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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Help take a forage cutting amid 40 head of beef cattle managing 60 acres of CRP mid-contract management. Help determine how much longer the cattle should be grazing before the stubble height threshold is achieved. The second site we will visit an organic farm who have been prescribed grazing cattle on their Fish and Wildlife […]
Training for winter maintenance professionals who remove snow, apply road salt or maintain snow removal equipment used on roads. Learn how using the right amount of salt can save time, budget and our waters. The training will include: best management practices to keep paved areas safe, benefits of using a liquid salt system, guidance on […]
This webinar will cover the basics of pond ecology and managing ponds for varied uses, irrigation and recreation - swimming or fishing. Algae/aquatic plants and their management and water quality will be presented. Info here.
Speakers from three states (Kansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin) will share information about their efforts to work with agricultural partners to reduce nitrate in groundwater sources of drinking water. Info here.
The Green Thumb Gardening series will give you the practical knowledge to keep your home garden thriving! University of Wisconsin Division of Extension educators and local horticulture experts will provide in-depth and accessible information for everyone from the novice to the experienced gardener. Info here.
The Advanced workshop provides more in-depth training in wetland delineation methodology and field experience. Successful completion of the Basic Wetland Delineation Training Workshop is a prerequisite for admission. This course may be taken multiple times. Info here.
Where is your happy place? If you had to describe it what would you say? Would you describe the trees and plants? Join us as we take you on a tour of one our happy places, Schmeeckle Reserve, where we'll use the trees and plants to describe what our property is, could be, and should […]
The course goal is to help you identify who is involved in developing the CPS 595 Implementation Requirement Developing consensus between the client, the pesticide professional and NRCS. Pest Management Component of the Conservation Plan Pest Management Planning Worksheet with WIN-PST results CPS 595 Implementation Requirement with pesticides selected by the producer and mitigation agreed […]
Visit the West Madison Agricultural Research Station to learn more about Wisconsin hazelnut varieties. UW- Madison extension agent, Jason Fischbach will lead us through a ‘hazelnuts 101’ in the classroom followed by a tour of the germplasm trial on the station. Info here.
Come celebrate Conservation Observance Day on August 13 with 2020's conservation farmers of the year, Kevin and Carolyn Parr of Harmony Farms. Learn more about successful farming and managed grazing operations in addition learning how producers are protecting our natural resources. Topics and Speakers Animal Health: Will Winter, Thousand Hills Beef Cover Crops: Erin Silva, […]
Welcome to the 8th Annual Lake Michigan Day! It is the day we celebrate this precious freshwater resource and highlight the many ways people protect and restore our waters throughout the Great Lakes Basin. Each year, we honor and recognize the outstanding achievements of individuals, organizations, and businesses that go the extra step to restore […]
Ecological restoration, the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem, is a process of mending. In mending, there is much promise –- for both lands and people. Nancy Aten’s work practicing ecological restoration, especially involving wetlands, interacts with her work as a monotype printmaker — especially around this idea of mending. Join this Wetland […]
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