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Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.
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This biochar webinar series will provide an introduction to biochar and review some current advances in biochar science, with subsequent discussion of nursery and landscape research and applications. Learn more here.
In this presentation, we’ll hear from representatives of the Dane County Land & Water Resources Department, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), UW-Madison, City of Madison, and the Town of Westport as they work together to create a long-term vision for a portion of the Cherokee-Yahara River Estuary. The approximately 670-acre project area represents the […]
This webinar will discuss different market-based approaches of rewarding producers and communities for conservation practice implementation and overview several examples of innovative solutions for financing sustainable agriculture. Learn more here.
Tune in for this panel with three farmers – who have, together, used regenerative practices for over three decades – as they discuss the mistakes they made and how they would do it differently to maximize success. This webinar will cover: How these farmers started out, whether bringing on cover crops, no-till, rotational grazing, or […]
This webinar will feature presentations from SFA's Silvopasture & Agroforestry team, Diane Mayerfeld, Lance Smith, and Terri Peters. Agenda: Getting Started with Silvopasture Planning Design Considerations from Pasture to Silvopasture Planning Design Considerations from Forest to Silvopasture Using EQIP Funds for Silvopasture Establishment Getting Started with Silvopasture Using Cost-Share Programs Other Funding Opportunities for Silvopasture […]
Though these measurements are still being explored, the Soil Health Institute, through this webinar, aims to provide attendees with a practical understanding of these measurements and describe what kind of information these measurements yield.
This webinar will present the station’s climate science portfolio, current research priorities, and a number of promising efforts to help curb the impacts of climate change to water, land, and people.
Presenter Eric Rortvedt, WDNR Water Resources Engineer, will go over the new WDNR technical standard of Proprietary Storm Water Filtration Devices (1010). These are commercially available flow-through devices to remove stormwater pollutants. They are generally below ground chambers with replaceable granular media cartridges or membranes. The potential use and general sizing of these devices to […]
This webinar will discuss the lessons learned by the Indiana Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI) in a statewide program to establish soil health demonstration plots on farmers’ fields.
An updated version of How’s My Waterway (HMW) was released publicly in June 2020. HMW provides a comprehensive overview of water quality data and information in the United States on three different scales: community, state, and national.
All the salt that we bring into Wisconsin leaves in our freshwater. The salt that is applied to roads, sidewalks, and placed in our water softeners is silently salting our surface and groundwater. Salt is cheap to buy, but the true cost of salt to freshwater, infrastructure, wildlife, and vegetation far outweighs its purchase price. […]
Nutrient management practices are critical for reducing nutrient loads downstream. But what about the other benefits nutrient management practices provide outside of water quality improvement? Tune into this webinar to hear about the co-benefits of nutrient management practices including pollinator habitat, carbon sequestration, and flood mitigation. Register here.
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