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.
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2025 Webinar Calendar
Below is a list of the webinar topics we plan to cover in 2025. Final dates and times will be posted as they're available.
- POSTPONED: Estimating Phosphorus Retention in Restored Riparian Wetlands within Vermont’s Agricultural Landscape
- March (TBD): Managing Conservation Tradeoffs to Support Outcomes for Water Quality
- April (TBD): Demonstration of New Conservation Practice Adoption and Environmental Outcomes Estimation Tools for Cropland
- April 24 at 1:00 p.m. ET: Leveraging Large Grazing Land Datasets and Models to Support Conservation Planning through the Landscape Data Commons
- June 26 at 2:00 p.m. ET: USDA Conservation Practice Outcomes for Grassland Birds in the Great Plains
- August (TBD): Nutrient Reduction Potential of Wetlands in North Central US Croplands
- October (TBD): Modeling Water Quality and In-stream Biological Endpoints of Agricultural Conservation in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
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
- October 24, 2024 - Lessons Learned for Water Quality Outcomes: Conservation Planning and Implementation for Healthy Watersheds: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, Additional Resources One-Pager
- August 22, 2024 – Yesterday's Phosphorus, Today's Water Quality: Conservation Insights from the USDA Legacy Phosphorus Assessment: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, Additional Resources One-Pager, Answers to Questions in Webinar Chat
- June 20, 2024 – USDA Conservation Efforts Support Pollinators, Agricultural Production Nationwide: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, Additional Resources One-Pager, and Associated Virginia Tech Report
- May 2, 2024 – Mapping Riverscapes to Support Productive and Resilient Working Lands: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Additional Resources One-Pager, Presentation Slides
- April 25, 2024 – Emerging Findings on the Effects of Cover Crops on Grassland Birds: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, Additional Resources One-Pager, and Associated Conservation Insight
- February 21, 2024 – Accounting for the Value of Ecosystem Services of Western Range Conservation Practices: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides and Additional Resources One-Pager
2023 Webinars
- November 16, 2023 – Outcomes of Spatial Targeting in Sagebrush Country via the Sage Grouse Initiative: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, and Additional Resources One-Pager
- August 24, 2023 – Informing Turtle Conservation in the Northeast by Thinking Bigger in Space and Time: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, and Additional Resources One-Pager
- July 20, 2023 – Research on the Use of Precision Ag Technologies for Cropland Phosphorus Management: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, and Additional Resources One-Pager
- May 11, 2023 – Forest Management and Water Yield: Tool Development and Synthesis of Outcomes for Embedded Wetlands: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, and Additional Resources One-Pager
- February 23, 2023 – Sustaining Southeastern Forests: The Economic and Water Use Impacts of Privately-Owned Pine Woodlands and Restored Longleaf Pine Forests: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, and Additional Resources One-Pager
2022 Webinars
- December 8, 2022 – Reducing Woody Encroachment to Conserve Rangeland Production in the Great Plains: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation Slides, and Additional Resources One-Pager
- October 27, 2022 – Addressing Water Quality Outcomes Through Nutrient and Water Management: Webinar Recording (Captions Available), Presentation with Citations, and Additional Resources One-Pager
- August 25, 2022 – Impact of Cover Crops on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dynamics: Webinar Recording, Presentation Slides, and Transcript
- June 23, 2022 – Science Informs Managing Working Lands for Lesser Prairie-Chickens: Webinar Recording, Presentation Slides, and Transcript
- April 28, 2022 – Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland: A Comparison of CEAP I and CEAP II Survey Data and Modeling: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- February 24, 2022 – What New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mice Tell Us About Functional Riparian Ecosystems: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
2021 Webinars
- November 18, 2021 – A Decade of Science Support in the Sagebrush Biome: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- September 23, 2021 – CEAP Science Informs Shrubland Bird Conservation in Eastern Forests: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- July 22, 2021 – Pollinator Response to NRCS Pollinator Practices: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- May 27, 2021 – When it Rains, it Pours: Conservation Considerations: Presentation Slides
- April 29, 2021 – NRCS Conservation Practices Delivering Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Carbon Sequestration Benefits
- February 25, 2021 – Rangeland Analysis Platform: Integrating Production and Economics into Area-Wide Planning: Webinar Recording
- January 28, 2021 – Development of the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework and Use by NRCS for Watershed Planning: Webinar Recording
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
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Laura Crowell
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Natural Resources Communication Specialist
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