BWSR Academy was held at Cragun’s Conference Center near Brainard on Oct. 25-27. One comment shared by an attendee was “Can feel the excitement to be back in person.” Over the three days, 65 training sessions were held with over 130 trainers offering their time and expertise. More than 425 people attended over the three days, with many sharing positive comments throughout the Academy. Feedback from the survey included “The schedule was good and the variety of topics. Probably one of my most fruitful Academies yet.” The interactive focus on sessions is also appreciated by attendees, as one shared “BWSR Academy went very well, event was well organized. I cannot say enough how much I enjoyed the sessions this year as presenters were much more engaging and interactive rather than PowerPoint lectures.” A huge THANK YOU to all the BWSR staff who assisted behind the scenes with registration, materials development, logistics, session selection and trainer recruitment. Yet it all begins with our LGU partners and others who provide suggestions on timely sessions to be offered. The success of Academy truly is a collaborative effort!
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Basic Hydrology Training
The Technical Training and Certification Program is offering Basic Hydrology training as an online webinar on January 10 at 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and January 12 at 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Participants should attend both sessions to complete the course. This course was given virtually in January 2022 and in-person in July 2022.
This training will cover the basic concept of determining hydrology for common conservation practices. We will review concepts such as runoff, curve numbers, peak discharges, and hydrographs. Students will learn about reading contour maps and delineating watersheds through example problems. By the end of the two sessions, students should be able to delineate a watershed and be able to obtain the values needed to determine a peak discharge from the delineated watershed using EFH2.
There is a prerequisite video as well as practice homework to be completed between the two sessions.
Additional information and link to register can be found here.
World Soil Day 2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s celebrates World Soil Day on December 5 every year. This year’s theme is “Soils: where food begins.” Soil nutrient loss is a major soil degradation process threatening nutrition and is recognized as being among the most important problem at a global level for food security and sustainability. World Soil Day 2022 (#WorldSoilDay) aims to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management, increasing soil awareness, and encouraging societies to improve soil health.
Additional information, resources, posters/media materials, videos, and more can be found here.
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Minnesota Wetland Professional Certification Program |
The Minnesota Wetland Professional Certification Program has concluded the 2022 training season and is busy planning the 2023 wetland training schedule. Stay tuned for updates.
Technical Training & Certification Program Trainings
Related Partner Trainings
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December
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Dec 1
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Area 5 Dairy Education Tour, Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area,
Ocheda Dairy, Worthington
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Dec 1-3
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2022 MAWD Annual Conference + Trades Show, MAWD, Alexandria
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Dec 5
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Soil Life in Organic Farming, USDA Science and Technology, Online
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Dec 12-14
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MASWCD Annual Convention, MASWCD, Bloomington
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Dec 15-16
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Soil Management Summit, UMN Extension, Waite Park
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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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January
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Jan 24-26
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MECA's 35th Annual Conference and Pre-Conference Workshops, MECA, St. Cloud
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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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