farm in and around the Fenwood watershed. If capacity limits are reached, those outside the target area may be placed on a waiting list.
Register here.

Basic Ag / Ag 101 Session 2
2022-11-02 08:30 - 09:30
Basic Ag 101 is designed for new agency staff working with landowners. In part 2, you will understand tillage equipment and impact on residue and soil. You will see in person the difference between tillage equipment impacts. You will learn about shooting slopes and determining critical areas in a field. This session will develop your understanding of dairy facility components, from feed storage and feeding systems to manure handling and storage. You will also develop an understanding of risk management in animal interactions, with tips and tricks for when conservation staff are working near livestock.
Info here.

Invasive Plant Management
2022-11-17 18:00 - 20:00
This class will mostly consist of invasive plant ID and management by cultural and chemical means. Invasive plant species are non-native, able to out-compete native species in natural ecosystems such as woodlands, and have no natural enemies. This differentiates them from weeds that primarily invade disturbed areas like gardens and roadsides. We will review the DNR NR40 list of restricted and prohibited invasive species for Wisconsin and explain the categories of regulated plants. (Speaker Lisa Johnson)
Info here.

Native Plants and Pollinators
2022-12-08 18:00 - 20:00
This session will focus on groups of insect pollinators and how you can attract and support them by growing various native and nativar plants. We will also cover a number of recommended native plants for sun and shade and their growth and maintenance needs. (Speaker Lisa Johnson)
Info here.

2022 Badger Crops and Soils Update Meeting: Virtual Sessions
2022-12-12 09:00 - 13:00
The annual UW Agronomy, Pest Management and Soil, Water, and Nutrient Management meetings are moving to a new format this year! The program is offered as either a single day in-person session or a two-part virtual session.
The meetings will present the latest information on agronomic, pest, and nutrient management research coming out of University of Wisconsin with a lens to on-farm application.
Registration info here.

2022 Badger Crops and Soils Update Meeting: In-Person
2022-12-13
