Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) Updates
OnlineThis series of training will cover updates to NRCS' Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan.
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This series of training will cover updates to NRCS' Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan.
A virtual meeting will be held due to COVID. With Keynote Address from the Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes! Topics to include: Local strategies to addressing climate change Conservation stories across Wisconsin A retrospective on the Producer-Led Watershed Grant Program Implementing water quality standards in your watershed Financial implications of COVID-19 on counties A conversation on […]
WI Land+Water along with DATCP, DNR, NRCS, and Pheasants Forever will provide information about programs and topics integral to successful conservation programs.
There has been a strong interest by counties in the past ten years to work with landowners on stream projects that involve bank stabilization and habitat for both game and non-game species.
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 […]
The webinar will cover the sampling and testing of foundation soils for above-ground tanks, post and piers, retaining walls, and continuous walls under roof structures. It will cover the Wisconsin supplement to the NRCS Engineering Field Handbook (EFH) – Part 650, Chapter 4, Exhibit A - https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/PA_NRCSConsumption/download?cid=nrcseprd1592220&ext=pdf 2 PDHs will be offered. Presenters are Mike […]
Land use decisions significantly affect soil loss and runoff. The effect is pronounced in the three-state Driftless Area. Managed grazing and long-term ground cover are strong mitigators of erosion, but can those land use decisions have positive financial outcomes?
Healthy Lakes & Rivers (www.healthylakeswi.com) is a statewide initiative promoting and often funding five relatively simple and inexpensive best practices to improve habitat and prevent erosion on shoreland properties. This webinar will include staff from Marquette and Polk counties and DNR. They will share a program overview, approaches for counties to participate, how to provide […]
This webinar will provide a light-hearted but historically accurate overview of the evolution of county land conservation programs from the perspective of two "seasoned" County Conservationists, with a focus on nonpoint pollution.
The online Grow More workshop will present a model for conservation outreach that is based in current social science and communication principles. Participants will learn about key aspects of farmer decision making and work with other conservation professionals to identify messaging strategies to reach new audiences and increase the use of farm conservation practices.
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 […]
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