Curated and created to support your success as a watershed leader
Use the filters below to discover resources designed to help watershed leaders achieve their goals.
Reaching Women in Agriculture: A Guide for Virtual Engagement
This guide brings together information, tips, and tools to deliver effective, engaging online (and hybrid) education for farm and ranch women on topics related to farm viability, resilience, and conservation.
Source: American Farmland Trust and University of Vermont Extension
Producer-Led Group Roadmap: Finding Success in Farmer-Led Watershed Organizations
Interested in starting a producer-led watershed group? Follow this roadmap for setting a new group up for success.
Source: Farmers for Sustainable Food, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and The Nature Conservancy
Questions and Answers about Saturated Buffers for the Midwest
This publication provides information from researchers across the Midwest who are addressing the benefits, costs and other issues related to saturated buffers through the “Transforming Drainage” project.
Source: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Whole Farm Conservation Best Practices Manual
This publication provides best management recommendations for farmers and landowners getting started with conservation and water quality practices by helping select and incorporate in-field and edge-of-field conservation practices most appropriate to the decision maker’s land and preferences.
Source: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
One Good Idea
An online clearinghouse of videos and podcasts featuring farmers and their experiences with soil and water conservation practices. The goal is to facilitate farmer-to-farmer learning about these practices and support farmer engagement programming.
Source: SERA-46
Training Needs for Farmer Leaders
A needs assessment of training and programs to cultivate leadership among farmers and farm advisors in promoting and implementing practices that reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loading to waterways in the Basin.
Source: SERA-46
Tap Your Potential: A Training to Grow Farmer Leadership in Watershed Management
Curriculum designed for use by outreach professionals and educators.
Source: SERA-46
Kentucky Watershed Academy training modules
These modules provide a strong foundation for watershed coordinators and other water quality professionals in Kentucky to better understand and navigate the wide range of challenges and opportunities they will inevitably confront in their daily efforts to improve water quality.
Source: Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute
UK Watershed Protection and Restoration
A collection of videos about watershed protection and restoration in Kentucky.
Source: University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Backyard Streams
A website designed to help urban homeowners with backyard streams appreciate the resource, protect personal property, and improve water quality and habitat.
Source: University of Kentucky