09May 2016 by lccd2

Sustainable Low Cost Crop – No More Over Grazing

Agriculture, Budget, Drip irrigation, Education, Resolutions, Water Quality, Watershed
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="597"] Photo By: Ashley Rivero[/caption] Over Grazing Solutions for Small to Large Landowners By: Ashley Rivero           The discovery for us here at the Conservation District was during a stream permitting assessment on the Rocking Z Guest Ranch.  The Rocking Z Guest Ranch along Wolf Creek, run by a ranching family since 1974, offer an innovative range of opportunities to horseback riders, vacations goers, internships, as well as ranching and conservation education with the full Montana experience.  They offered to show us some of the environmentally friendly methods they have integrated into their daily operations and one that stuck out the most offers a potential solution to overgrazing problems.  The focus of this article is to talk about the groundbreaking way they have discovered and successfully implemented a method to…
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22Sep 2015 by lccd2

Area Meeting time

Education, Events, Meetings, NRCS, Resolutions
Area 6 of the Montana Association of Conservation Districts had their annual Area meeting yesterday in White Sulphur Springs.  It was a beautiful day, a bit breezy, but not bad.   Districts came together to discuss the business of their area:  proposed by-laws changes for MACD, reports from the various Government organizations including Natural Resource Conservation Service, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Department of Environmental Quality, Fish Wildlife and Parks, Montana Salinity Control Association and others.  The Galt Ranch provided beef for the mid-day meal, "Wagyu beef". There were only 2 resolutions, Floodplain Resolution and the other on Priority Resource Concerns and how they tie in with NRCS funding to Field Offices.  The first one passed, unfortunately the 2nd one did not.  We will likely be bringing the 2nd one back…
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