A compilation of recorded webinars and other resources provided as part of the Soil Health and Sustainability for Field Staff training in 2019.

A review of tools for estimating erosion, primary and secondary tillage equipment, and the effects of the equipment on erosion calculations, SCI and STIR.

The Haney test tries to assess biological activity in your soil. The results include many different metrics representing microbial activity and food sources. Dr. Anna Cates, state soil health specialist, guides you through how the various measurements are done and how to interpret your results.  Liz Stahl, Extension Educator in Crops,  discusses U of MN research comparing results of the Haney Test to standard soil testing procedures, and the implications if one were to use the Haney test in determining fertilizer needs.

This is the final session of an eight-session webinar series.  This session will focus on how agencies and NGOs can benefit from, and contribute to, the ecological site description process through standardized methods and procedures, as defined in the Interagency Ecological Site Handbook for Rangelands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service (FS), and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will utilize this handbook to define, delineate, and describe terrestrial ecological sites on rangelands.

This is the seventh session of an eight-session webinar series.   This session will focus on how agencies and NGOs can benefit from, and contribute to, the ecological site description process through standardized methods and procedures, as defined in the Interagency Ecological Site Handbook for Rangelands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service (FS), and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will utilize this handbook to define, delineate, and describe terrestrial ecological sites on rangelands.

This is the sixth session of an eight-session webinar series.  This session will focus on how ecological site descriptions are being utilized to make management decisions. Presentations from various consultants will describe their experiences in utilizing ecological site descriptions as a standard reference for land management, monitoring, and assessment.

This is the fifth session of an eight-session webinar series.  This session will focus on how ecological site descriptions are being utilized in making management decisions. Presentations from various consultants will describe their experiences in utilizing ecological site descriptions as a standard reference for land management, monitoring, and assessment.

This is the fourth session of an eight-session webinar series.  Session four focuses on presentations that demonstrate how to mine and analyze existing data from research, academia and agency sources. The presentations focus on current examples of data mining, analyzing and interpretation to facilitate site concept confirmation and to facilitate the understanding of state and community phases change.

This is the third session of an eight-session webinar series.  Session three focuses on presentations that demonstrate how to mine and analyze existing data from research, academia and agency sources.  The presentations focus on current examples of data mining, analyzing and interpretation to facilitate site concept confirmation and to facilitate the understanding of state and community phases change.

This is the second session of an eight-session webinar series.  Session 2 provides a thorough review of the basic concepts of ecological sites, ecological resilience concepts in state-and-transition modeling, and how these concepts facilitate the understanding of disturbance and management.  The relationship of ecological sites to soils maps and how information on ecological site descriptions can be accessed will be discussed.