 Irrigation Technical Training Workshop for NRCS and SWCD Staff
The Irrigation RCPP Team is offering a technical training workshop for irrigation practices at Central Lakes College in Staples on July 17-18, 2023. This two day workshop is intended for NRCS and SWCD staff interested in training on irrigation practices and technology.
The workshop will cover an irrigation practice standards discussion, hands on demonstration of irrigation system components, variable rate irrigation technology, demonstration of soil moisture sensors from multiple manufacturers, hands on demonstration of irrigation scheduling and water management, water permits and more.
The full program and registration information will be available shortly. Please contact Patrick Schultz at patrick.schultz@state.mn.us for more information.
Basic Hydrology Training – Waite Park
TTCP is offering a Basic Hydrology training at the Waite Park Field Office on Wednesday, July 19 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. This training will cover the basic concepts of determining hydrology for common conservation practices. Students will learn about reading and delineating contour maps through example problems. By the end of the day students will be able to delineate a watershed, quantify the applicable information needed to run EFH2 and determine a peak discharge. Additional information and a link to register can be found here.
The Connection Between Soil Health and Water Quality
The Soil Health Nexus is excited to debut two new resources on the Soil Health Toolbox! Two Soil Health Nexus members, Francisco Arriaga, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist at the University of Wisconsin Madison, and Anna Cates, Assistant Professor and State Soil Health Specialist at the University of Minnesota, recently published a long-awaited whitepaper exploring the connection between soil health and water quality.
The 10-page whitepaper outlines those situations where soil health best management practices don’t improve water quality, for example when high water infiltration capacity in soil with limited depth to bedrock can lead to rapid delivery of nutrients to groundwater or when no tillage practices can result in more runoff and overall phosphorus losses from frozen sloping fields relative to fall chiseling. The whitepaper also includes numerous diagrams and pictures to illustrate the complex relationship between soil health and water quality and includes a table outlining soil health properties and their relative impact on water quality – an easy-to-use reference guide and resource for educators. The whitepaper includes two newly designed graphics visually depicting the water cycle and the nitrogen cycle.
The water cycle and nitrogen cycle diagrams are now available for download via the Soil Health Nexus Toolbox with additional graphics coming in the future. Both resources are available for extension professionals and soil health educators to use in their work, along with resources on soil’s chemical, physical, and biological properties, carbon agreements, on farm research protocols, and more.
2023 Training Calendar
An updated working version of the 2023 training calendar is now available. This 12 month view of training offerings is regularly updated and provides information about upcoming training events, including potential dates and locations. Please see the legend at the top and note that the further out a training is proposed the more likely adjustments will need to be made. The dates, locations, and other details are always tentative until the event is posted on the Training Calendar.
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BWSR Sponsored Training Events
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Minnesota Wetland Professional Certification Program |
2023 MWPCP Training Courses
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May 16-17
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Regional Training, Rochester Public Utilities Building
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June 12-16
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Wetland Delineation and Regulation Basic Class, Arden Hills (Full)
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June 20
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Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA), MNDOT Shoreview Training Center (Full)
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July 18
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Basic Wetland Plant ID, Dakota County SWCD, Farmington (Full)
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July 20
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Basic Wetland Plant ID, Central Lakes College, Brainerd (Full)
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August 8
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Wetland Delineation Refresher, Prairie Woods ELC, Spicer
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August 15-16
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Regional Training, Prairie Wetlands Learning Center, Fergus Falls
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September 11-15
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Wetland Delineation and Regulation Basic Class, Brainerd
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Please see the MWPCP Training Opportunities page for more information on these courses.
Technical Training & Certification Program Trainings
Related Partner Trainings
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May
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Through May 16
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Minnesota Natural Resource Atlas Mapping Tool Workshops, NRRI, Online
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May 4 to August 2
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DNR Native Plant Community Trainings, DNR, Multiple Locations
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Through June 2023
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Agroforestry and USDA Webinar Series, USDA National Agroforestry Center, Online
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May 15
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The Role of Plant Genetics in Soil Health: Selecting Crop Cultivars for Organic Production, Conservation Webinars, Online
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May 17
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One Good Idea – The Not Quite YouTube for Farmers, Soil Health Nexus, Online
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July
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July 25
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Grow and Tell: The Characteristics of Prairies During the First Three Years, Pheasants Forever, Brown County
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July 26
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Grazing for Wildlife, Pheasants Forever, Vining, MN
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August
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Aug 1
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Look at What You’ve Done! CRP in the Field, Pheasants Forever, Kandiyohi County
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Aug 17
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Native Plant ID – Come See What’s in CRP!, Pheasants Forever, Swift County
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Not all training takes place in a classroom. Check out the links below to learn at a time and place of your choosing.
We’ve also put together a searchable library of recorded modules, webinars, videos and other resources to help our staff and partners find professional development information on a variety of topics. You can visit BWSR's Online Learning page to find web-based technical training resources sorted by category.
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