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.
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| CPS 595 Integrated Pest Management Implementation Requirements Demonstration | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Adam Reed, Regional Agronomist with NRCS, demonstrates the use of the Integrated Pest Management Implementation Requirements worksheet. The… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Grassed Waterway Spreadsheet | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
The MN NRCS’s grassed waterway design spreadsheet uses the same methodology as the EFT waterway program and is an acceptable design tool. In this… |
TTCP |
| Basic WASCOB Section I | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
The Basic WASCOB training series is a four-part video based on the original Basic WASCOB webinar presented in April from the Technical Training… |
BWSR |
| Streambank Protection Planning Training | Practice Design | Practice Specific | 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 |
| Basic WASCOB Section II | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
(Time: 12:02) Explains the three types of cross sections and how they each fit into the landscape and different farming operations. |
BWSR |
| Tech Talk: Waste Facility Closure | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Craig Peterson, NRCS AE, and Patrick Schultz, TTCP Training Engineer, will provide a general discussion of topics related to the Waste Facility… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Basic Irrigation | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Brian Ebel, NRCS Water Resource Engineer, discusses the basic concepts of irrigation. This introduction to irrigation will include:
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TTCP |
| Basic WASCOB Section III | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
(Time: 14:06) Focuses on the underground outlet supporting practice and ties the outlet design into the basin design. Stage storage is explained… |
BWSR |
| Tech Talk: Tile Flow Design Using CPS 606/620 | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
These supporting practices are only a small part of the designs for waterways, WASCOBs, and other main practices. Fundamentals for following… |
TTCP |
| EFT Preferences | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
This video shows how to import preferences, and the "why" behind most of the preferences (i.e. default values) used in EFT in MN. It also… |
TTCP |
| Basic WASCOB Section IV | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
(Time: 10:02) Video pulls in some linked "handouts" (see links below) to prepare staff for discussions with landowners during the initial parts of… |
BWSR |
| Tech Talk: Side Inlet Planning and Design | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Join Patrick Schultz and Aaron Peter, TTCP engineers, as they cover planning and design criteria for Side Water Inlets (SWI’s). SWI’s are an… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk: Overview of Agrichemical Handling Facilities | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
This session includes an overview of the Agrichemical Handling Facility (CPS 309) practice. What the resource concerns are, design tools and… |
TTCP |
| WASCOB Design Intro | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
(Time 19:55) The training intruduces employees to NRCS's WASCOB Design spreadsheet. This is an introductory level training with a format of some… |
BWSR |
| Tech Talk: Engineering Design Resources | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
When working through engineering projects, there are a number of resources available to reference and guide you. But how do you know which… |
TTCP |
| WASCOB Tile Design | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video |
The training shows the tile design components of the WASCOB Design spreadsheet. This video finishes the basin system design started in the WASCOB… |
BWSR |
| Tech Talk: Wetland Restoration Seed Mixes | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar |
Kelly Voigt, TTCP Training Conservationist, demonstrates how to design and evaluate wetland restoration seed mixes using the latest version of the… |
TTCP |
| WASCOB Field Training Webinar | Practice Layout | Practice Specific | 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 |
| Project Management 101 | Project Management | Video |
(Time: 30 min) This video provides background and tips for managing projects. The content is broken up into four modules:
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BWSR |
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| How to restore your shore with coir logs | Shoreline Protection | Practice Specific | Video |
How to install a soil wrap to function as a slope break for erosion control is the focus of this video for contractors and landowners in Central… |
Crow Wing SWCD |
| How to restore your shore with native plants | Shoreline Protection | Practice Specific | Video |
Crow Wing SWCD |
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| How to stabilize your shore with erosion control fabric | Shoreline Protection | Practice Specific | Video |
Crow Wing SWCD |
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| How to install a soil wrap slope break | Shoreline Protection | Practice Specific | Video |
Crow Wing SWCD |
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| How to stabilize your shore with live fascines | Shoreline Protection | Practice Specific | Video |
Crow Wing SWCD |
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| How to Interrogate the Soil | Soil | Soils and Soil Survey Basics | Video |
Join us to hear Tony Hartshorn, Associate Professor at Montana State University. Dr. Hartshorn will discuss his work in the Soil Interrogation Lab… |
Soil Health Nexus |
| Hydrologic Soils Group (HSG) Knowledge Matrix | Soil | MIDs | Video |
A training module explaining how to enter information into the HSG matrix to generate a hydrologic soil group classification for use in storm… |
BWSR |
| Teaching Soil Health from a Soil Pit | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
Part of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Cafe Series, Deann Presley of Kansas State University presents “Teaching Soil Health from a Soil Pit”.… |
Soil Health Nexus |
| The Nobel Conference 2018 - Living Soil: A Universe Underfoot | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Video |
Scoop up some soil in your hands and consider there are more organisms in that handful of soil than humans who have ever lived. Soil is a living… |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Quantifying Soil Health: Where are we now? | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
The January edition of the Soil health Digital Cafe series will feature Dr. Jordon Wade who will be discussing soil health measurement and the… |
Soil Health Nexus |
| High-Producing Organic No-Till | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
High-producing organic no-till has long been identified as the Holy Grail of soil health. Join Brett Israel for an evening of sharing as he… |
Practical Farmers of Iowa |
| Farming with Soil Life | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Video |
This presentation is part of our Farming with Soil Life online short course and covers some of the main groups of soil invertebrates, how to… |
Xerces Society |
| How to use Haney Tests | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
The Haney test tries to assess biological activity in your soil. The results include many different metrics representing microbial activity and… |
UMN |
| Soil Health & Sustainability for Field Staff Training Resources | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Reference Material |
A compilation of recorded webinars and other resources provided as part of the Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff training in 2019.… |
TTCP |
| Soils Training Resources | Soil | Reference Material |
This is a collection of video, webinar, and presentation training resources related to soils: mapping, classification, interpretations, GIS data,… |
NRCS |
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| Soil Health Test for Monitoring Midwest Soils | Soil | Soil Health and Management | Webinar |
As part of the Soil Health Nexus Digital Cafe Series, Eileen Kladivko from Purdue University presents “Soil Health Tests for Monitoring Midwest… |
Soil Health Nexus |
| Preparing Land for Seeding Native Grasses & Plants | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Video |
(Time: 1:37) Preparing the seedbed correctly will increase the likelihood of seed germination and a successful planting.… |
Texas A&M Extension |
| Warm Season Grasses (1 of 5) “Site Preparation” | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Video |
(Time: 5:21) Step 1 of 5 on planting and managing native warm season grasses. |
Missouri Conservation Department |
| How to set your grass drill for native grass seed | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Video |
(Time: 6:17) This video demonstrates the basics of drill seeding native grass seed. Topics covered: differences in a native seed drill and a… |
Bamert Seed |
| Native Warm Season Grass Drill Calibration | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Video |
(Time:16:27) Jake Watson, USDA NRCS and Michael McCord discuss how to calibrate a drill for Native Warm Season Grasses. |
NRCS |
| Matching Appropriate Seed to Conservation Practices | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Webinar |
(Time: 1:00) Learn about ecotypes and ecological restoration planning tools for greater long term conservation planting success. |
NRCS |
| Brome Conversion and Long-Term Grassland Management | Vegetation | Wildlife Habitat Assessment & Management | Video |
An overview of successful long-term brome conversion methods based on field results. Grassland management for long-term success. Considerations to… |
BWSR |
| VegScape | Vegetation | Ag & Agronomy | Reference Material |
Layer developed by USDA NASS in cooperation with NASA. Map showing crop condition monitoring system. Integrates soil moisture, temperature,… |
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| Herbaceous Vegetation Practices | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Online Course |
(Time: 32:00) This training is an introduction to NRCS practice standards that establish herbaceous vegetation to treat resource concerns.… |
BWSR |
| Seedbed Preparation – USDANRCS Texas | Vegetation | Vegetation – Species, Seeding and Seed Mixes | Video |
(Time: 6:17) This video depicts the importance of proper seedbed preparation and describes steps in preparing a proper… |
NRCS |
| Source Water Protection | Water Quality | 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… |
North Central Region Water Network |
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| Tech Talk: Groundwater Resource Concerns | Water Quality | Conservation Planning | Webinar |
Tim Weisbrod, NRCS Geologist for MN and WI, discusses why the four Nutrient Management (590) Groundwater Resource Concerns need to be inventoried… |
TTCP |
| Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Part 1 | Wetland | Wetland Hydrology | Video |
(Time: 30:42) This is the first of two training modules on the topic of wetland hydrology monitoring – offered as an… |
BWSR |
| Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Part 2 | Wetland | Wetland Hydrology | Video |
(Time: 18:11) This is the second of two training modules on the topic of wetland hydrology monitoring – offered as an… |
BWSR |
| Altered Hydrology | Wetland | Wetland Hydrology | Video |
The basics of drainage and why it is done, installing drainage, the wetland hydrology technical criterion, the terms “effectively drained” and “… |
BWSR |
| Topic 1, Module 1: The five factors of Soil Formation and Horizonation vs. Simple Processes | Wetland | Wetland Soils | Webinar |
This module will cover both the five factors of formation and horizonation vs. simple processes. The module presentation will begin with a review… |
NAWM |