On-Demand Webinars

Following is a list of all on-demand webinars available for viewing.

Native Thistles: Important and Misunderstood Plants for Conservation [View Now]

Jul 25, 2017 2:00 pm
Learn about the value of native thistles to pollinators and other wildlife, the precarious conservation status of native thistles, and ways we can conserve the wide diversity of native thistles in North America....

COR Webinar Series, Part 5 - Administration of a Construction Contract - Contract Documentation [View Now]

Jul 19, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn to create and record accurate, detailed contract documentation. Please see Errata Note attachment for updates....

Soil Health Challenges of High Disturbance Crops [View Now]

Jul 11, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn how innovative producers implement the four core soil health principles and include livestock in their management systems when growing crops that require a lot of soil disturbance....

Fire Prevention Education Teams: Lessons Learned from the 2016 Appalachian Wildfires [View Now]

Jul 10, 2017 11:00 am
Fire Prevention Education Teams (FPET) work with state and local partners to reduce unwanted human-generated fires through various education and outreach activities. During the 2016 Appalachian wildfires, inter-agency FPETs successfully reached approximately 6.68 million people and saved an estimated $11 million through fire prevention efforts. Thi...

De-Nitrifying Bioreactors in Tile Drained Systems [View Now]

Jun 28, 2017 2:00 pm
Participate for an introduction to the new NRCS Conservation Practice Standard (Code 605) Denitrifying Bioreactors, and learn about the practice effectiveness, design and operation considerations, along with experiences from the field....

Basics of Construction Inspection - Concrete [View Now]

Jun 27, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn the basic field inspection and testing requirements essential to verifying specification compliance....

Energy Strategies for Farm Resilience in the Northeast [View Now]

Jun 15, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn how energy-oriented design and operation can impact the resilience (the capacity to recover quickly from challenges) and long term success of farm operations, as well as identify common energy strategies for farm viability and resilience....

The National Agricultural Library: Electronic Services and Resources for NRCS Employees [View Now]

Jun 14, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn how to access and use the online resources and services of the National Agricultural Library with emphasis on those available via DigiTop, USDA’s Digital Desktop Library....

Development and Use of Generalized Provisional Seed Zones [View Now]

Jun 14, 2017 1:00 pm
The fourth of the Eastern Seed Zone Forum's online lecture and discussion hours aimed at providing both information about the creation of seed zones in general and a forum in which professionals, experts, and interested parties discuss the possibility of drafting seed zone guidelines for the eastern United States....

Improving Soil Health on Urban Farms [View Now]

Jun 13, 2017 2:00 pm
This webinar will illustrate how the principles of a Soil Health Management System are implemented on a 3.5 acre urban farm growing mixed vegetables, and it will emphasize practices that enhance the microbial life in the soil....

Developing a Climate Action Plan for Your Community: Lessons from the Florida Keys [View Now]

Jun 8, 2017 3:00 pm
A collaboration between the Climate Learning Network and the ANREP Climate Science Initiative, this webinar will focus on methods to address climate issues and tools that agents can use to provide leadership in climate change planning. Alicia Betancourt will share the program strategies and barriers she learned over 10 years in her effort to increa...

Drought and Rangelands [View Now]

Jun 7, 2017 2:00 pm
Drought can affect the productivity and long-term species composition of rangelands in the western United States, as well as habitat quality for wildlife and forage for livestock. Drought is a periodic and sometimes chronic stressor in arid and semi-arid landscapes, creating challenges for public land managers to ensure that rangelands contain func...

COR Webinar Series, Part 4 - Administration of a Construction Contract - Differing Site Conditions, Contract Modifications and Progress Payments [View Now]

Jun 7, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn how to address contract changes in a federal contract through contract modifications, and they will also learn how the government makes payments to the contractor and the requirements for both parties. Please see Errata Note attachment for updates....

Results of a National Transition to Organic Survey [View Now]

Jun 6, 2017 3:00 pm
Join this webinar to learn about the motivations, needs, and challenges of the transition to organic....

Using Fire and Grazing to Maintain Productive and Ecologically Resilient Grasslands [View Now]

Jun 1, 2017 2:00 pm
Participants will learn about the effects of grazing and fire on grassland wildlife and opportunities to manage grazing lands to accomplish production and wildlife goals....