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Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series

The Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series provides key findings, data, and tools to support producers and partners in pursuing voluntary conservation efforts across the nation's working lands. 

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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) hosts one-hour virtual webinars featuring scientists and other subject matter experts speaking on a diversity of topics related to voluntary conservation efforts on working lands.

You may subscribe to receive emails with information on upcoming webinars. Enter your email address here, then select the "Conservation Outcomes" topic under Conservation.


Upcoming Conservation Outcomes Webinar

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April 25: Emerging Findings on the Effects of Cover Crops on Grassland Birds

As the use of cover crops to improve soil health and reduce water quality concerns on working cropland has increased in recent years, questions have emerged regarding the value of cover crops to wildlife. For example, do cover crops provide needed habitat for grassland birds, a group that has experienced widespread population decline in recent decades? What is the value of cover crop fields to grassland birds during the winter, spring migration, and breeding periods compared to cropland fields without cover crops or areas of perennial cover?

On April 25 at 2:00 p.m. eastern, Dr. Adam Janke of Iowa State University and Dr. David Buehler of the University of Tennessee will provide answers to these questions and more during our free, one-hour Conservation Outcomes Webinar. This webinar will share findings from recent studies examining bird use of cover crops in Iowa and Tennessee conducted in partnership with USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project. Findings may be used to support on-the-ground cropland management decisions informed by a better understanding of the potential role of cover crops in grassland bird conservation efforts.

No registration is required. You may access the webinar via Microsoft Teams shortly before 2:00 p.m. eastern on April 25 by clicking "Join April 25 Webinar" below. Users on smartphones may need to download Microsoft Teams in advance.

You may also join via audio only:

Phone Number: 202-650-0123
Phone Conference ID: 554 587 395#
 


2024 Webinar Calendar

Below are the tentative webinars planned through fall 2024. Please note, webinars without dates may be updated. Specific dates and times for each webinar will be added as available.

  • April 25, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET: Emerging Findings on the Effects of Cover Crops on Grassland Birds
  • May 2, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET: Targeting Riparian Restorations in the Intermountain West
  • June 2024, Date and Time to be Announced: USDA Pollinator Practices Support Pollination Services in the United States
  • August 2024, Date and Time to be Announced: Legacy Sources of Phosphorus – Significance, Conservation Outcome Implications, and Strategies
  • October 2024, Date and Time to be Announced: Lessons Learned – Watershed Planning for Improved Conservation Outcomes

Please reference this webpage frequently for new webinar information, including additional details for the above events and access to new webinars added throughout the calendar year.


Past Webinars with Resources

Recordings of all past webinars and associated resources are available below. Past webinars are also available by conservation area of focus on the Conservation Effects Assessment Project Publications webpage.

2024 Webinars

2023 Webinars

2022 Webinars

2021 Webinars

2020 Webinars

  • November 12, 2020 – Linking Ecosystem Service Values to Rangeland Practices in the Central Great Plains: Webinar Recording
  • October 22, 2020 – Quantifying Conservation Effects on Multiple Wetland Ecosystem Services: Understanding Tradeoffs is the Name of the Game: Webinar Recording
  • September 24, 2020 – The 2017 National Resources Inventory 5-year Release, 35 Years of National Resources Monitoring: Webinar Recording
  • August 27, 2020 – Conservation Outcomes of NRCS’s Working Lands for Wildlife in Eastern Forests: Webinar Recording
  • July 23, 2020 – Quantifying Restoration Outcomes in Frequent-Fire Forests: Webinar Recording
  • June 25, 2020 – Tillage Management and Structural Conservation Practices: CEAP II Report on Changes in Adoption Rates: Webinar Recording
  • May 28, 2020 – Measuring and Understanding the Effects of Conservation within Watersheds: Webinar Recording
  • April 23, 2020 – Conservation Outcomes on America’s Western Grazing Lands with NRCS’s Working Lands for Wildlife: Webinar Recording

Contacts

Name Position Phone Number Email
Elizabeth Creech
Natural Resources Communication Specialist
Laura Crowell
Natural Resources Communication Specialist