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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Title Format Description Training Source Training Subject
Your Insect Allies: Meet the Beneficial Insects that Control Crop Pests and Promote Soil Health Webinar

Join Karin Jokela, Pollinator Conservation Specialist with the Xerces Society, to get to know some of the most common beneficial insects above and…

Yield components of corn (corn, part 3/3) Video

(Time 24:02)  Dr. Joe Lauer's presentation about "Corn Growth, Development, and Physiology". This part (3 of 3) focuses on the components…

Work on Golden-Winged Warblers and Other Early Successional Birds Webinar

Minnesota’s forests provide critical breeding habitat for hundreds of resident and migrating bird species. Forest management provides an important…

Winter Soil Health Virtual Series Video

The Minnesota Soil Health Coalition produced a series of webinars in January and February of 2021.  These five webinars are:  Webinar 1…

Winter Manure Application and Water Quality Webinar

While winter manure application can be beneficial for producers from a logistical, financial, and soil compaction standpoint, it has traditionally…

Winter Harvest in a Changing Environment Webinar

This four part webinar series will explore changing winter conditions and their consequences for timber harvesting in the Northeast and Upper…

Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST) and National Agronomy Technical Note 5 Webinar

(Time: 24:27 min) This third section of the PowerPoint will focus on how to use the WIN-PST tool and mitigating hazard results from the tool…

Windbreak Short Course: Day 2 Webinar

A recording of a virtual windbreak short course for Nebraska:

  • Part 1: Ritch Nelson: Using the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide for…
Windbreak Short Course: Day 1 Webinar

A recording of a virtual windbreak short course for Nebraska:

  • Part 1: Bruce Wight: Wind Protection Needs Past and Present
Windbreak Renovation: North Dakota experience Video

Wells County (ND) SWCD Manager, Anne Ehni describes their experience with windbreak renovation.

Wildlife Webinar Series Webinar

This year’s series explores how forest management impacts wildlife habitats, economic decisions, and climate resilience. Forests play a critical…

Why "Organic" Matters - Soil Organic Matter, Soil Health and USDA-Certified Organic Farming Webinar

Join us as we discuss the history of organic farming in parallel to the history of soil conservation with a focus on soil health and soil organic…

What’s at risk? Implications of climate change on forests and options for adaptation Video

Climate change is altering forest ecosystems, with many changes expected by the end of the 21st century. Forests vary widely, and not all forests…

What's at risk? Implications of Climate Change on Forests and Options for Adaptation Webinar

Climate change is altering forest ecosystems, with many changes expected by the end of the 21st century. Forests vary widely, and not all forests…

What is the Soil Food Web? (Soil Regen Summit 2021) Video

Dr. Elaine Ingham and her colleagues discovered the Soil Food Web nearly 4 decades ago. She has been pioneering research on soil health ever since…

What Environmental Health Professionals Need to Know About Wells Webinar

This webinar recording discusses private well topics that environmental health professionals might encounter in the field. The webinar will cover…

What Does Research Really Say about Strategic Tillage in No-Till Systems Webinar

This Soil Health Digital Cafe featured Dr. Humberto Blanco, Professor of Soil Management and Applied Soil Physics at the University of Nebraska,…

What are the Economic, Water Quality and Climate Impacts of Soil Health? Soil Health Successful Farmer Case Studies Tell the Story Webinar

Participate in this webinar to learn about the overarching economic findings across six crop farmers and two almond growers related to changes in…

Wetland Restoration Webinar

This training will enable field staff involved in project applications, the design, or the construction of wetland restorations to have a solid…

Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Part 2 Video

(Time: 18:11)  This is the second of two training modules on the topic of wetland hydrology monitoring – offered as an…

Wetland Hydrology Monitoring Part 1 Video

(Time: 30:42)  This is the first of two training modules on the topic of wetland hydrology monitoring – offered as an…

WEPP Science Introduction and PowerPoint presentation Video

(Time: 23:28)  Water Erosion Prediction Project

WEPP Demonstration and Use Video

(Time: 54:35)

WEPP - Overview of Session 1 Video

(Time: 16:37)

Weed Management Reference Material

This website provides information on weed identification, herbicides and herbicide resistance management.

Webinar 9: Dealing with Changing Weather Patterns in Wetland Restoration Planning Webinar

This is the ninth webinar, delivered in 4 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The webinar…

Webinar 8: What are the Choices and Benefits? Matching Objectives to Programs and Getting Additional Help Webinar

This is the eighth webinar, delivered in 5 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The webinar…

Webinar 7: How to Talk About Wetlands with Landowners Webinar

This is the seventh webinar, delivered in 3 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series.

Webinar 6: Identifying Resource Concerns and Determining Landowner Objectives Webinar

This is the sixth webinar, delivered in 3 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series.

Webinar 5: Dealing with Reality: How to Work with Wetlands in Altered Landscapes Webinar

This is the fifth webinar, delivered in 5 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The webinar…

Webinar 4: Wetland Ecology for Planners: Examples of Variation Across the United States Webinar

This is the fourth webinar, delivered in 4 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The webinar…

Webinar 3: Wetlands Ecology for Planners - How Wetlands Function

This is the third webinar, delivered in 5 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series. The first half…

Webinar 2: Wetlands in a Watershed at the Landscape Scale Webinar

This second webinar, delivered in six segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly-developed nine-part wetland training webinar series begins with an…

Webinar 1: Introduction to Wetlands Webinar

This first webinar, presented in 5 segments, in NAWM and NRCS’s jointly developed nine-part wetland training webinar series provides an…

Web Soil Survey – Part 3: Tabs and Downloads Video

Time: 13:30; Part 3 of a 3 part series on Web Soil Survey. This video covers the various tabs of soil information, report settings, shopping cart…

Web Soil Survey – Part 2: Set Area of Interest (AOI) Video

(Time: 12:11) Part 2 of a 3 part series on Web Soil Survey. This video covers ways to set an Area of Interest (AOI), limits for the AOI, and…

Web Soil survey - Part 1: Application Access Video

(Time: 11:48) Part 1 of a 3 part series on Web Soil Survey. This video covers information on the Web Soil Survey home page, ways to access the…

Watershed Tools Overview Video

Time: 21:52; This webinar is a recorded PowerPoint showing the NRCS Engineering Tools-Watershed Tools and other Tools in ArcMap. The first ~19…

Watershed Tools Demo Video

This video is a demonstration of each step of a watershed delineation and RCN determination for a project site.  The demonstration shows the…

Water Management During Drought Webinar

Drought is continuing to intensify across portions of the Midwest this year, and over the past several years severe drought has plagued much of…

Water and Sediment Control Basin Training Series

This is a collection of trainings, replays, and information pertaining to the design, installation, and certification of Water and Sediment…

WASCOB Tile Design Video

The training shows the tile design components of the WASCOB Design spreadsheet. This video finishes the basin system design started in the WASCOB…

WASCOB Field Training Webinar Webinar

This session covers how to prepare for and complete the I&E step, and some basics of construction inspection. There's also a quick…

WASCOB Design Intro Video

(Time 19:55) The training introduces employees to NRCS's WASCOB Design spreadsheet. This is an introductory level training with a format of some…

Warm Season Grasses (1 of 5) “Site Preparation” Video

(Time: 5:21) Step 1 of 5 on planting and managing native warm season grasses.

Virtual Panel of Experts: Native Seed Mix Design for Wet Sites Webinar

This training introduces the core principles for designing and evaluating diverse native seed mixes for wet sites, including wetlands, shorelines…

TTCP
Virtual Fencing 101 Reference Material

A power point presentation developed by Green Lands, Blue Waters on the basics of virtual fencing.  You will learn about:
• Virtual fence…

Virtual Fencing - Will it work for you? What are the challenges?

This replay features Clay Burtrum, Burtrum Cattle LLC and Farm Data Services. Virtual fence was unheard of just five years ago, but now it has…

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Virtual Fencing - Setup for Success Video

A 3 part video series:  Explore the transformative potential of virtual fence technology in livestock management. Although it was first…

Virtual Fence Reference Material

A PowerPoint presentation developed by NRCS with these objectives: 

  • Learn the basic components of a virtual fence (VF) system…