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Mark your calendar for BWSR Academy Oct. 29-31 at Cragun’s Conference Center near Brainerd. To access the 2024 BWSR Academy webpage click here. Registration is scheduled to open in mid-September.
Registration for the Successful Outreach Strategies workshops is open through July 18 for the regional workshops from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Click here for more information about the workshops and the registration link.
Successful Outreach Strategies was launched in March with “Understanding Change” during BWSR Spring Training. Two additional online trainings were offered with “Successful Marketing Strategies” in May and “Written Communication” in July. Over 280 individuals registered to participate in the offerings with 98% responding the information was useful to their role.
2024 Conservation Planning Course
Registration is still open for the 2024 Conservation Planning Course, which will be held July 29 to Aug. 2 at the West Central Research & Outreach Center in Morris. Course attendees are required to be Level I Conservation Planners before attending, and it is expected that those attending this course will complete the additional requirements to become Level III Conservation Planners. The Level I Conservation Planner requirements can be found here. In addition to being a Level I Conservation Planner, all attendees need to complete the Core Competency modules before attending.
The prerequisites for this course will take approximately 55 hours to complete, and it is recommended that attendees have at least one year of experience before attending. If you are unable to complete the prerequisites or feel you need more experience before attending, we are planning to hold this course again in 2025. The better prepared you are for this training the more you will get out of it!
Additional information and a link to register can be found here.
Basic Hydrology Training
TTCP is offering a Basic Hydrology training in Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 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. For additional information and to register, please visit the Basic Hydrology page.
Continuous Living Cover 101 Training Now Available
Green Lands Blue Waters recently announced the launch of Continuous Living Cover 101, a self-paced, online course for agricultural, conservation, and technical assistance professionals - as well as anyone else who is curious to learn more about CLC! Continuous Living Cover 101 introduces the concept, describes five basic strategies (annuals + cover crops, agroforestry, perennial grains, perennial forage and grazing, and perennial biomass) to achieve CLC, and goes over economic and environmental benefits with on-farm examples. It also covers how to talk to farmers and support them in choosing and implementing CLC strategies.
The course is hosted on the Regenerative Ag Idea Website, which offers an easy-to-use LearnDash-based platform. The course requires about three hours of time to complete, and users can take the course at their own pace and save progress to return to it later. The course is divided into six modules with short quizzes, real-life examples, and resource recommendations throughout.
This course was developed in partnership with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, and Wisconsin Land and Water, and was reviewed by farmers and subject matter experts. It is available at no cost on the Regenerative Ag Idea Network website.
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.
BWSR Sponsored Training Events
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July 23, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Successful Outreach Strategies: Regional Workshops, Mankato
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July 29, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Successful Outreach Strategies: Regional Workshops, St. Cloud
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July 30, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Successful Outreach Strategies: Regional Workshops, Bemidji
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July 31, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Successful Outreach Strategies: Regional Workshops, Duluth
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Minnesota Wetland Professional Certification Program |
Upcoming MWPCP Course Schedule:
Wetland Plant ID: Lino Lakes (July 16) or Cloquet Forestry Center (July 18)
New - 2024 Wetland Conservation Act Statute Amendments Webinar (July 22)
Wetland Regional Training: Redwood Falls Community Center – Aug. 27-28
Introduction to Wetland Delineation and Regulations: Brainerd – Sept. 9-13 (Full)
Introduction to Wetland Delineation and Regulations: Arden Hills – Sept. 30-Oct. 4 (Full)
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.
- Aug. 19 Organic No-Till Systems: Can it work?
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- Monthly Jan. 9 to Dec. 10, Sustainable Forestry Education Cooperative 2024 Forestry Webinar Series, SFEC, Online
- July 30-31, Field School for Ag Professionals, UMN Extension, St. Paul
- Aug. 1, Buckthorn Management at Quarry Park, Pheasants Forever, Rochester
- Aug. 15, Conservation Grazing, Pheasants Forever, Odessa
- Aug. 16, Conservation Evaluation Monitoring and Assessment (CEMA 216), NRCS and MOSH, Chanhassen
- Sept. 4-5, Lake States EAB and Ash Symposium, SFEC, Grand Rapids
- Sept. 23-Nov. 1, Festival and Event Management online course, UMN Extension, Online
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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