Conservation Professional Training ProgramConservation Professional Training ProgramLooking to stay up to date on your CEUs? Have producers asking conservation-specific questions you don’t feel confident answering? Looking to host a training and want to avoid conflicts for your audience? You have come to the right place.
Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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The topic will be resilience and soil health and will feature Gregg Sanford of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In this talk, Gregg will discuss the findings from this long-term analysis of perennial and diverse agroecosystems and their importance for farming in a changing climate. Register here.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the associated economic downturn, and a heightened awareness of racial and environmental justice have brought new challenges and new opportunities to conservation work in Wisconsin.
Are you a young grazier wanting to explore rotational grazing of diverse, perennial pastures? How about techniques for increasing forage productivity and quality to extend your grazing season?
This popular annual event has been hosted since 2005 in partnership with the American Excelsior Company ErosionLab, located in Rice Lake, WI and is one of only a few erosion control testing laboratories in the U.S. We'll miss being in Rice Lake, but look forward to bringing you the same high-quality, low-cost education virtually this […]
This webinar will feature two successful water quality projects supported by the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program.
Maximizing the nutrient availability and retention of applied manure for the upcoming crops begins with proper handling and application to the land. During dry conditions, it is even more important as those nutrients are especially vulnerable to being flushed from the system during future rain events.
The webinar will discuss forage supply, demand, quality, and pricing with an emphasis on financial considerations.
This presentation will provide an overview of the NRI and will include highlights from the 2017 NRI data release (to be released in September 2020) as well as an explanation of the types of data available and how to get access to it.
Learn about precision cultivation of direct-seeded vegetables. Once the weeding tool has been mounted and adjusted in the shop (episode 2) watch the first run in the field and see how results are judged and adjustments are made to correct issues in order to quickly achieve accurate weeding in direct-seeded crops.
Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is a member of Wisconsin's Green Fire because he supports our unique role in conservation in Wisconsin. Russ will share insights from his long career as a statesman and his more recent efforts as Global Ambassador for the Campaign for Nature.
This session caps off a full month of diverse programs. Now come meet our staff and members and learn more about our work! We will distill and discuss what we've learned over the past year and how we can be most effective. We will share our thoughts on future directions for Wisconsin's Green Fire and ask […]
Meet your local Cedar Creek family farmers; learn about agriculture, soil, animals, dairy farming, products and more! Learn more here.
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