08Dec 2020 by lccd2

Living with Beavers?

310 Permits, Education, Water Quality
Are you a landowner living with beavers on your property?  If so, have a look at a new page on our website, under Landowner Resources. If you have a stream running through your place, it's likely that you've experienced having beavers in the stream, building dams and houses, and taking down trees. But before you decide to summarily get rid of the beavers, think twice. First, you need to get a permit from the Conservation District if the dam is in a perennial stream in the county, and if you aren't sure if it is, give us a call, we're happy to help you figure it out! Second, living with beavers on your place may be an option that you can live with!  From the page: "Beavers and their dams…
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16Nov 2020 by lccd2

Photo Contest – Fall Colors and Conservation

Agriculture, Communication, Education, Events, FSA, Pollinator, Range
Lewis and Clark Conservation District is excited to announce we will be hosting a fall photo contest. The theme is fall colors although we encourage entries to include aspects of the Conservation District’s mission statement such as agriculture, natural resources, education, and community. Rules for submission are listed in the post so please open the post for more information, please be aware failure to follow the rules will result in removal of submissions and disqualification. [caption id="attachment_3934" align="alignnone" width="232"] Photo Contest Announcement[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_3939" align="alignnone" width="232"] Photo Contest Rules and Guidelines[/caption]
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11Dec 2019 by lccd2

XX Bar Farm & Ranch

Agriculture, Education, Programs
A few years ago, Lewis & Clark Conservation District sponsored a grant for a local farmer and rancher, Tim Dusenberry of the XX Bar Farm & Ranch.  The grant was for a pilot project to look at doing cover cropping for soil health improvement. Tim has expanded on that operation and recently was interviewed on the Montana Public Radio Home Ground with Brian Kahn.  Tim talks about how he got interested in working on improving soil health and other innovations that he's made with mob grazing and other techniques. You can find the interview here and just scroll down to Tim Dusenberry. You can find more information on the XX Bar Farm and Ranch on their Facebook page here.
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05Aug 2019 by lccd2

Sun River Watershed Group Turns 25!!

Education, Events, Tour
The Sun River Watershed Group is celebrating 25 years as an organization on August 24, 2019. The tour will start and end at Fairfield High School – departing at 9 (arrive at 8:30 to sign in) and returning around 1:30. We’ll make stops on upper and lower Muddy Creek, visit a riparian buffer-style restoration project at Mill Coulee, then head to the Lowry Bridge BLM access area, finally looping back to Fairfield. Topics include streamflow and water quality monitoring programs, water management for Muddy Creek, Muddy Creek issues and past projects, riparian buffer projects, fish habitat issues, and channel migration/riverbanks. Our guest speakers include Erling Juel (GID), Al Rollo (SRWG), Jason Mullen (FWP), Mark Ockey (DEQ) and Chris Ellison (USGS). Because time is limited, we won’t be able to cover…
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28May 2019 by lccd2

Under the Hood of Your Soils

Education, Events
There will be a workshop on Monitoring and Managing for Soil Health in Whitehall Montana on June 11, 2019 from noon to 5 at the Borden Hotel and Conference Room, 103 W. Legion, Whitehall, MT. Lunch will be served, the session is free of charge.  Please contact Dave Scott at 406-490-7596 for more information.  Reserve a spot at the session by June 5 at www.ncat.org/events. Agenda
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20May 2019 by lccd2

Best Practices for Deterring Grizzlies with Electric Fence

Education
Hosted by People and Carnivores Thursday, May 30, 2019 Arlee, MT On Thursday, May 30, People and Carnivores will host a day-long workshop focusing on best practices for grizzly-deterring electric fencing. The workshop will be held on a farm in the Jocko Valley, 18 miles north of Missoula, and is for managers, practitioners, and landowners who are using or may use electric fence to deter bears. We hope that you can join us. The day will include classroom presentations and discussions of innovative fencing techniques, as well as field demonstrations of permanent and temporary electric fence installations. Field staff from People and Carnivores as well as other researchers and practitioners will present fencing types at different stations, and we will rotate attendees in groups to talk about the different techniques. Come…
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14May 2019 by lccd2

Montana Range Days 2019

Education
Montana Range Days is hosted this year by the Beaverhead Conservation District. It will be held June 17-19th in Dillon. If students from Lewis & Clark County would like to attend, the Lewis & Clark CD offers scholarships of at least 1/2 registration and for the first few who apply, will cover full registration with the help of a local donor. More Information
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