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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| Overview of Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition, and Nutrition Management | Nutrient Management | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar | (Time: 00:17:31) Information is presented on the seventeen chemical elements essential for plant growth, how plants need various amounts of these… |
NRCS, June 2014 |
| Nitrogen | Nutrient Management | Ag & Agronomy | Webinar | (Time: 00:22:59) Information is presented on basic nitrogen processes in the soil-plant system; rate determination and economic response; soil… |
NRCS, June 2014 |
| Environmental Evaluation Series No. 1: Primer on NRCS Environmental Compliance | Planning | Conservation Planning | Webinar | First in the series on environmental evaluations, the primary topics of this webinar include: legal foundations, scoping of relevant resource… |
NRCS |
| Environmental Evaluation Series No. 2: Documenting the Environmental Evaluation on the NRCS CPA-52 Environmental Evaluation Worksheet | Planning | Conservation Planning | Webinar | Second in the series on environmental evaluations, this webinar will assist NRCS conservation planners, partners, and technical service providers… |
NRCS |
| Conservation Planning Course Webinar #1: Review of the Conservation Planning Process | Planning | Conservation Planning | Webinar | This webinar covers Phases I and II, Steps 1 through 7 of the Conservation Planning process. Participants will learn: how identifying problems and… |
NRCS |
| Conservation Planning Course Webinar #2: Additional Considerations in the Planning Process | Planning | Conservation Planning | Webinar | This webinar covers Phase II, Steps 8 and 9 of the Conservation Planning Process, Cultural Social and Economic Considerations, Resource Concerns… |
NRCS |
| A Basic Introduction to Logic Models | Planning | Video | A logic model is a way of organizing the elements of your plan or project so you can successfully communicate your strategy to funders and… |
BWSR |
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| Logic Models: A Natural Resource Example | Planning | Video | This video (Time: 4:09 min) demonstrates how a logic model can be used to establish short, mid, and long term goals in a natural resource example… |
BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: What is One Watershed, One Plan? | Planning | Video | BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: Three Big Ideas | Planning | Video | BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: Roles, Committees, and Commitments | Planning | Video | BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: A Brief History of Water Management in Minnesota | Planning | Video | BWSR |
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| One Watershed, One Plan: Making Choices to Show Results | Planning | Video | BWSR |
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| Conserving Pollinators While Addressing Other Resource Concerns | Pollinators | Native Vegetation, Habitats and Pollinators | Webinar | (Time: 01:30) This webinar discusses planning and implementing conservation measures to address multiple resource concerns, including pollinator… |
Xerces Society/NRCS |
| Tech Talk Replay: Filter Strip - Part 1 | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar | Shannon Carpenter, NRCS Water Quality Specialist St. Paul reviews CPS 393 Filter Strip Practice Standard details, practice design, and Filter… |
TTCP |
| Tech Talk Replay: Filter Strip - Part 2 | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar | Lawrence Svien, BWSR Training Conservationist, reviews use of the NRCS GIS Watershed Tools in the design of CPS 393 Filter Strips. In addition,… |
TTCP |
| Using the EFT Waterway Sizing Wizard | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video | This video is a re-recording of an Engineering Field Tool's (EFT) Waterway Wizard webinar originally presented March 2017 by NRCS Area 6 Engineer… |
BWSR |
| Engineering Field Tools (EFT): Overview and Basic Tasks | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video | Time: 59:00; At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will know the general capabilities of the Engineering Field Tools software, with… |
NRCS |
| LiDAR based tools for design of Water & Sediment Control Basins in ARCGIS | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video | Time: 12:29 Peter Mead (Cartographic Technician) and Wes Drake (Agricultural Engineer) from the Minnesota NRCS provide an overview and… |
NRCS |
| Basic Grassed Waterway - Video 1 | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar | 27 mins, 47 secs This is a 3 part video from a 2018 webinar covering the practice standard contents and design concepts for… |
NRCS & BWSR |
| Basic Grassed Waterway - Video 2 | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar | 30 mins, 47 secs This is a 3 part video from a 2018 webinar covering the practice standard contents and design concepts for field… |
NRCS & BWSR |
| Basic Grassed Waterway - Video 3 | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar | 13 mins, 57 secs |
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| Raingardens | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Video | Blue Thumb has a three part video series posted on their website called "Watersmart Landscaping: Raingardens". In addition, there is a video for… |
Blue Thumb |
| Tech Talk - Waterway Out of Bank flow design in EFT | Practice Design | Practice Specific | Webinar | TTCP Training Engineer Aaron Peter will use the Engineering Field Tools software to demonstrate how to incorporate and calculate out-of-bank flows… |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 - 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 & 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 grain… |
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 |
| 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, etc… |
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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. It… |
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 seedbed.… |
NRCS |
| 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. The… |
Texas A&M Extension |