Our water is our diamond
As the cumulative effect of urban and rural conservation practices improves water quality, two lakes in the Chisago Lakes Chain of Lakes move toward removal from the Impaired Waters List. The Chisago SWCD’s work with landowners is backed by lake improvement district matches, Clean Water Fund grants and NRCS funds.
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Twisted creek, restored habitat
In Rochester, $1.5 million stream reconstruction on former golf course site provides water quality improvement, flood control
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Native Vegetation - Containerized and Bare-Root Plant Use
What's Working for Conservation
Containerized and Bare-Root Plant Use
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Project Establishment and Maintenance - Forest Establishment
What's Working for Conservation
Forest Establishment
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Forestry Mower: We mostly stick with winter mowing, when it will have least impact on the native species. Our comparisons were regular hand-cut & treat, forestry mow along, forestry mow followed right away by treating larger stumps, and 2 yrs forestry mow.
Tech Talk: Basic Survey
The goal of this training is to become familiar with terms and procedures, recognize features of different equipment, and make you more comfortable with surveying concepts. When you can get hands on experience, this training should allow you to understand procedures for completing a survey more quickly. This session covers general surveying concepts, what styles of surveying are used for various practices, the equipment commonly used in Minnesota’s field offices, and the principles of recording notes to document a survey.
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Basic Tech Skills (Matrix)
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Surveying
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Webinar
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TTCP
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57 minutes
Training Type
Online Learning
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United States
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