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Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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Connect with fellow women in agriculture while learning about how Prairie Strips can support conservation and farm viability. Build relationships with agricultural service providers who can help you implement this innovation. Info here.
Land access, land transition, and land legacy are important topics that touch most of us in relationship with food, agriculture, and the land around us. The Land Stewardship Project invites members, allies, and those who care about LSP's work on these topics to join us for a Land Access/Land Legacy Forum discussion. We will share […]
Our theme for this gathering is a lesson that the past year brought home to many: Nature is Essential. We are excited to announce the dates - and format - for our 2021 Annual Fall Conference. Please join fellow EE practitioners from across the state virtually on November 11th and in person at Bay Beach […]
Bioneers 2021 will make the connections from ancient wisdom of forests to the visionary struggles of Amazonian First Peoples to protect the rainforest – from the wisdom of trauma for healing to Ecological Medicine and health equity – from the genius of the biophilic design revolution to designing nature-based infrastructures – from the Green New […]
The Leadership Boot Camp Training Series was designed by the Promotion and Education Committee to serve as a fast-paced, challenging, one-day training session based on topics the WFBF Leadership Institute covers. Boot Camp gives Farm Bureau members the opportunity to get leadership development training but only commit to a few hours of training. The committee […]
Need help with nutrient management this season? To assist your efforts, the NPM Program and DATCP will have a team member on-call daily during the planning season. For each week, they will have SnapPlus open, ready to answer your soil test, manure, fertilizer, and general SnapPlus and nutrient management questions. Info here.
Carbon is important in building healthy, resilient soils, and mitigating the effects of a changing climate. Our partners at Carbon Cycle Institute will share their experience helping farmers and conservationists read the landscape through a carbon lens. Info here.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forest Ecology Working Group (FEWG) and NCTC, working in collaboration with many FWS programs and partners, have developed a monthly lecture series to address the 50-year decline of 3 billion birds through partnerships, conservation science and forest management. The series tells a compelling story about forest bird population declines, […]
Grassland 2.0 is hosting a 4-part Digital Dialogue focusing on the question - What are healthy agroecosystems? The digital dialogues will be held on the third Tuesday of the month from 12:00 - 1:30 PM CT this fall with the following schedule: Tuesday, September 21st - Dan Smith Tuesday, October 19th - Stephan van Vliet […]
For 2021, the Pest Management Update Meetings will be a hybrid event with (3) in-person meetings and (1) virtual option, hosted by the UW-Madison, Division of Extension and UW-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management Program (NPM). All in-person meetings will be held from 1- 4pm local time at the venue listed for each location below. Check […]
Learn principles and protocols for creating dynamic, ecologically rich landscapes where nature does much of the “planting.” Larry Weaner, FALPD, is the president and founder of Larry Weaner Landscape Associates and developer of New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL). Info here.
In this online meeting, we will provide a quick refresher on how to submit your monitoring data into SWIMS. We will share our screen and walk through the data submission process, show you the most common data submission errors, and open it up for questions! Info here.
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