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Conservation Planning Boot CampOverview? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?This course teaches new field employees how to guide decision makers through a comprehensive conservation planning process that complies with national policy. The course uses classroom and field experience to demonstrate to participants how the Agency and its conservation partners work together to conserve, maintain, and improve natural resources while meeting our customers’ needs. It provides participants with instructions in basic conservation planning, as well as, focuses on the diversity of the conservation environment in which the Agency employees work to ensure conservation on private lands.Course Objective ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??At the end of the training, a participant will be able to guide decision makers through the NRCS conservation planning process while complying with national policy.Course StructureInteraction of NRCS employees with decision makers.NRCS nine step planning process.Working farm with diverse land use, resource issues and decision maker present.Concepts, processes, and tools that apply nationally.Hands on pliance with national policy.Framework of Training and Major ActivitiesNRCS Nine Step Conservation Planning ProcessPhase I - Planning Process (Collection and Analysis) Gathering data before and during site visit.Interviewing Decision Maker to determine their objectives.Determining resource issues for different land uses.Using tools to analyze and understand resource issues and concerns.Phase II - Planning Process (Decision Support) Formulating alternative treatments.Analyzing alternatives against Quality Criteria & Decision Maker objectives.Presenting Conservation System alternatives and impacts to Decision Maker.Presenting complete conservation plan to Decision Maker.Phase III - Planning Process (Application and Evaluation) Application of decisions.Evaluating practices and system against desired results.Benefits of conservation follow-up.Examples of Coursework and ToolsInterpreting maps digitally and hardcopy. Selling concepts such as soil quality, soil erosion, & economics to decision makers. Using tools including: cpa-6 notes, GPS, ESIS, grazing lands sampling methods, clinometers, CPPE,?NPPH, eFOTG, soil quality test kits, customer service toolkit, WIN PST, RUSLE2. national range and pasture inventory tools, forestry tools, wildlife habitat appraisal guides, wind erosion equation, and engineering survey tools such as autolevels, tripods, and rods.Prerequisites (Available through AgLearn?)Cultural Resources Training Series, Part 1 (NRCS-NEDC-000141)Environmental Compliance for Conservation Assistance (NRCS-NEDC-000190)Introduction to NRCS (NRCS-NEDC-000008)Introduction to Field Office Technical Guide, (FOTG) (NRCS-NEDC--000149)Introduction to Conservation Forestry Planning (NRCS-NEDC-000195)Air Quality, Climate Change and Energy (NRCS-NEDC-000253)Conservation Planning, Part 1 (NRCS-NEDC-000019)DurationThree (3) weeks?Target Audience??The Conservation Boot Camp program is designed for new employees in the following series:0400 Series – Biological Sciences0800 Series – Engineering and Architecture0110 Series – Economists1300 Series – Physical Sciences ................
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