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            The planning process begins with a certified conservation planner visit with the farmer to discuss goals, operations, and issues related to production or natural resources. The planner will work with the landowner or operator to plan for real-life, practical solutions to help preserve the soil resource, protect water quality, and maintain farm viability. A complete resource inventory and evaluation is part of the planning process. Based on those results, conservation practices may be recommended to improve the productivity and long-term sustainability of the land.

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      • Why Is It Important?
          • Why Is It Important

            High quality conservation planning provides the foundation for land stewardship that can transform our future by giving landowners and operators step-by-step recommendations that will improve soil health, reduce energy and input costs, manage nutrients, weeds and pests more efficiently and effectively, improve grazing land and wildlife habitat, and more!

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      • Who Needs A Plan?
          • Who Needs A Plan?

            Every landowner, operator, or producer responsible for managing privately-owned lands, and who is interested in natural resource stewardship, should have a conservation plan for each property he/she manages.

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      • Benefits of Having a Conservation Plan
          • Benefits of Having a Conservation Plan
            • Increasing the overall effectiveness of recommended systems or individual conservation practices
            • Setting up an implementation schedule that fits the cooperator’s timetable and resources;
            • Improving the cooperator’s bottom line
            • Complying with environmental regulations
            • Improving water, soil, and air quality
            • Creating or improving wildlife habitat
            • Adapting to the cooperator’s changing needs or goals
            • Marketing advantages through demonstrated sustainability
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      • Conservation Planning Training Pilot
          • Conservation Planning Training Pilot

            NCPP is piloting a streamlined training approach to make certification more achievable. This series combines required courses into a coordinated hybrid experience. This approach offers step-by-step support, a clear path for continued conservation work, and opportunities for partner feedback to strengthen a nationwide model for conservation planning and certification.

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          • Why Get Certified?

            The conservation planner certification process provides a consistent structure for supporting the technical competence of employees to perform conservation planning. Planner certification helps to ensure quality conservation treatment to address resource concerns, land-user objectives, and the wise use of technical and financial resources

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          • Get Certified

            To make sure planners have a base knowledge of the conservation planning process and ecological principals, planners need to complete the apprentice planner designation curriculum before conducting planning on their own. Apprentice conservation planners can…

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          • AgLearn

            AgLearn is the Department of Agriculture’s Learning Content Management System (LCMS), which means AgLearn is an online portal to provide and schedule valuable training and development opportunities.

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