Spring Regional Meeting 2024

Optional Networking Event
The Grey Dog Axe Throwing

Learn - Practice - Network - Tournament!

Rural Panel

Several rural counties and a tribal representative on deck

Lunch

50/50 Raffle

Some may argue that fantasy isn’t “real,” but to Tolkien, the world he created has at least some truth to it. The world he created has a sense that it all existed in his imagination. He created this world because he needed a place and history for the three Elvish languages he created. He could tell you how tall the Misty Mountains or how vast the Dead Marshes were. There are fantastical elements to Middle Earth sure, but Tolkien drew many maps himself so his world and geography are based upon our world, and he would often draw from real life examples from his travels during World War I. Maps can help make a fantasy world tangible to us. Since ESRI now offers a Middle Earth “Style” labeled as “My Precious Style,” what better time to learn about some of the history and geography of Middle Earth. As Gandalf says, “all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us,” so if you think you will enjoy the content, I hope you will spend your time with us.

Sarah Kussow, Watershed/GIS Specialist - Outagamie County Land Conservation

The session is for conservation professionals who are interested in learning more about using the ACPF model to improve their small watershed-based planning and implementation projects.

Every community in the State of Wisconsin is required to update their road ratings every other year. These are more commonly known as roadway PASER ratings. These ratings are very important to keep up with to help track roadway health and to ensure funding is properly distributed throughout the community. These rating are also one of the key components to any grant or funding opportunity for roadway projects. One of the most common ways to update these is by filling out a spreadsheet or making notes on a map. This presentation will help you ditch the paper and make these updates faster and help you track your data more accurately. This presentation will show you how to set up your own QuickCapture program for PASER ratings, automate updates to Wis DOT, and track historical ratings for funding purposes.

The ham radio link in emergency communications.

Transportation provided

Join us for a unique experience exploring the world of UAVs, commercial and personal, Learn to read flight charts, watch drone demos, and more!

Food will be served from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Good times to follow in the hangar

Listen to seasoned conservationists give insight on how they’ve utilized GIS and other data and mapping tools in their watershed analysis and management efforts. The Big Eau Pleine Watershed in Central Wisconsin has been heavily studied for decades, due to many fish kills in its 70,000-acre reservoir that drains into the Upper Wisconsin River Basin. The speakers will summarize data from a first-of-its-kind pilot project that was implemented four years ago to incentivize producers to utilize conservation practices within the watershed.

Nutrient management mapping is key to making nutrient management plans for farms come to life. Determining where manure can and cannot go is serious business (and that's only part of the complexity)! Pam will show examples of the GIS work that she has done from nutrient management maps to interactive route maps – all over the state and some beyond!