The trainings are designed for NRCS staff, watershed practitioners, county conservation staff, watershed planners, and private consultants who are interested in learning more about using the ACPF to improve their small watershed-based planning and implementation projects.

The ACPF team has hosted several state-level training on using the outputs of the ACPF in a watershed management context. WATERSHED APPLICATIONS OF THE ACPF TRAINING To access the course, fill out the information below and you will receive an email with access information. Soils and Land Use Data provided through the ACPF watershed database or created using the ACPF utilities suite.ArcGIS software (an advanced license of either ArcGIS (10.3-10.6) or ArcGIS Pro 2.2.In order to take this training you must have access to: This training is designed for individuals who have an intermediate knowledge of GIS as it assumes viewers are comfortable navigating toolboxes, using tool dialogs, manipulating map characteristics, and moving and joining tables. It can be taken at your own pace and allows you to jump to specific sections or go through the full course from start to finish!

The course is divided into 7 modules and includes how to download the ACPF toolbox and the base data and run the ecological tools on your chosen watershed.

The training is hosted through the University of Wisconsin-Madison and based on the training videos created by the team at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment of the USDA ARS in Ames, Iowa. The ACPF team is excited to debut version 2 of the online ACPF technical training! We highly recommend new users take the training prior to getting started with ACPF.

Technical toolboxes training