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East National Technology Support Center
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  • Science and Technology Webinars - Click a title to Join Us!
  • The ENTSC offers training webinars on a variety of technical topics the last Wednesday of the month from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern. We also offer webinars on special topics, such as organic and sustainable agriculture, grazing land management, adaptive nutrient management, feed management, and wildlife. The ENTSC partners with the Central and West National Technology Support Centers to offer other national webinars. Click a webinar title for information to participate.
  • 2013 ENTSC Webinar Schedule
  • View our schedule of more than 30 conservation, organic and sustainable agriculture, and wildlife topics. This schedule is subject to change.

  • Planning and Design of Livestock Watering Systems
  • Bill Reck
    Environmental Engineer
    USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center

    Kevin Ogles
    Grazing Lands Specialist
    USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center

    June 26, 2013
    2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern

    This webinar will cover the basics of planning and designing a livestock watering system. The presenters will cover water sources, power and pump types, and the basic livestock watering system components. They will briefly discuss tank size and animal behavior.

    Continuing Education Credits shown at ConservationWebinars.net.

  • Farming for Beneficial Insects
  • Nancy Lee Adamson, Ph.D.
    Pollinator Conservation Specialist
    The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center

    July 11, 2013
    2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern

    Pollinators and other beneficial insects help ensure healthy crop harvests. Participate in this webinar to learn how to support pollinators and natural enemies of crop pests (predators and parasitoids) by providing diverse habitat and protection from pesticides. This webinar highlights research showing how diverse habitat adjacent to cropland supports improved pollination and reduces pest pressure. Learn how to support beneficial insects (pollinators and natural enemies of crop pests) on farms.

    Continuing Education Credits shown at ConservationWebinars.net.

  • Environmental Evaluation Series - Planning for Floodplain and Riparian Area Special Environmental Concerns
  • Craig Goodwin
    National Aquatic Ecologist
    USDA NRCS Ecological Sciences Division

    Richard Weber
    Wetland Hydraulic Engineer, National Wetland Team
    USDA NRCS Central National Technology Support Center

    July 17, 2013
    2:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM Pacific
    90 Minutes

    As the third in the series on environmental evaluations, this webinar will assist USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service conservation planners, partners, and technical service providers to understand the ecological importance of floodplains and riparian areas and how to properly analyze and document existing conditions and the effects of planned conservation actions. Primary topics include: legal foundations, information/data sources, tools, mitigation measures, and documentation requirements including examples.

    Continuing Education Credits shown at ConservationWebinars.net.


  • ENTSC Quarterly Newsletter
  • The ENTSC Newsletter is distributed on a quarterly basis. Each edition contains director's comments, technology development and transfer articles relevant to field staff, assistance highlights, and employee news.
  • FY2013 - 2nd Quarter
  • This edition features articles on soil health training to promote biodiversity, Plant Materials and cover crops research, micro-irrigation for small-scale farms, updating the process for generating CNMPs, and the why and how of pasture NRI in 2013.

  • FY2013 - 1st Quarter
  • This edition features articles on stabilization of Tennessee's Cane Creek, the Science and Technology Training Library at ConservationWebinars.net, Deepwater Horizon oil spill and NRCS, and pollinator conservation short courses.

  • FY2012 - 4th Quarter
  • This edition features articles on Under Cover Farmer and Winter Grazing videos, sustainable soil health training, FY2012 webinar recap, and CY2013 webinar survey.

  • FY2012 - 3rd Quarter
  • This edition features articles on CDSI Readiness, Webinar Captioning and our ENTSC Join Us! Webinar Schedule, Soil Health Management Systems, Soil Loss Equations, and current activities related to the 1985 Food Security Act.

  • FY2012 - 2nd Quarter
  • This edition features articles on 'Abraham Lincoln' Heirloom Tomatoes, Soil Health at the PMCs, Solar-powered Fencing, Adaptive Nutrient Management, Small-scale Micro-irrigation, and our ENTSC Join Us! Webinar schedule.

  • FY2012 - 1st Quarter
  • This edition features articles on Healthy Soil for Life!, Regionalization of Conservation Practice Standards, CDSI Readiness Roll-out, East Region ESDs, and our ENTSC Join Us! Webinar schedule.

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