Special Announcements

• FY25 CTD Training Scholarship Requests - CTD is able to offer a limited number of reimbursement-based training scholarships to help support training and professional development for district staff.  Find more information and the scholarship request form HERE.
  
  

• Webinar: The STAR Tool: Simplify and Streamline Conservation Assistance and Financial Incentives 

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 @ 1pm - 2pm, via Zoom.  Find more information and registration info HERE.

• Webinar: Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Washington
  Thursday, October 24, 2024  @ 9am - 10am, via Zoom.  Find more information and registration info HERE.

• Conservation Planning, Part 2 Training Opportunity -- Ponderay, ID,  September 23 - 26, 2024
  View the flyer and registration, including additional dates/locations, HERE. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering the Conservation Planning Part 2 training in partnership with the National Conservation Planning Partnership (NCPP). This training is being offered to conservation partners who need this course for either TSP or Conservation Planner certification.

• The FY25 Training Needs Inventory (TNI) is here!  Please let us know your training needs for the coming fiscal year.   All NRCS course requests MUST be requested through the TNI. 

Recently Posted Webinars:

• Cultural Resources for District Staff Training - Held September 5, 2024 via Zoom. Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.

• WDFW's High Resolution Change Detection Training Series - Virtual and In-person options.   Part 1 - What is HRCD?   |  Part 2 -  How to Use HRCD Data  

Held in May and June 2024. Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.

• Coordinated Resource Management 101 Webinar - Held on May 22, 2024 via Zoom.   Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library on the Leadership & Management tab HERE.

• Renewable Energy Webinar - Slash Energy Bills & Boost Profits: A Guide to the USDA REAP Program. Held on May 14, 2024 via Zoom.  Find the recording and presentation materials in the Clean Energy & Carbon Planning tab HERE. 

• Carbon Plan Template Seminar -  Held on April 11, 2024  via Zoom.  Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.

• Irrigation Water Management and Planning - Held on March 5, 2024 via Zoom.  Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library on the Irrigation Water Management tab HERE.

• Assessing Wetland Functions and Values with Applications to the Voluntary Stewardship Program - Held on November 14th, 2023 via Zoom. Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.

• Soil Carbon Science 101 - Held on October 6th, 2023 via Zoom.  Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library, on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.

• Rain Gardens -  updated strategies on installing them and examples in the Puget Sound region - Held on September 27, 2023 via Zoom.  Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library, on the Stormwater tab HERE. 

• Helping Agricultural Landowners Make Decisions about Solar with American Farmland Trust - Held on June 6, 2023 via Zoom.  Find the webinar recording and presentation materials in the Training Library, on the Conservation Planning tab HERE.

• Understanding Soil Tests - held March 14, 2023 via Zoom.  Watch it on-demand and find presentation materials HERE.

• COMET Farm Training - COMET-Farm General Introduction and Cropland Demo was held April 18, 2023 via Zoom.  You can watch the recording  and find presentation materials  HERE.

• District Contracting & Procurement Training with MRSC was held in-person on April 27-28 2023 in Wenatchee, WA.  Find the presentation materials and recorded presentation HERE.

• Info Session for Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) & Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Held on May 30, 2023 via Zoom. Find the recording and presentation materials HERE.