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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Funding Opportunities for Nature-Based Solutions in the Great Lakes

This free webinar will help Great Lakes communities gain a better understanding of funding opportunities and resources that support nature-based solutions. Funders include both federal and non-federal entities, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Another funder, […]

Crop Production Course

Grow a diversity of fruits and vegetables for your home and/or business ​Identify sustainable agriculture practices Create a crop plan Manage a greenhouse Buy and maintain farm equipment and machinery Set up a drip irrigation system Manage soil nutrients Manage weeds and use cover crops Identify pests and implement pest management strategies Learn how to […]

Tips & tricks learned along the way with grazing

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.

WiWiC Field Day: Sweet Springs Farm

The field day will cover a wide variety of cover crops growing and many of the prairie and other perennials will be blooming. All women farmers, landowners and conservationists from Vernon, Crawford, Grant and surrounding counties are welcome to attend-- whatever your background, from beginners to experts! Features include: a large prairie up on top […]

Pollinator Habitat Field Day at Sapsucker Farm

Join pollinator biologist Sarah Foltz Jordan of the Xerces Society, and farmers Jim & Debbie Morrison of Sapsucker Farm for a buzz-worthy field day focused on pollinator habitat in an orchard setting. Attendees will learn about native bee diversity and habitat needs, including how to identify and support the rusty-patched bumble bee, a federally endangered […]

2022 Surface Water Grant Webinar: For Applicants

Are you curious about the WDNR's Surface Water Grant Program? Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects? Please sign up for and attend this webinar. Attendees will meet program staff and learn about grants available for the protection and restoration of lakes, rivers and wetlands. We'll share a […]

National Moth Week

National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. “Moth-ers” of all ages and abilities are encouraged to learn about, observe, and document moths in their backyards, parks, and neighborhoods. National Moth Week is being held, worldwide, during the last full week of July. NMW offers everyone, everywhere a unique opportunity to […]

Paddling and Policy – 50 years of the Clean Water Act on the Wisconsin River

On this afternoon flatwater paddling trip we’ll combine leisurely paddling with some rich riverbank discussions about the history of the CWA and its implementation in Wisconsin with our trip leaders Bob Martini, Todd Ambs, and Denny Caneff - all experienced paddlers and longtime river champions. At the time of the 1972 passage of the Clean […]

Organic Weed Control Intensive

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 […]

Info Ag

Since 1995, InfoAg has been the leading event in precision agriculture, attracting 1300+ attendees from 20 countries every year and offering a unique opportunity to engage the top practitioners searching for technology-driven solutions. Today's InfoAg now highlights a broader reach of tools, technologies, products, and practices that crop advisors can use to advance modern agriculture. […]

Rotational grazing

Rotational grazing 100 Dairy Heifers on 80 acres for 6 months. May thru Oct. Corral design, using a pasture barrier between pasture fences and the woods, Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality Info here.

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