# Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series

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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. 

## Subscribe for Conservation Outcomes Webinar Updates

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.

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## Upcoming Conservation Outcomes Webinars

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

Join April 25 Webinar

##   May 2: Mapping Riverscapes to Support Productive and Resilient Working Lands

Healthy riverscapes, with connected floodplains and rich riparian wetlands, are critical pieces of natural infrastructure that reduce the risk of floods, drought, and wildfire, and increase the resiliency of water resources, working lands, and rural economies. Managing rivers and streams as systems that include riparian wetlands helps maximize these benefits.

On**May 2 at 2:00 p.m**. eastern, Dr. Joseph Wheaton with Utah State University’s Department of Watershed Sciences and Jeremy Maestas, a Sagebrush Ecosystems Specialist with the NRCS Western National Technical Support Center, will share new findings on effectively targeting wetland restorations in the riverscapes of the intermountain West during our free, one-hour Conservation Outcomes Webinar. 

This webinar will provide key takeaways from a study, co-developed by Utah State University and USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project, on leveraging the Valley Bottom Extraction Tool (VBET) to identify current wetland and riverscape health in key Western U.S. watersheds, create tools to inform conservation, and document outcomes of restoration efforts. Findings may be used to support conservation planning and assessment, and on-the-ground management decisions, in riverscapes across the region. 

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

You may also join via audio only:

Phone Number: 202-650-0123Phone Conference ID: 708 334 664# 

Join May 2 Webinar

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## 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:  Mapping Riverscapes to Support Productive and Resilient Working Lands
              - June 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET:  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.

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## 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

              - 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

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