The Nebraska Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society will begin its 2025 annual meeting on East Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

This year’s theme for the “Tech Talks/Tech Walks” meeting is Cultivating Soil Resilience: Bridging Urban and Rural Landscapes.

Program Topics
The following topics will be presented and discussed:

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

• Urban Agriculture – Brach Johnson, USDA NRCS
• Soil Health Assessment at Big Scale – Caro Córdova, UNL
• UNL Bee Lab Tour – Judy Wu-Smart, UNL
• Networking and Social Time

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

• Partnerships/Beginning Farmer Opportunities – Jamie Thoene, USDA NRCS
• Soil Carbon: Key to Farm Health – Caro Córdova, UNL
• Biochar and Soil Functioning - Dr. Michael Kaiser, UNL
• Travel to Eastern NE Research, Extension & Education Center, Ithaca, Nebraska
• Soil Health Research, Katja Koehler-Cole, UNL
• Research Plot Tour, Katja Koehler-Cole, UNL
• Urban Projects & Practices – Kim Todd, UNL & Sean Elliott, LPNNRD
• Networking, Social Time, and SWCS Chapter Awards Banquet @ Wanahoo Lake

Thursday, June 26, 2025

• SWCS Foundation and Chapter Business Meetings

All are welcome to attend - membership is not required! More information and registration options are available at SWCS Nebraska Website. Follow Nebraska Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society at facebook.com/SWCSnebraska. Questions can be directed to nebraskaswcs [at] gmail.com.

SWCS meeting participants have been invited to also attend the 2025 Grow Local Field Tour, which is set for Tuesday, June 24, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the UNL East Campus Research Farm. Hosted by #UNLAgroHort’s Sam Wortman, the tour will include presentations about specialty crop and local food systems research at the university and a walking tour of East Campus. Registration and full story at https://go.unl.edu/x0d7