Graziers interested in accessing resources to enhance conservation activities on their farms are being invited to take part in an informational webinar on March 10. The free online program will focus on funding opportunities through the Conservation Stewardship Program with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The webinar will be hosted by Conservation Connections, a program led by Renewing the Countryside to build connections between farmers and NRCS resource support. In partnership with Glacierland RC&D and the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship, attendees will receive an overview of CSP and how that can fit into one's grazing and land conservation plan.
"The next application deadline for the CSP program in Wisconsin is March 26, 2021 and this webinar aims to give you a program overview and answer questions so you can see if it's a fit for you and apply in time," Kirsten Jurcek, a Resource Conservationist with Glacierland RC&D and also a Conservation Connector for this Renewing the Countryside project. "As a farmer myself who has enhanced the stewardship of my land through the NRCS CSP program."
In addition to Jurcek, speakers include Meridith Williams, Wisconsin NRCS CSP Coordinator; Adam Abel, Wisconsin NRCS Acting Grazing Specialist and Altfrid Krusenbaum, Grazing Specialist with the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship. Conservation enhancements applicable to grazing farms will be discussed along with other Wisconsin farmers sharing their NRCS program experience.
Categories: Wisconsin, Livestock, Sustainable Agriculture