Search, sort, and filter upcoming in-person training opportunities using this tabular calendar. The course listings include both technical and non-technical topics. Links to registration and additional contact information can be found by clicking on a course title.
| Title | Date | Time | Location | Subject | Skill | Source | Registration Deadline | Description |
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| CANCLLED: CRP Management & Conservation Equipment | Litchfield | Conservation Planning |
PF |
Update: This training has been cancelled for 2025. At this field day, we will improve the… |
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| Tech Talks | - | 1:00 |
TTCP |
Tech Talks is a online training series organized by the Technical Training and Certification Program. Rotating speakers cover a wide variety… |
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| Managing Forests as Habitat in a Changing World | - | 12:00-1:30 | Advanced Tech Skills (Matrix) | Forest Ecology and Management |
USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub |
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Forest Ecology Working Group and the National Conservation Training Center are joining the USDA Northern… |
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| Livestock 101: Livestock Production Fundamentals | - | 12:00-2:00 | Livestock |
Conservation Webinars |
Livestock production fundamentals is a series of eight webinars focused on providing livestock information to NRCS staff, partners, technical… |
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| 2025 DNR Native Plant Community and Plant Identification Training | - | 9:00-3:00 | Multiple Locations | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Plant ID |
TTCP, DNR, Xerces |
The field classes will emphasize plant identification and NPC keying and classification exercises, including an emphasis on habitat and management… |
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| Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship - Summer Series | - | 12:00-1:00 | Conservation Planning |
DNR |
Webinars on walleye genetics, buckthorn management, and fish dubbed “living fossils” like gar and paddlefish will be among the outdoors topics… |
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| Applying the new Forestry for Minnesota Birds Guidebook | 9:00-10:00 | Advanced Tech Skills (Matrix) | Forest Ecology and Management |
SFEC |
Christian Nelson with the Forest Stewards Guild returns to our webinar lineup, this time focusing on how resource managers can apply the Forestry… |
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| Prescribed Grazing 2025 | 9:00-3:00 | Waite Park | Practice Specific |
TTCP |
A full day of classroom and field training on Conservation Practice Standard 528, Prescribed Grazing. This training covers the planning… |
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| Livestock Watering System Design | 9:00-3:00 | Waite Park | Practice Specific |
TTCP |
In this one day classroom training participants will learn how to design livestock pipeline and watering systems using the MN NRCS spreadsheet… |
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| Windbreak/Shelterbelt 2025 | - | 9:30-3:30 | Multiple Locations | Practice Specific |
TTCP |
The windbreak training will start out in the classroom and then tour several local windbreaks, where discussions will continue. During the… |
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| Field School for Ag Professionals | - | St. Paul | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Ag & Agronomy |
UMN Extension |
This hands on, in field program emphasizing crop and pest management diagnostic skill building will help you enhance your troubleshooting and crop… |
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| Introduction to Conservation Engineering | - | 9:00-3:30 | Multiple Locations | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) |
TTCP |
TTCP is offering a one day version of the Introduction to Conservation Engineering (ICE) course. This course is for newer technicians and… |
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| How To Plan a Successful Conservation Event: Tools and Resources | 1:00-3:00 | Presentations |
PF |
New date and time. Learn how to plan a successful conservation focused event that leaves your audience impacted and ready for… |
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| ECS Silviculture: Wet Forests Field Days | 9:00-3:00 | TBD | Advanced Tech Skills (Matrix) | Forest Ecology and Management |
SFEC |
This workshop will address silvicultural strategies for acid peatland and wet forest systems using the Minnesota DNR's silvicultural guidance as… |
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| ATTT5 Plant ID Training | 9:30-3:30 | Montevideo | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Plant ID |
ATTT 5 |
This training is designed to enhance participants' skills in identifying plants and trees across various habitats, from upland to wetland… |
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| Forest Management Guidelines Field Day | 9:00-3:00 | Big Falls | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Forestry Basics and Practices |
SFEC |
Save the date for the latest offering of our Field Management Guidelines (FMG) field day, organized with the assistance of the Minnesota Logger… |
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| Trees in the prairie? The Use of Windbreaks/Shelterbelts | 9:00-3:00 | Marshall | Practice Specific |
PF |
When trees are associated with a prairie, the conversation leans towards how to remove them. Although this is very true, but in some circumstances… |
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| Plant Identification Field Training | 9:30-3:00 | Cannon Falls | Basic Tech Skills (Matrix) | Plant ID |
PF, Xerces |
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| Prescribed Grazing Fall 2025 | 9:00-3:00 | Mahnomen | Practice Specific |
TTCP |
A full day of classroom and field training on Conservation Practice Standard 528, Prescribed Grazing. This training covers the planning… |
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| Succession Solutions: Creating Habitats for Early Successional Wildlife | 9:00-3:00 | Sandstone | Wildlife Habitat Assessment & Management |
PF |
Join us to discuss the complexities of early successional habitat management on private and public lands. We will also go over some species… |
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| 2025 Minnesota Agroforestry Institute | - | Baxter | Practice Specific |
TTCP, UMN Extension |
The Minnesota Agroforestry Institute is a two and a half day workshop that includes classroom sessions and on farm visits. Participants learn how… |
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| 2025 BWSR Academy | - | Brainerd |
BWSR |
BWSR Academy is a training event for conservation-based local government staff. More information will be coming soon! October 21-23,… |