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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June 20 Conservation Outcomes Webinar
USDA Conservation Efforts Support Pollinators, Agricultural Production Nationwide
Scientists estimate that one out of every three bites of food we eat exists because of animal pollinators. Supporting pollinators is critical to our food security and a key USDA conservation focus in collaboration with farmers, ranchers, and other land managers nationwide.
On June 20 at 2:00 p.m. eastern, Dr. Elissa Olimpi will share findings on the value of pollinator practices applied through voluntary conservation programs including the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program and the Farm Service Agency’s Conservation Reserve Program. This free, one-hour Conservation Outcomes Webinar will answer a suite of questions addressed in a recent study conducted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in collaboration with USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project, including on the effectiveness of these programs in supporting pollinators and strategies to increase benefits.
Findings may be used by agricultural producers, other land managers, conservationists, and researchers to prioritize conservation efforts that will deliver the greatest benefits to pollinators and production agriculture across the U.S.
This virtual webinar will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. No registration is required.
Access the webinar shortly before 2:00 p.m. eastern on June 20 by clicking "Join June 20 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: 115 459 482#
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.
- June 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET: USDA Conservation Efforts Support Pollinators, Agricultural Production Nationwide
- 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
- 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 for Resiliency in a Changing Climate: Webinar Recording and Presentation Slides
- April 29, 2021 – NRCS Conservation Practices Delivering Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Carbon Sequestration Benefits: Webinar Recording
- March 25, 2021 – Quantifying Ecosystem Functions to Facilitate Wetland Monitoring and Assessment: Webinar Recording
- 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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Elizabeth Creech-Thomas
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Laura Crowell
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