2009 Annual Training Conference Proceedings

The 2009 Annual Training Conference was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the week of August 3-7, 2009. The conference included, among many events, a series of technical workshops, career and leadership development presentations, updates from the National NRCS Leadership, and three conservation tours. Click this link to view photos of different events during the conference.

NOPHNRCSE thanks the State Conservationists and staffs from the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York for all their support in making this a successful conference.

Below are some of the presentations given at the conference we consider helpful for the entire membership, especially those who were not able to attend.

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Accelerating Impacts of the Changing Climate on Our Natural Landscapes (PDF; 8.6 MB)
Census Results: Hispanic Farmers (PDF; 672 KB)
Climate Change and NRCS (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Conservation Delivery Streamlining Initiative (PDF; 309 KB)
Conservation Program Contracting Policy (PDF; 68 KB)
Conservation Stewardship Program Update (PDF; 363 KB)
Financial Management Update (PDF; 55 KB)
Hispanics in NRCS (PDF; 1 MB)
Human Capital Update (PDF; 425 KB)
Integrated Data for Enterprise Analysis (IDEA) (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Intelligent Leadership (PDF; 344 KB)
Managing and Leading: A Strengths-Based Application (PDF; 375 KB)
NRCS Management Update (PDF; 248 KB)
NRCS Mentoring Framework (PDF; 47 KB)
NRCS Recruitment Strategy (PDF; 709 KB)
NOPHNRCSE Career Development Survey Results (PDF; 224 KB)
USDA Hispanic Employment Plan (PDF; 311 KB)

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