Conservation Calendar

Looking 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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Dam Removal Prioritization with Multiple Objectives

Proactive and transparent decision making about the long-term management of dams is critical for successfully managing this aging infrastructure and presents an opportunity to apply Engineering with Nature principles to the end of the infrastructure lifecycle. This webinar will provide an overview of the state of dams and dam removals in the US, present results […]

Farmland Forever: Agricultural Conservation Easements

You’ve worked very hard to steward your land, build the soil, raise your family, and to feed your community. The land where you live and work is central to that. Join our conversation on December 15th to explore how to preserve your land and your legacy in perpetuity. Agricultural conservation easements can protect your land […]

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2022 Badger Crops and Soils Update Meeting: Virtual Sessions

 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 […]

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 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 […]

Dairy Managers Institute Conference

Dairy Managers Institute® will equip today's dairy managers with the skills needed to become effective team leaders. Join us on December 20-21, 2022, at Kalahari Resorts, Wisconsin Dells, Wis., for an intensive management-development program for dairy managers on the farm or in agribusiness. Info here.

Remote Sensing Technology for Conservation

A collaboration between the Monarch Joint Venture, Sentera Inc., and the U.S.G.S. has developed remote sensing technology to detect and count common milkweed stems. This technology may be a cost-efficient and effective method to help meet monarch conservation targets for the eastern population. Join MJV Executive Director Wendy Caldwell for an update on remote sensing […]

Understanding ISPM 15 to Reduce the Risk of Pests in Wood Packaging

ISPM 15 was fully implemented in the United States in 2006 to reduce the risk and spread of quarantine pests associated with wood packaging. This session will review the ISPM 15 program and how it has evolved to successfully achieve its goal, and where there are efforts of continuous improvement so that wood packaging can […]

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Tax professionals will provide the basics about the program, the tax consequences, tax management methods to consider, and farm management considerations. Info here.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conversation Innovation Grant Program

The USDA National Agroforestry Center plans to deliver 10 webinars starting in September 2022. Participants will hear from both USDA program specialists and people who have used these programs to support their agroforestry work. Each of the 10 webinars will focus on a single USDA program. Registration is available for each webinar, and recordings will […]

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2023 Virtual Nutrient Management Training for Farmers

The Nutrient and Pest Management Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison) is offering a virtual training for farmers interested in writing their own nutrient management plans. This training provides both the basics of nutrient management and an introduction to SnapPlus. The same training will be offered on 5 different dates: Jan. 9, Feb. 7, Feb. 28, Mar. […]

Building Soil Health With Animal Agriculture

This seminar will dig deep into what soil health is, how it is linked to the current regenerative agriculture trend, and how animal agriculture can work to build resiliency from the ground up. Our guest presenter is Dr. Janel Louise Ohletz. Info here.

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