Ecological Site Descriptions: An Interdisciplinary and Interagency Effort - Webinar 2

This is the second session of an eight-session webinar series.  Session 2 provides a thorough review of the basic concepts of ecological sites, ecological resilience concepts in state-and-transition modeling, and how these concepts facilitate the understanding of disturbance and management.  The relationship of ecological sites to soils maps and how information on ecological site descriptions can be accessed will be discussed.

Technical Training Individual Development Plan (IDP) Tool: staff/user training

User (NRCS/SWCD/TSA staff) training: All NRCS, TSA, and SWCD staff with an existing eLINK account can create and update their own training needs, enter or modify their training history and non-JAA/other credentials, and view existing JAA credentials. Information about technical training (needs or courses taken) can be updated at any time, either throughout the year as JAA or other certifications are obtained or once each year in preparation for the posted reporting deadline, typically each fall.

 

Technical Training Individual Development Plan (IDP) Tool: manager training

Manager-specific training: All eLINK users with a “Manager” role within an NRCS, SWCD, TSA can view and edit training needs and training history on behalf of their organization’s staff. Additionally, they have the ability to access the “Organizational Priorities” component, which is only available to staff with a “Manager role”. This component allows this user type to enter their organization’s priority resource needs, and the priority practices used to address those needs.

Webinar 3: Wetlands Ecology for Planners - How Wetlands Function

This is the third webinar, delivered in 5 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The first half of the webinar focused on explaining general wetland ecology concepts, including succession, thresholds, disturbance, sensitivity and resilience. The second half of the webinar identified how source waters (surface and groundwater) and soils define the character of a wetland, including an introduction to the Hydrogeomorphic Wetland Classification System (HGM).