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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2020 Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference

Online

The Northwest Wisconsin Lakes Conference is a great opportunity for lake enthusiasts, local government officials, and others interested in protecting our water resources to take in a number of educational presentations and network with fellow conference attendees. Keynote Presentation: Under the Surface: Hope and Healing in Wisconsin - Ian Karl, Northwest Passage Breakout Sessions including: Farmer-Led […]

$10

Wetland Soils 101: Way More Than Just Mud on Your Boots

Online

If you're involved with wetland management, restoration, or mitigation at any scale, you need to understand how soil properties influence wetlands. Soils affect water availability, water transport, vegetation communities, and so much more.

Free

Conservation Drainage – Managing Water for the Future

Online

Join the North Central Climate Collaborative for their next webinar Conservation Drainage - Managing Water for the Future featuring John McMaine. Tile drainage is widespread throughout the Midwest.  As weather patterns continue to shift toward more precipitation outside of the growing season and less precipitation during the growing season, water management will need to continue […]

Free

Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Online

In place of the usual hands-on summer aquatic plant identification workshops, we are holding one virtual webinar this year. We will be covering a similar set of species as we would at the hands-on workshops, and the day will include rotations with multiple staff covering different groups of plants. There will be time for Q&A […]

Free

Do the Numbers: Organic Dairy

Online

Thelma Heidel-Baker and Ricky Baker have a small, family-run, diversified organic dairy farm in the rolling hills of southeastern Wisconsin. For this field day, they'll share how they manage their grass-based, organic dairy.

Free

No-Till Oat and Rye Production

Online

This virtual farm tour will showcase both rye and oats in the field, and Martin will share the lessons he's learned about producing both crops, from no-till planting in soybean residue to harvesting and cleaning the product. 

Free

Interactive Map-Based Learning Experience for Manure and Soil Health

Online

The University of Nebraska and the University of Minnesota have partnered to develop an interactive experience for small groups to identify preferred manure application sites based upon soil health and other factors. This webinar will feature Rick Koelsch and Leslie Johnson from Nebraska Extension.

Free

Forest Woody Biomass Operations and Biomass Production

Dr. Anderson work is focused on three critical areas of bioenergy and bioproducts research and development: 1) sustainable and economically efficient forest biomass management and production systems, 2) competitive low-emissions biofuels and bioenergy conversion technologies deployed in the forest sector, and 3) information and tools for decision making and policy analysis related to forest biomass […]

Free

Creating and Maintaining Upland Habitat

Creating and maintaining upland habitat for wildlife is important to many landowners. This presentation will cover the habitat requirements of many upland wildlife species and how forestry practices can be used to improve their habitat.

Free

Tillage Management and Structural Conservation Practices

Online

In this webinar, the presenter will compare tillage management practices and structural conservation practices in use by growers in 2013-2016 to those in use in 2003-2006 to evaluate changes in practice adoption between the two time periods.

Free

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