This session is a follow up to the in person Brush Management trainings held in May, 2025. Dusty Jasken, Area Resource Conservationist (NRCS), demonstrates how to use the Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST) with commonly recommended brush management herbicides. He also discusses when mitigation strategies may be necessary and which mitigation options are available.
TTCP is offering a one day version of the Introduction to Conservation Engineering (ICE) course. This course is for newer technicians and conservationists to gain an understanding of the engineering side of our conservation work. Staff will learn about many engineering practices and skills utilized within the Minnesota partnership of NRCS, SWCDs (including TSAs), and BWSR.
In this one day classroom training participants will learn how to design livestock pipeline and watering systems using the MN NRCS spreadsheet design tool. We'll discuss how to gather the information needed to use the design tool as well as run through examples. This training is meant for conservation staff already designing or will design in the near future livestock pipeline and watering system projects.
Webinars on walleye genetics, buckthorn management, and fish dubbed “living fossils” like gar and paddlefish will be among the outdoors topics covered in the summer series of the Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship Series from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. New webinars this summer focus on topics that will appeal to people interested in nature, including anglers and hunters.
A full day of classroom and field training on Conservation Practice Standard 528, Prescribed Grazing.
Save the date for the latest offering of our Field Management Guidelines (FMG) field day, organized with the assistance of the Minnesota Logger Education Program (MLEP) and UMN Extension. We’ll discuss key FMG topics like wetland delineation, riparian management zones and more in a mixed workshop that includes both resource managers and loggers.
This workshop will address silvicultural strategies for acid peatland and wet forest systems using the Minnesota DNR's silvicultural guidance as well as on the ground insights from local foresters. Throughout the day we'll talk through management strategies at all stages of stand development in these systems.
Christian Nelson with the Forest Stewards Guild returns to our webinar lineup, this time focusing on how resource managers can apply the Forestry for Minnesota Birds Conservation Guidebook in their work area. After a brief overview of the project to bring folks up to speed, Christian will dive into conducting the habitat assessment in a field setting and how to interpret the results.
This training is designed to enhance participants' skills in identifying plants and trees across various habitats, from upland to wetland environments. Led by experts Paul Bockenstedt, Rhyan Schicker, and Dennis Pederson, the session will cover plant identification, seed germination, and the challenges of identifying difficult species. Participants will also learn about native seedling establishment and why it takes longer for them to grow successfully. The training includes hands on field experience, offering valuable insights into real-world plant identification techniques.
The windbreak training will start out in the classroom and then tour several local windbreaks, where discussions will continue. During the classroom session, windbreak establishment and renovation resources and fact sheets will be distributed. All aspects of windbreaks will be discussed, including design, species selection, row spacing, insect and disease pressure, watering, pruning, renovation and much more. We will continue to discuss windbreak design elements on the tour organized by local conservation offices in the afternoon.