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State Partners

The state agencies, councils and academia involved with land and water management are summarized below.

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Employees

Contents

Summary
Employee Handbook
Employee Recruitment, Hiring, and Termination
Compensation and Benefits
Other Employment Considerations
Personal Conduct
 

 

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Federal Agencies

The following are a subset of federal government agencies commonly involved in land and water management.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District office headquarters is located in downtown St. Paul, Minn. The agency has around 41 field sites in five states. The St. Paul District is one of six Corps districts that make up the Mississippi Valley Division, the headquarters of which is located in Vicksburg, Miss.

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Records Management

Contents

General Information
Historical records
Public Access to Records
Additional Resources
 

Information provided in this chapter is intended to be guidance. Please work with your legal counsel for advice and to review of your records retention schedule and procedure. 

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What We Do

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Technical Service Areas

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Appendix A: Technical Service Area Board Member Position Description
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Resource Concerns and Planning Criteria

This is a recorded webinar that covers the 2020 resource concerns and planning criteria.

Subject TTCP
Core Competency (Matrix)
Format
Webinar
Source

TTCP

Date
March 25, 2020
Time
1:29
Training Type
Online Learning
Location

United States

Notes

Webinar led by Ryan Galbreath, NRCS

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Conservation Planning

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Resource Concerns and Planning Criteria

Topic 1, Module 1: The five factors of Soil Formation and Horizonation vs. Simple Processes

This module will cover both the five factors of formation and horizonation vs. simple processes. The module presentation will begin with a review of redox reactions and redoximorphic features. Reduction and concurrent oxidation (redox) are the dominant chemical processes taking place in wetland soils. There are abiological and biological driven redox reactions in wetland soils. The session focuses on reactions driven by microbial breakdown of organic matter in soils under saturated conditions that lead to unique anaerobic conditions that meet the hydric soil definition of USDA. These redox reactions lead to mobilization of soluble Fe and Mn (depletion zones and surfaces) and subsequent reoxidation (concentration zones and surfaces), collectively called redoximorphic features. Redox feature types are identified through images. Description of the features is briefly reviewed, in preparation for use as components of field indicators of hydric soils.

Subject TTCP
Wetland
Skill
Wetland Soils
Format
Webinar
Source

NAWM

Time
28 minutes
Training Type
Online Learning
Location

United States

Notes

The target audience for these trainings are wetland field practitioners who need expertise in hydric soils and seek to understand how hydric soils are formed and how to recognize and interpret the information they provide when observed in the field.

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Hydric Soils

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The Five Factors of Soil Formation

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