Integrating Water Quality Management and Natural Hazard Resilience through Nature Based Solutions
Water quality management and natural hazards such as flood, drought, wildfire, etc. can be closely related, and natural hazards can have major impacts on water resources – both in terms of quality and quantity. When implemented strategically, nature-based practices can create co-benefits by improving water quality and increasing community resilience to hazards. Understanding these co-benefits…
Webinar: Making Riparian Forest Buffers Work For You
Join Wisconsin Land+Water, Wisconsin NRCS, and the Savanna Institute for a webinar series. Every final Thursday, the Savanna Institute will introduce an agroforestry practice and talk more about the ways it can benefit your local land, water and communities. Riparian forest buffers are combinations of trees and shrubs designed to mitigate the impacts of land…
CoverCress Field Day
The CoverCress™ crop is an exclusive, new to market, winter oilseed that creates a low-carbon source of fuel and feed. CoverCress delivers a new revenue opportunity for farmers with the added soil health benefits of a cover crop. Join them for their last spring field day at the Western Illinois University Research Farm. WIU Research…
Advanced Grazing for Regenerating Soil and Enhancing Animal Nutrition
This free, four-part webinar series will focus on taking regenerative grazing to the next level, with experts Justin Morris and Lee Rinehart. April 21—Grazing dynamics, soil health, aggregate stability and water quality, grazing management styles May 12—Plant density and recovery, disturbance, paddock size, weeds May 26—Animal impact, paddock shape and livestock movement, animal nutrition June…
Soil Health Learning Circles – Perennials and Pollinators for Soil Health
Please join the Center for Rural Affairs this spring for Soil Health Virtual Learning Circles featuring presenters on soil health and soil conservation topics for your farm. The one-hour Learning Circles will be done via video conferencing and taught in English and Spanish.
Webinar: How do farming practices impact soil health and water quality?
In collaboration with the Stroud Water Research Center and with funding from the William Penn Foundation, the Rodale Institute is researching the links between farm management practices, soil health, and water quality. Different organic and conventional management practices will promote or degrade soil health, which can affect downstream water quality. Join us for a mid-project update on what…
Tech Talks: Tile Flow Design Using CPS 606/620
These supporting practices are only a small part of the designs for waterways, WASCOBs, and other main practices. Fundamentals for following practice standards 620 and 606 are usually briefly covered. This Tech Talk will go a little deeper into the practice standards, terminology when using these “tile” practices, and explain their connection to their main…
ISAP’s 2022 Risk Management Conference
VirtualISAP's 2022 Risk Management Conference is a free 3-part webinar series ‘debunking’ popular myths that may be keeping some from considering soil health and conservation drainage practices. The series will look beyond the environmental benefits of conservation cropping systems, to highlight the production and economic benefits producers can gain by transitioning to a soil health…
Soil Health Learning Circle – Cover Crops for Soil Health
Please join the Center for Rural Affairs this spring for Soil Health Virtual Learning Circles featuring presenters on soil health and soil conservation topics for your farm. The one-hour Learning Circles will be done via video conferencing and taught in English and Spanish.
Illinois Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Cohort Meeting
The IL ACPF Cohort, coordinated by ISAP, meets to provide opportunities for individuals who are currently using or are interested in using ACPF tools to network with peers, collaborate, troubleshoot, and share lessons learned in an informal space. New members are always welcome to join ACPF cohort meetings which are held bi-monthly. Participating in the…
The Agroforestry Series: Agroforestry 101
Learn agroforestry concepts and techniques that can help landowners and farmers meet their conservation and business goals. Hosted by the Savanna Institute, Delta Institute, and Liberty Prairie Foundation.
Strategies for Land Stewardship Summit
Walworth and Rock Counties, WIJoin farmers, farm advisors, conservation professionals, and others for this peer-to-peer learning opportunity to get practical insights and ideas about how to be successful and profitable with cover crops, no-till, and other soil and water conservation practices. Walworth and Rock Counties, WI Event registration is FREE. This event is for farmers and people from across the Midwest and…