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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Lake Ice – The Invisible Present and Place

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The decline in ice cover on lakes has been an early warning for the onset of today's climate change. Records of ice-on and ice-off dates and the duration of ice cover were commonly kept by citizens over the last 50 to 150 years often prior to the establishment of weather stations. These records allow us […]

Free

Gaining Ground – Soil as a Renewable Resource?

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The soil health nexus for their soil health digital cafe series. Can health of a degraded soil be regenerated? We use the term 'regenerative agriculture,' but what does it mean and does science suggest degraded soils can realistically be brought back to original productivity levels?  If it can, how long will it take? Tune in […]

Free

Drought Decision-Making Tools You Can Use

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Learn about two toolkits that support drought monitoring and drought decision-making across the lower 48 states: the Integrated Water Portal and The Climate Toolbox.

Free

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Surface Water Grant Applicant Webinars

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Are you curious about the DNR's Surface Water Grant Program?   Would you like to learn more about funding opportunities, applying, and managing grant projects?  Please attend one of our upcoming two-hour webinars. We will be offering six in total, each with a regional focus. Attendees will meet their local biologist and environmental grant specialist; learn about grants available […]

Free

Measures of Soil Water Cycling

Measuring and assessing soil health are critical components to understanding how changes in agronomic management practices affect soils capacity to support cropping systems. In this presentation, the Soil Health Institute (SHI) will focus on explaining measurements and assessments of soil health associated with soil-water dynamics.

Free

SWCS Annual Conference

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This year’s conference theme, “Expanding Horizons: Where Conservation Meets Innovation,” evokes images of the expansive views of the region and the deep and varied soil horizons that make Iowa’s farmland some of the most productive in the world.

Turf Reinforcement Mats

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Riley Stenzel from the American Excelsior Company will talk about the different permanent erosion blankets out there and what they can hold up to. The second part of the presentation will cover uses of coir logs, including filtering water, damming water, and bank protection.  PDHs and 1.5 Soil and Water Management CEUs will be offered. Register here […]

Free

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