Upcoming Trainings
Seven statewide trainings on Invasive Plant ID
Links to register for each location listed below. Space is limited to maximize training experience.
May 31 – Knox County – meet at SWCD office.
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_Knox0531
June 2 Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge (Jennings Co)
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_Musca0602
June 3 Brown County SWCD office
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_Brown0603
June 21 – Rogers-Lakewood Park (Porter Co)
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_RLPark0621
June 22 – Shades State Park (Montgomery Co)
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_Shades0622
June 23 – Salomon Farm Park (Allen Co)
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_Salomon0623
June 24 – Cope Environmental Center (Wayne Co)
Register here: https://bit.ly/ICP-PlantID_Cope0624
One of the Partnership’s strengths is in providing comprehensive and consistently high-quality training opportunities to agency staff members.
Recordings of Recent ICP Trainings:
Wetland Restoration Planning and Design, Part 1 (of 2), Feb. 11, 2021
Wetland Restoration Planning and Design, Part 2 (of 2), Feb. 18, 2021
Identification of Trees in Indiana, March 2, 2021*
Identification of Shrubs in Indiana, March 4, 2021
Backyard Habitat Planning and Technical Assistance, March 5, 2021
(Link to Chat from Backyard presentation; many resources mentioned)
*Note: Purdue Extension Forestry and Natural Resources has a YouTube channel Playlist of over 50 two-minute “ID that Tree” videos.
Resources:
Statewide Conservation Events Calendar
Technical Training and Certification Program
ICP partner webinar sites include:
- Indiana Watershed Leadership Academy webinar series
- NRCS YouTube channel – Conservation At Work video series – for learning the benefits of conservation practices directly from the farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners applying them.
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Lake Michigan Basin Webinar Series (October 2020 – February 2021). In order to coincide with the development of the 2020-2024 Lake Michigan Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP), IDEM and partner organizations have provided this series of webinars targeted at the broad range of organizations working on watershed protection and restoration efforts within the Lake Michigan basin.