This 3-phase, webinar-based training series is designed to teach basic principles of conservation economics to enable participants to integrate economics into the NRCS Conservation Planning Process. Participants will become more knowledgeable about the role economics plays and will be able to recognize and perform basic economic analysis during conservation planning.
This 3-phase, webinar-based training series is designed to teach basic principles of conservation economics to enable participants to integrate economics into the NRCS Conservation Planning Process. Participants will become more knowledgeable about the role economics plays and will be able to recognize and perform basic economic analysis during conservation planning.
This 3-phase, webinar-based training series is designed to teach basic principles of conservation economics to enable participants to integrate economics into the NRCS Conservation Planning Process. Participants will become more knowledgeable about the role economics plays and will be able to recognize and perform basic economic analysis during conservation planning.
This 3-phase, webinar-based training series is designed to teach basic principles of conservation economics to enable participants to integrate economics into the NRCS Conservation Planning Process. Participants will become more knowledgeable about the role economics plays and will be able to recognize and perform basic economic analysis during conservation planning.
Shannon Carpenter, NRCS State Water Quality Specialist, reviews the Riparian Herbaceous Cover (CPS 390) and Riparian Forest Buffer (CPS 391). This session covers the differences in resource concerns, intended purposes, and determining which practice is more appropriate for the site.
Shannon Carpenter, NRCS, and Julie Grossman, UMN provide an overview of the High Tunnel practice standard (CPS 325), review different types of high tunnels, and discuss the planning considerations with a focus on high tunnel resource concerns and supporting conservation practices.
Ian Olson and Ken Fransky of Centrol Crop Consulting present on precision agricultural technology and economics.
Patrick Schultz, TTCP Engineer, walks through the steps for investigating a residential well system for the purposes of gathering data for livestock watering design. How to conduct a flow meter test as well as other tests for determining flow rate and pressure information are discussed as well as common well system components.
This session includes an overview of the Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (CPS 380) practice standard and some of the additional planning considerations for windbreaks, shelterbelts, and living snow fences. Karin Jokela, Xerces Society, will be discussing wildlife habitat considerations, including those for pollinators and beneficial insects, and Dan Gullickson, MN DOT, will review porosity and setbacks as snow management considerations.
Matt Baltes, NRCS State GIS Coordinator, will demonstrate how to download SSURGO soils data from Web Soil Survey and import it into ArcMap. Matt will also review the tables included in this dataset and demonstrate using the Soil Data Viewer.