This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, write, and certify Filter Strip (CPS 393). Additional training may be necessary.
CPS 393 Job Approval Authority Fact Sheet (link pending FOTG)
This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, write, and certify Pasture and Hayland Planting (CPS 512). Additional training may be necessary.
CPS 512 Job Approval Authority Fact Sheet (link pending FOTG)
Earlier this year, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and partner organizations published a report on the important roles forest and forest management play in mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration and storage. We’re planning a fall symposium to hear from the researchers about what they found and how it can inform forest management moving forward.
Lane Johnson with the Cloquet Forestry Center will facilitate a panel discussion with practitioners from federal and non profit backgrounds. They'll discuss their approaches to leveraging limited capacity for burning, preparing timber stand project areas for prescribed fire, reducing barriers to get more fire on the ground, and developing agreement. After the webinar, we'll continue the conversation in the woods as we walk the grounds of the Cloquet Forestry Center and visit some recently burned stands.
This hybrid workshop will combine remote instruction on setting up cruises, optimizing inventory efforts, and inventory analysis with an in person primer on data collection. This workshop is primarily for early career professionals, but open to all interested participants.
The Forestland In Field Soil Health Assessment (FIFSHA) was developed to assist conservation planners with evaluating the health of private nonindustrial forestland soils. During this session Tom Sauer, ACES Forester (NRCS), introduces assessments of the eight indicators of forest soil health:
This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, design, and certify Forest Stand Improvement (CPS 666). Additional training may be needed.
This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, design, and certify Pest Management Conservation Systems (CPS 595). Additional training may be needed.