03Apr 2019 by lccd2

April Board Meeting

310 Permits, Agriculture, Budget, Cost Share, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, NRCS, Programs
The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be April 11, 2019 and will take place in the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.  All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. March meeting minutes April agenda In May the CD is co-hosting natural resource planning meetings across Lewis & Clark County along with the NRCS staff from the Helena Field Office. These meetings will be very important for agricultural landowners in the county who hope to utilize EQIP funds from NRCS in coming years, since they are changing how they will be doing that funding. Please attend! If you cannot be there, please fill out the survey on the back of this flyer about the meetings. Meeting…
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18Mar 2019 by lccd2

Montana Focused Conservation-A District Perspective

Agriculture, Cost Share, Meetings, NRCS, Planning, Programs
            Montana Focused Conservation; the newest buzzword, along with “moving the needle”, “random acts of conservation”, “targeted investment”, coming to a Field Office near you in Montana.             The CD has been working hard to determine how this will affect our traditional customers, agricultural landowners.  The biggest change is that even though landowners will still be able to submit applications for EQIP, funds will only be available in a county under that program in targeted or focused fund pools.  The so-called “shotgun” approach will no longer be used.             For example, let’s say that you as a landowner would like to do a cross-fence in your grazing pasture, along with some off-stream livestock water.  You can still come into the NRCS Field Office and put in an application for EQIP…
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09Jul 2018 by lccd2

July Regular Board Meeting

310 Permits, Budget, Flooding, Meetings, NRCS, Planning, Programs, Supervisors
The July regular board meeting has been changed to July 19, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.  The meeting will be preceded by the Lewis & Clark County Local Work Group meeting at 10:30 a.m.  The public is always welcome at any of the Conservation District meetings. June 14, 2018 Meeting minutes July 19, 2018 Local Work Group notice July 19, 2018 Regular meeting notice     UPDATED JULY AGENDA  
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22Mar 2018 by lccd2

Electric Fencing Workshop

Education, NRCS
There will be a workshop on using electric fencing on April 11 in Townsend, hosted by the Broadwater NRCS and High Country Ag. Marketing. To RSVP, contact Eric Wyatt at 406-266-3146 x112, or Broadwater CD at 406-266-3146 x104. For more information download the pdf file.
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09Mar 2018 by lccd2

Fuel Reduction Program

Forestry, NRCS, Programs
Private forest land thinned with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service assistance.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOZEMAN, Mont., March 8, 2018 – In its second year, the Tri-County Fuels Reduction Initiative is building on work done in areas with high fuel hazards in Broadwater, Lewis & Clark, and Meagher counties. Agricultural landowners can access technical and financial assistance through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to address forest health. Assistance for eliminating excessive fuels, improving forest health, treating conifer encroachment, preventing runoff after fires, and revegetating treatment areas is available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). While EQIP applications are accepted year-round, applications for the Tri-County Fuels Reduction Initiative must be received by May 18, 2018, to be considered for this funding period. Contact your local USDA service center…
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