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SOS: Successful Marketing Strategies for Selling Conservation — Register by May 20
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May 29, 9-10:30 a.m. – Online Training – Register here: Successful Outreach Strategies: Successful Marketing Strategies for Selling Conservation | Cognito Forms
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Successful Marketing Strategies for Selling Conservation: Learn the basics of marketing conservation programs in this session geared toward small organizations that may not have dedicated marketing and communications staff. The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources’ (BWSR) Communications Coordinator Mary Juhl will cover marketing basics such as tailoring content to specific audiences, plain language tips and effective ways to streamline content creation. This training will include overviews of tools and resources your organization can use to make your marketing efforts faster, simpler, and more effective.
- Hold the NEW Date: July 2, 9-10:30 a.m. – Topic on Written Communication. More information in late May when registration will open. (Note: rescheduled from June)
- To learn more about the Successful Outreach Strategies training program click here.
- May 29, 9-10:30 a.m., Hold the date for Successful Outreach Strategies: Marketing topic, BWSR, Online
- July 2, 9-10:30 a.m., Hold the date for Successful Outreach Strategies: Written Communication topic, BWSR, Online
Native Plant Community and Plant ID Training
Register now to check out these beauties in person! These and other unique and beautiful plants will be found at Twin Lakes WMA Native Plant Community and Plant ID training, near Karlstad on June 25, 2024. Spots are still available to join this expert led session to hone your plant identification skills and learn more about Minnesota’s native plant community classification system. Register here
Save the Date: Irrigation RCPP Technical Training Workshop
A two-day technical irrigation training workshop will take place on July 22-23, 2024 at Central Lakes College in Staples, MN. The workshop will include classroom presentations, hands-on exercises and in-field demonstrations. Participants will learn about irrigation, associated NRCS Conservation Practice Standards, and certification of irrigation practices: Sprinkler System 442, Irrigation Water Management 449 and Pumping Plant 533. Registration for the workshop will become available soon.
Save the Date: 2024 Conservation Planning Course
The weeklong Conservation Planning Course will be held at the West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris from July 29 through August 2. If your goal is to become a Level III Conservation Planner, set aside this week on your calendar to attend this course. It is an intensive week of hands on training, assessing resources on several landuses and working through the nine steps of conservation planning on a family farm. There are significant hours of prerequisites for this course and if you plan on attending in July you should get started on them now. You can find a list of prerequisites here. Registration will be open soon!
2024 Shared Training Calendar
An updated working version of the 2024 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.
Save The Date: Tuesday, July 16
SE Area Technical Meeting. Owatonna MN
All NRCS / SWCD technical staff (managers welcome too) in the SE NRCS Area are encouraged to attend.
Agenda TBD but topics may include: OSHA/Safety, Survey Equipment, ECS topic, JAA, eFOTG, Geology
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BWSR Sponsored Training Events
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Minnesota Wetland Professional Certification Program |
Upcoming MWPCP Course Schedule:
Wetland Restoration: McLeod County Fairgrounds – May 15-16
Wetland Delineation Methods: Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center - Spicer – May 29-31
Introduction to Wetland Delineation and Regulations: Arden Hills – June 10-14
Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) Method: MNDOT Shoreview Training Center – June 17 or 18
Wetland Plant ID: Lino Lakes (July 16) or Cloquet Forestry Center (July 18)
Wetland Regional Training: Redwood Falls Community Center – Aug. 27-28
Introduction to Wetland Delineation and Regulations: Brainerd – Sept. 9-13
Introduction to Wetland Delineation and Regulations: Arden Hills – Sept. 30-Oct. 4
Antecedent Precipitation Tool: St Cloud MNDOT Training Center – Oct. 22 (2 sessions)
More information on each course, including how to register, can be found at the MWPCP website.
Technical Training & Certification Program Trainings
Tech Talk Webinars: Mondays at 1 p.m.
May
May 20 Conservation Tree Shrub Groups (CTSG) Updates
June
June 3-7 Introduction to Conservation Engineering, Faribault
June 24-28 Soil Health and Sustainability, Rochester
- Monthly Jan. 9 to Dec. 10, Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative 2024 Forestry Webinar Series, SFEC, Online
- May 22, St. Cloud Stormwater Practices Tour + MS4 Implementation Workshop, Minnesota Erosion Control Association, St. Cloud
- May 31 – June 2, Botany for Naturalists, Ecologists, and Herbalists, North House Folk School, Grand Marais
- Starting in June, Cover Crop Academy, UMN Extension, Multiple Locations
- June 18, Brush Management Strategies, Pheasants Forever, Glyndon
- June 28, Eye in the Sky: Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Drones), Pheasants Forever, St. James
- July 17, How to Increase the Chances that Brome Conversion Projects Will Produce Desired Results, Pheasants Forever, Montevideo
- July 30-31, Field School for Ag Professionals, UMN Extension, St. Paul
- Aug. 1, Buckthorn Management at Quarry Park, Pheasants Forever, Rochester
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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