Newsletter Volume 9 - March 2020
TSP Program Adapting for the Future Needs of Clients
by Acting National TSP Program Manager Stacy Koch
NRCS has two new information technology resources on the horizon for assisting with conservation planning and management of the TSP Program. Conservation Desktop and TSP Registry will be available to TSPs in 2020 and 2021. ...read more
by Acting National TSP Program Manager Stacy Koch
NRCS has two new information technology resources on the horizon for assisting with conservation planning and management of the TSP Program. Conservation Desktop and TSP Registry will be available to TSPs in 2020 and 2021. ...read more
TSPN Sponsors TSP Training Conference in Tennessee
by TSPN Executive Director Joe Lally
In 2019, TSPN set an organizational goal to develop a model for TSP training with an emphasis on conservation planning and TSP certification/recertification. We met that goal on November 12th-15th, 2019, thanks to an amazing partnership with Tennessee NRCS, who awarded TSPN with a significant financial agreement to sponsor a four-day training conference, which included a special TSP Coordinator workshop and a new TSP training certification session. ...read more
by TSPN Executive Director Joe Lally
In 2019, TSPN set an organizational goal to develop a model for TSP training with an emphasis on conservation planning and TSP certification/recertification. We met that goal on November 12th-15th, 2019, thanks to an amazing partnership with Tennessee NRCS, who awarded TSPN with a significant financial agreement to sponsor a four-day training conference, which included a special TSP Coordinator workshop and a new TSP training certification session. ...read more
At-Large Board Member Update
by TSPN At-Large Board Member Doug Williams
Greetings from California. A significant event that I just attended was The World Ag Expo® on February 11-13, 2020 in Tulare, California. An estimated annual average of 100,000 individuals from 70 countries attend the expo each year. As the largest annual agricultural show of its kind, it hosts 1,400 exhibitors displaying cutting-edge agricultural technology and equipment on 2.6 million square feet of show grounds. ...read more
by TSPN At-Large Board Member Doug Williams
Greetings from California. A significant event that I just attended was The World Ag Expo® on February 11-13, 2020 in Tulare, California. An estimated annual average of 100,000 individuals from 70 countries attend the expo each year. As the largest annual agricultural show of its kind, it hosts 1,400 exhibitors displaying cutting-edge agricultural technology and equipment on 2.6 million square feet of show grounds. ...read more
Voluntary Nutrient Management Plans, (VNMPs)
by TSPN Past President Dennis J. Godar
There is an innovative water quality effort launched in 2019 in NW Ohio targeting the Maumee River watershed that drains to Lake Erie. This watershed has 60,000 miles of streams and encompasses 5024 square miles in 18 counties and is the largest watershed of any of the rivers draining to the Great Lakes, providing 5% of Lake Erie’s water. ...read more
by TSPN Past President Dennis J. Godar
There is an innovative water quality effort launched in 2019 in NW Ohio targeting the Maumee River watershed that drains to Lake Erie. This watershed has 60,000 miles of streams and encompasses 5024 square miles in 18 counties and is the largest watershed of any of the rivers draining to the Great Lakes, providing 5% of Lake Erie’s water. ...read more
Save the Date!
2020 Annual Meeting
September 11, 2020
2020 Annual Meeting
September 11, 2020