On-Demand Webinars

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

Timber Tax Update for the 2014 Tax Year [View Now]

Feb 13, 2015 12:00 pm
This webinar is a rebroadcast of a webinar held February 5, 2015. This webinar is designed to help woodland owners, foresters and their tax advisors prepare for the filing of their 2014 federal tax returns. In addition to providing useful tax tips and covering the latest changes to tax law, the webinar will also cover these important issues: t...

Application of New Tools and Technology in HEL Compliance [View Now]

Feb 11, 2015 2:00 pm
Participate to gain awareness of off-site technical tools in HEL/WC compliance. ...

Cornell Soil Health Assessment: A Diagnostic Approach for Evaluating and Managing Soil Health [View Now]

Feb 10, 2015 2:00 pm
Viewers will learn how to interpret a Cornell Soil Health Assessment, and how to use this in planning and implementing practices toward alleviating diagnosed constraints and maintaining better soil health....

Planning in the Face of Change, an Urban Forestry Webinar Series: Urban Wood Resource [View Now]

Jan 29, 2015 10:00 am
First in a series of 5 urban forestry webinars, monthly from January through May 2015, sponsored by NC Forest Service, Community and Urban Forestry Program. This webinar addresses urban wood as a community resource. To see the full schedule of webinars, please visit: www.ncsu-feop.org/UFW...

Conservation Planning for Diverse Vegetable Rotations: Tools and Issues [View Now]

Jan 28, 2015 2:00 pm
Participants will learn the various steps for completing a conservation plan on a diverse vegetable rotation....

Conservation Biological Control: Habitat Management to Control Pests [View Now]

Jan 27, 2015 2:00 pm
Learn to enhance habitat for native beneficial insects that help control crop pests. ...

Cover Crop Economics Decision Support Tool [View Now]

Jan 22, 2015 2:00 pm
Participate for a demonstration of how a conservation planner can use an Excel-based tool to answer a producer’s questions: What does cover cropping cost? What are the economic benefits? How do the costs and benefits change over time?...

Connecting Migratory Waterbirds and Working Lands in South-Central Nebraska [View Now]

Jan 21, 2015 2:00 pm
Participants will learn about the importance of central Nebraska for migratory birds, the suitability of agricultural working lands for accommodating migratory birds, and partnership efforts to create habitat to achieve bird conservation goals....

Useful to Usable: Lessons Learned about Selling Conservation [View Now]

Jan 20, 2015 2:00 pm
Participate to understand how to sell conservation in the agricultural community by systematically incorporating social science principles and methods into building and delivering decision support tools for use by farmers in areas such as adaptation to climate change and improving water quality....

The Science Behind Healthy Soil: NRCS' Soil Health Literature Review Project [View Now]

Jan 13, 2015 2:00 pm
Join the webinar for an overview of the USDA NRCS Soil Health Literature Review Project and its accompanying public Web site and USDA employee SharePoint that provide access to a searchable database of journal references related to physical and chemical soil health properties and conservation practices....

Agricultural Working Lands: Meeting the Needs of Spring-migrating Waterfowl in the Intermountain West on Working Ranches [View Now]

Dec 16, 2014 2:00 pm
Participants will learn about opportunities to manage irrigated haylands and pasturelands in the Intermountain West for wetland birds during spring migration....

Environmental Evaluation Series No. 10: Planning for Cultural Resources Special Environmental Concerns and Making the NEPA Finding [View Now]

Dec 10, 2014 2:00 pm
Participate to learn how to identify, evaluate, and document on the NRCS-CPA-52, Environmental Evaluation Worksheet, the impacts of conservation actions on Cultural Resources; and how to properly document the NEPA finding....

Mapping the future: The PINEMAP integrated southern pine modeling program [View Now]

Dec 10, 2014 10:00 am
The Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation and Adaptation Project (PINEMAP) is a USDA-funded project charged wtih creating and disseminating knowledge to help southern pine plantation owners manage forests in the future. Researchers in PINEMAP use a suite of state-of-the art, complementary models to predict the effects of future conditions...

Rapid Appraisal Research on Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention [View Now]

Dec 9, 2014 2:00 pm
African American rural land ownership has declined significantly over the past 100 years, threatening critical family and community assets. The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service, is seeking to address this problem through the Sustainable Forestry and ...

Prescribed Fire Opportunities for Forestry & Wildlife Consultants in the Southeast [View Now]

Dec 4, 2014 2:00 pm
Private consultants servicing clients in the Southeast U.S. should participate to gain insight on prescribed fire opportunities. Extension agents, NRCS employees, and others who work with private consultants should participate to learn about the types of opportunities available in order to provide private consultants with this information during te...