Not all training takes place in a classroom. We’ve 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.
| Title | Format | Description | Training Source | Training Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Management Overview | Online Course |
An overview of the MNDNR's efforts regarding the management of ash dominated stands on state lands in Minnesota in response to Emerald Ash Borer.… |
Other | Forestry |
| Windbreak Short Course: Day 2 | Webinar |
A recording of a virtual windbreak short course for Nebraska:
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Other | Agroforestry |
| Windbreak Short Course: Day 1 | Webinar |
A recording of a virtual windbreak short course for Nebraska:
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Other | Ag & Agronomy |
| Adaptive Silvicultural Experiments in Midwestern Hardwood Forests: Examples from Floodplains and Oak-dominated Uplands | Webinar |
Join Drs. Miranda Curzon and Marcella Windmuller-Campione as they discuss their work on two Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)… |
Other | Agroforestry |
| Forest Pests and Diseases | Reference Material |
This University of Minnesota website has links to forest pests and disease descriptions, identification and management options. |
Other | Forestry |
| Minnesota Forest Health Highlights from 2021 | Video |
Each year, the Minnesota DNR Forest Health team conducts both aerial assessments and on-the-ground monitoring to assess the health of the state’s… |
Other | Forestry |
| What’s at risk? Implications of climate change on forests and options for adaptation | Video |
Climate change is altering forest ecosystems, with many changes expected by the end of the 21st century. Forests vary widely, and not all forests… |
Other | Forestry |
| Tech Talk: Prairie Strips Part 2: Addressing Pesticide Risks to Pollinators | Webinar |
Emily May and Karin Jokela from the Xerces Society present on pesticide risks to pollinators in habitat near cropland, including field research on… |
TTCP | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Tech Talk: Prairie Strips Part 1: A New Option for Water Quality, Pollinators, and Wildlife | Webinar |
Jim Fritz (SE ARC, MN NRCS), James Fett (Watershed Technician, Mower SWCD), and Andrea Eger (Regenerative Ag Project Manager, TNC) discuss the… |
TTCP | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Soil Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling & Soil Biology (Soil Regen Summit 2021) | Video |
This video will outline and explain the aspects of soil chemistry which sustains agricultural nutrient cycling. Soil biology is the key player in… |
Other | Soil |
| Pathogenic Fungi & Plant Pathogens (Soil Regen Summit 2021) | Video |
Dr. Mary Cole joins the Soil Food Web School Team to talk about Pathogenic Fungi & Plant Pathogens, problems of our making, not theirs! Fungi… |
Other | Soil |
| Biomimicry: Emulating Nature & Improving Soil Function (Soil Regen Summit 2021) | Video |
During Soil Regen Summit 2021: Hope for the Future, Ray Archuleta explained that regenerative cropping and grazing systems that emulate nature’s… |
Other | Soil |
| What is the Soil Food Web? (Soil Regen Summit 2021) | Video |
Dr. Elaine Ingham and her colleagues discovered the Soil Food Web nearly 4 decades ago. She has been pioneering research on soil health ever since… |
Other | Soil |
| Basic Soils Training Module 4: Soils in Conservation Planning | Video |
This module provides examples of how to use soils data in the conservation planning process. The presentation starts with Josh Odekirk, SE Area… |
Other | Soil |
| Basic Soils Training Module 3: Web Soil Survey and other Resources for Accessing Soils Data | Video |
This module provides a demonstration of the capabilities of Web Soil Survey and other tools for accessing soil survey data. Andrew Paolucci, NRCS… |
Other | Soil |
| Basic Soils Training Module 2: Soil Survey Map Unit Design | Video |
This module provides an overview of soil survey map units. Jeremy Ziegler, SE Wisconsin NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist, provides an… |
Other | Soil |
| Basic Soils Training Module 1: Soil Properties and Interpretations | Video |
This module provides an introduction to soil properties and interpretations. Jennifer Smith, WI NRCS State Soil Scientist, starts the presentation… |
Other | Soil |
| Prairie Strips Winter Webinar Series #3 | Video |
Prairie Strips: A New Conservation Practice for Farmers and Crop Consultants. Session 3 will cover prairie strips as habitat for beneficial… |
Other | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Prairie Strips Winter Webinar Series #2 | Video |
Prairie Strips: A New Conservation Practice for Farmers and Crop Consultants. Session 2 will cover establishing and managing prairie strips. |
Other | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Prairie Strips Winter Webinar Series #1 | Video |
Prairie Strips: A New Conservation Practice for Farmers and Crop Consultants. Session 1 will cover siting prairie strips for water quality and… |
Other | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Soil Erosion: WEPS | Online Course |
This course provides and overview of the Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS), and instructions on how to use the WEPS model to estimate wind… |
TTCP | Soil Erosion |
| Soil Erosion: RUSLE2 | Online Course |
This course provides an overview of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE), and instructions on how to use the RUSLE2 model to estimate… |
TTCP | Soil Erosion |
| Forest Management Guidelines Training | Online Course |
This is an updated version of the training that utilizes YouTube videos and a quiz based format. You will need a copy of the Minnesota’s Forest… |
Other | Forestry |
| The Forest for the Bees | Webinar |
Bees are incredibly diverse and provide important ecological services such as pollination. However, baseline information such as faunistic surveys… |
Other | Forestry |
| The Forest for the Bees | Webinar |
Bees are incredibly diverse and provide important ecological services such as pollination. However, baseline information such as faunistic surveys… |
Other | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Adaptive Silvicultural Experiments in Midwestern Hardwood Forests: Examples from Floodplains and Oak-dominated Uplands | Webinar |
Join Drs. Miranda Curzon and Marcella Windmuller-Campione as they discuss their work on two Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC)… |
Other | Forestry |
| A Forest Optimization Tool for Modeling, Mapping, and Managing in Minnesota | Webinar |
A changing climate, changes in Minnesota’s forest products industry and increasing pressure for ecosystem service have and will continue to create… |
Other | Forestry |
| Work on Golden Winged Warblers and Other Early Successional Birds | Webinar |
Minnesota’s forests provide critical breeding habitat for hundreds of resident and migrating bird species. Forest management provides an important… |
Other | Forestry |
| Work on Golden Winged Warblers and Other Early Successional Birds | Webinar |
Minnesota’s forests provide critical breeding habitat for hundreds of resident and migrating bird species. Forest management provides an important… |
Other | Native Vegetation, Habitats, & Pollinators |
| Top 3 Tips for Cover Crop Termination | Webinar |
Meaghan Anderson, Field Agronomist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, shares the top 3 considerations for terminating cover crops… |
Other | Ag & Agronomy |
| Creating and Maintaining Biodiversity in Organic Perennial Systems | Webinar |
Organic producers of perennial crops are required to introduce biodiversity in lieu of a crop rotation. This webinar will cover examples of… |
Other | Ag & Agronomy |
| Tech Talk: Well Decommissioning | Webinar |
In this session Patrick Schultz, TTCP Engineer, provides an overview of topics related to the CPS 351 Well Decommissioning. There is also a… |
TTCP | Practice Installation and Certification |
| Winter Manure Application and Water Quality | Webinar |
While winter manure application can be beneficial for producers from a logistical, financial, and soil compaction standpoint, it has traditionally… |
Other | Nutrient Management |
| Communicating Conservation to Landowners | Webinar |
What makes a natural resource and water professional a great communicator? What can we learn from researchers and fellow practitioners to enhance… |
Other | Conservation Planning |
| Source Water Protection | Webinar |
We all deserve to have safe clean drinking water that we can trust. In order to do that, we need to ensure we are protecting water at the source –… |
Other | Water Quality |
| Soil Health's Link to Water Quality | Webinar |
The agronomic benefits of improving soil health are well known, but when it comes to the specific impacts on water quality off field, many… |
Other | Water Quality |
| Water Management During Drought | Webinar |
Drought is continuing to intensify across portions of the Midwest this year, and over the past several years severe drought has plagued much of… |
Other | Ag & Agronomy |
| Soil Health Dos and Don'ts | Webinar |
Join us for this webinar during which soil health techniques such as cover crops, crop rotations, pest management, nutrient management, cash crop… |
Other | Soil Health and Management |
| NRCS and Streambank Soil Bio-engineering | Webinar |
The subject presentation will provide an overview of the use of stream bank soil bio-engineering practice used as part of NRCS conservation work.… |
Other | Shoreline Protection |
| Best Management Practices for Drill- Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn | Webinar |
Participants will learn how management practices and environmental conditions impact the performance of cover crops that are drill-interseeded… |
Other | Ag & Agronomy |
| Evaluating Air Quality Resource Concerns | Webinar |
During this webinar, air quality resource concerns and resource concern components will be highlighted. The NRCS air quality resource concerns can… |
Other | Conservation Planning |
| How to Interrogate the Soil | Video |
Join us to hear Tony Hartshorn, Associate Professor at Montana State University. Dr. Hartshorn will discuss his work in the Soil Interrogation Lab… |
Other | Soil |
| WASCOB Field Training Webinar | Webinar |
This session covers how to prepare for and complete the I&E step, and some basics of construction inspection. There's also a quick… |
TTCP | Practice Installation and Certification |
| RIM Easement Application Training | Webinar |
This is a recording of the RIM easement application webinar training session from 3/29/2022. |
BWSR | Easements |
| Tech Talk: Introduction to Managed Grazing Systems | Webinar |
During this session Dean Thomas, Fillmore SWCD, discusses the basic grazing management principles, benefits of prescribed grazing, and… |
TTCP | Livestock & Managed Grazing |
| Tech Talk: Livestock Pipeline Design | Webinar |
Join Amanda Deans, TTCP Engineer, as she runs through a real life pipeline design using the MN NRCS Livestock Pipeline spreadsheet. |
TTCP | Livestock & Managed Grazing |
| Tech Talk: Groundwater Resource Concerns | Webinar |
Tim Weisbrod, NRCS Geologist for MN and WI, discusses why the four Nutrient Management (590) Groundwater Resource Concerns need to be inventoried… |
TTCP | Water Quality |
| Tech Talk: Tile Flow Design Using CPS 606/620 | Webinar |
These supporting practices are only a small part of the designs for waterways, WASCOBs, and other main practices. Fundamentals for following… |
TTCP | Practice Installation and Certification |
| Tech Talk: Basic Irrigation | Webinar |
Brian Ebel, NRCS Water Resource Engineer, discusses the basic concepts of irrigation. Attendees will gain insight into why and when irrigation is… |
TTCP | Ag & Agronomy |
| Streambank Protection Planning Training | Webinar |
This training covered the planning phase of streambank erosion projects to better equip staff to visit with landowners when asked about this type… |
TTCP | Shoreline Protection |