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Jeff Kalin, NRCS Wildlife Biologist, and Karin Jokela, Xerces Society Pollinator Planner and Partner Biologist, for an overview the new Wildlife Habitat Planting practice (CPS 420). In this session, we will discuss:

• The rationale for a wildlife specific conservation practice standard
• Key differences between Wildlife Habitat Planting (420) and Conservation Cover (327)
• Wildlife WHEGs
• Selecting the appropriate scenario
• Implementation requirements
• Plant selection to support wildlife

In this Tech Talk Jeff Duchene, NRCS State Grazing Specialist, provides an overview of the Livestock Forage Balance Sheet available in Section IV of the eFOTG under the CPS 528 Prescribed Grazing Conservation Practice Standard. Jeff discusses how to develop the livestock and forage inventory portions of the forage balance worksheet. Jeff also reviews the equations used to develop the livestock/forage balance and how to use those calculations in the field.