Join Caroline D’Huyvetter, Clarissa Levi and Bill Fitzgerald from MDA to learn about the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Water Quality Certification Program. Caroline, Clarissa and Bill provide an overview of the tools and process used in assessing farms, as well as technical and financial assistance available to producers interested in becoming Water Quality Certified.

TTCP engineers Amanda Deans and Aaron Peter kick off a multi-part construction inspection series. This session covers what to do at a pre-construction meeting, how to take notes during construction, how does a specification packet compliment the plans, and what are the main safety considerations on a construction site.

Dan Shaw, Senior Ecology and Vegetation Specialist with BWSR, provides an overview of trends in the restoration of upland and wetland vegetation. Dan focuses on current and emerging strategies being used for rural and urban landscapes to maximize the success and resiliency of projects, and provide multiple landscape benefits.

A series of five short videos:  How Groundwater Moves in Southeast Minnesota, How Contaminants(Like Nitrate) Move in Southeast Minnesota Part II, How Groundwater Moves in the Glacial Till Landscape, How Groundwater moves in the Karst Landscape and How Groundwater moves in the Bluffland Landscape.

Introduction to even- and uneven-aged silvicultural systems and management practices used to regenerate and tend forests to provide desired habitat.

Ryan Dennhardt of Ward Laboratories hosts a discussion for part 2 of "Bringing Your Tests to Life"

Nicole Masters of Integrity Soils discusses how to measure and determine what is being accomplished through regenerative farming practices.

This self paced module covers the policy and considerations for determining the number of acres that are needed to utilize manure produced by a livestock operation.  It includes considerations of nutrients contained in the manure, crop nutrient needs and total acres available for manure spreading.  The use of the minimum acreage calculation tool is demonstrated.

This self paced module covers the policy and considerations for delineating a livestock operation for purposes of writing a nutrient management plan.  It includes land ownership and control considerations, manure sources that need to be included and describes when manure transfer agreements are required.   

Lawrence Svien, BWSR Training Conservationist, reviews use of the NRCS GIS Watershed Tools in the design of CPS 393 Filter Strips.  In addition, Lawrence also covers National Agricultural Technical Note 2, using RUSLE2 for the Design and Predicted Effectiveness of Vegetative Filter Strips (VFS) for Sediment.