Prepare your body

The goal is to reduce recovery time, so you can keep exploring. Focus on flexibility, mobility, and strength.

What to pack

It's wise to bring clothes that you can layer, that are quick-drying and that fit nicely into your day pack.

Popular trails

Day hikes in the park are graded easy, moderate, and difficult. All are diligently maintained and signposted.

A guide for first-timers

In this guide, we're going to take you through everything you need to know about hiking in Banff National Park. We'll start with some logistics, like the best time to go and some things to keep in mind before you hit the trail.

Curriculum

7 Chapters · 59 Lessons

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    Introduction to Cover Cropping Course

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      Introduction to Cover Cropping Course

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    Unit 1 - Fundamentals

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      Cover Cropping Course Table of Contents

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      Introduction to Unit 1

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      Unit 1 - Cover Crop Fundamentals

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      Part 2: Agronomic Challenges

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      Agronomic Challenges: Droughty or Waterlogged Soil

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      Agronomic Challenges cont.

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      Agronomic Challenge - Poor Soil Structure

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      Agronomic Challenges cont. Wind and Water erosion

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      Cover Cropping: A Versatile Tool

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      Agronomic Challenges: Workbook

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      Workbook for download or online completion

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      Part 3: Improve your bottom line

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      Ideal Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio

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      Improve your bottom line cont.

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      Part 4: Help the Environment

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      Farmer's Perspective: Why I use cover crops

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      Unit

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    Unit 2 - Selecting cover crops

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      Unit 2 - Introduction

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      Part 1 - Types of Cover Crops - Legumes

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      How Sylvan Lake Farm uses alfalfa and peas

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      Types of Cover Crops - Grasses and Cereals

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      The benefits of using fall rye

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      Types of Cover Crops - Brassicas

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      Planting radishes for soil compaction

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      Brassicas cont.

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      Types of Cover Crops - Herbs, Broadleaf, Mixes

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      Creating cover crop mixes

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      Part 2 - Crops for your Conditions

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      Using legumes in dry areas

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      Part 2 cont. Dry, Wet, Saline, Clay, Sand

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      Part 3: Cover Crops for your Rotation

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      Interseeding cover crop into a main crop

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      Part 3 cont.

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    Unit 3 - How to Grow Cover Crops

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      Introduction to Unit 3

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      Part 1: Seeding Cover Crops

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      How to use aerial seeding

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      Seeding cont.

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      Farmer's perspective: How to seed cover crops

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      Part 2: Managing Cover Crops

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      Part 3: Terminating Cover Crops

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    Unit 4 - Soil Health 101

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      Introduction to Unit 4

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      Part 1: Introduction to Soil Health

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      Benefits of Healthy Soil

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      Part 2: Soil Life

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      Close look at nitrogen fixing nodules

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      Part 3: Soil Organic Matter (SOM)

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      Part 4: Nutrient Cycling

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      How fall rye can affect the nitrogen cycle

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      Part 4 cont.

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      Part 5: Soil Monitoring

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      Farmer's perspective: Tips to succeed with cover crops

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      Unit 4 Key points

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      Final thoughts

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    Resources

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      Resources for Farmers

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      Farmer Profiles

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      Full course as pdf

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      Workbook for FaRM Cover Crop Course

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Sally Rooney

I'm Sally! I've spent the past two years traveling, which included 18 national parks here in the United States, and an extended trip to Europe. Recently, I've chosen to put down roots in Portland, Oregon, and look forward to exploring even more of the Pacific Northwest through hikes, trails, and by water.

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