30Sep 2021 by lccd2

Autumn 2021 Explorer

Communication, Newsletter, NRCS, Plant materials, Pollinator, Programs, Publications, Tour
The latest issue of the The Explorer is out on electronic form, and should be hitting mailboxes in hardcopy format soon! This issue has information on: the retirement of Supervisor Steve Granzow and appointment of Karl Christians A follow up with links to slide presentations for the Riparian Management Workshop that took place in Augusta in September A testimonial for the Working Lands Internship Conservation District report and Program information New Targeted Implementation Plans for NRCS EQIP funding-with maps! A report on a project that the Conservation District assisted on in Meagher County a few years ago.
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28Jun 2021 by lccd2

The Explorer, Summer 2021

Communication, Education, Publications
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the summer edition of the quarterly newsletter of the Lewis and Clark Conservation District! The Conservation District has been busy already this summer.  Click the link below to see our latest version of The Explorer.   Read about: **Our Riparian Grazing Management Workshop in September, held the day before the Montana Watershed Coordination Council Fall Watershed Tour **A recent, highly popular, project that was completed with cost share money from the Conservation District, on Lake Helena **CD Chair Jeff Ryan's Big Award from MWCC and the Montana Wetland Council **Some new folks at the Helena Field Office in NRCS **A recent demonstration day of a drone that sprays noxious weeds **And more!   [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="READ MORE!" style="classic" color="green" size="lg" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Flewisandclarkcd.macdnet.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F06%2FSummer-2021.pdf"][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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17Jun 2020 by lccd2

Summer Newsletter

Communication, Coronavirus, FSA, Newsletter, NRCS, Publications, Willow Projects
The Summer Issue of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Newsletter, The Explorer, is out in e-form and will be hitting mailboxes in hard copy form soon! This newsletter has: an update and photos of a recent willow project on a local stream a story re-published from the Montana Outdoors Magazine (with permission) information about the Helena Field Office and how we are operating during the Covid-19 pandemic (hint: Phase 2 reopening!) Tips on improving garden soils a link to the Stream Gage Survey;and new faces in the Helena Field Office
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06Aug 2019 by lccd2

From Flooding to Fire

Flooding, Forestry, Noxious Weeds, Plant materials, Publications
It seems to be a typical transition anymore at the Conservation District.  My desk is a mountain of paperwork responding to spring/summer flooding--some even from last year! And now the hills are alive with the crackling of wildfires! Post fire concerns for landowners include--what else?--Flooding!  The organic material at the ground surface often burns in a fire, removing a layer of water absorbable materials, from duff and leaves, to the soil itself, depending on the heat from the fire.  Areas that burned primarily as tree/crown fires aren't generally as severely affected, but if there was a ground fire, especially if there was a lot of dead material (hello, beetle kill!) laying on the surface, there may be significant areas where the soil is affected. These bare areas will tend to…
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01Aug 2016 by lccd2

New Ownership Map Booklets

Publications, Uncategorized
The office just received a new shipment of land ownership map booklets!  The color version is $40 and is 1 township per page, the black and white version is $25 and is actually the same size as the color version, just cheaper since it's in black and white Used for hunting permission information, fishing access information and more, these booklets can be a valuable tool for working and recreating outdoors in Lewis & Clark County.  The information is the most up-to-date based off of the Department of Revenue's Landowner information off the www.gis.mt.gov, aka. "cadastral" map layer. The CD office will soon start accepting credit cards too!  Bear with us as we make this most welcome transition!!!  Contact us at 406-449-5000 ext. 112 or via email at lccd@mt.net if you'd…
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