Connection Events
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Dig into Soil Health
Ready to Dig into Soil Health?
Date: Wednesday, June 11
Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: Ravensholme Farm Preserve
W270S5745 River Road, Waukesha, WI 53189
Learning about soil health doesn’t have to feel muddy.
Gather for an informative day of soil health instruction and demonstrations at Ravensholme Farm Preserve. Join Tall Pines Conservancy, American Farmland Trust, and members of The Wisconsin Farmland Protection Partnership for a Dig into Soil Health Field Day on Wednesday, June 11th from 9 a.m. -12 p.m.
Learn about soil health practices and agroforestry implementation at Tall Pines Conservancy’s Ravensholme Farm Preserve. Topics will cover conservation partnerships, soil health principles, measuring indicators of soil health, financial resources for implementation, and much more!
Please dress for the weather and walking on a working farm. We welcome all conservation professionals, land trust and agency staff, soil health practitioners, novices, and anyone in between.
Sign up today to reserve your lunch: https://forms.office.com/r/yN13S0dgnt
Lunch & Learn: Skills for Building Farmer Networks for Conservation
Join us on Thursday, June 26th at 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET for a free, virtual Lunch & Learn to learn about how you can use this curriculum to empower farmers in your watershed or community to engage their peers about conservation, whether or not building a formal farmer network is your goal. The curriculum focuses on key skills identified through research that can help farmers feel more confident in supporting other farmers’ decisions to try conservation practices.
This event is organized through The Confluence for Watershed Leaders.
WHEN: Thursday, June 26th, 2025
TIME: 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET.
PLACE: Zoom.
*While the target audience for the curriculum is farmers, this Lunch & Learn is for conservation and agricultural professionals who would use the curriculum to deliver a training to farmers.
Iowa DNR Mussel Blitz
Iowa DNR Mussel Blitz
August 18-22, 2025
Cedar River in Iowa
The annual Iowa Mussel Blitz focuses on the upper Cedar River to inventory and map the distribution of Iowa's mussels. Join biologists led by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, volunteers, and many partners to learn more about freshwater mussels habitats and the impact of dams on their population.
To see what Mussel Blitz is like be sure check out the video from 2023!
MN DNR River Health & Restoration Workshop
This workshop teaches the fundamentals of stream function and health by first explaining
the various ways streams are affected by dams. Then we will discuss the different perspectives,
processes, and challenges involved in dam removal or modification projects from
beginning conversations, to permitting, to design and construction.
September 23-25, Fergus Falls, MN
MASWCD Annual Convention
MASWCD Annual Convention
December 1-3, 2025
Bloomington, MN
The Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD) invites
you to its Annual Convention where more than 700 SWCD supervisors and
employees, farmers, sportsmen, agency leaders and conservation experts attend. At
the MASWCD convention you will gain access to key decision-makers, establish and
build partnerships, gain credibility, attract top talent and most importantly, support
efforts in conservation.