Name: Water and Wellness: A Panel on Sustainable Land Practices
Start: 2024-11-12T18:00:00-06:00
Location: Raising Nebraska

Water and Wellness: A Panel on Sustainable Land Practices

Please join Conservation Nebraska for an informative panel-style event on sustainable land practices, highlighting water conservation! This panel features three local experts who are eager to share their knowledge and available resources for Nebraska landowners and agriculturalists as well as the general public.
This event will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. We highly encourage in-person attendance for the best experience.
Joining in-person? Let us know you're coming: https://secure.everyaction.com/HCzoGhr9lU63Z0t26mq23g2
Joining via Zoom? Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__MyLNL26Sy60wkgtiG_WBA
Featured Speakers:
● Robert Lawson, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): Rob Lawson is the State Conservationist for Nebraska USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Rob has worked throughout the Upper Midwest with NRCS for over 21 years. He started his current position as State Conservationist in February 2022 where he oversees technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, private landowners and local communities of soil, water, wildlife, and other natural resources. Rob grew up on a
family farm in Southeast Iowa and attended Iowa State University.
● Cait Caughey, Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA): Cait Caughey is Senior Beginning Farmer and Market Associate at the Center for Rural Affairs and runs the Beginning Farmer Conservation Fellowship program. Cait provides education and programming to beginning farmers in Southwest Iowa and Nebraska. Cait also has 10 years experience farming in Southwest Iowa specialty crops, herbs, and prairie seedlings.
● Hannah Sidel, Nebraska Land Trust (NLT): Hannah serves as the Communications Director for Nebraska Land Trust (NLT), a statewide land trust dedicated to the permanent conservation of privately owned lands. Prior to joining NLT, she worked for the Crane Trust in Wood River and the National Arbor Day Foundation in Lincoln. Hannah holds a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.