Agriculture, Cost Share, Education, Events, Flooding, Monitoring, Programs, Range

Riparian Management Workshop

This workshop, sponsored by the Lewis and Clark Conservation District, and partially funded by a grant from the MACD Programs, will be held on September 14th and will begin at 8:30 am.  We'll start the day at the Augusta Youth Center, next door to the Augusta Senior Center, for the morning portion and lunch provided by the Buckhorn Bar.   The afternoon will be in the field at a landowner's property on Elk Creek. Lunch choices are Burgers or Chicken.  We're asking a $5 fee to help cover the lunch costs since the grant doesn't cover that part.  Topics to be…
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Cost Share, Programs

Do you want to do a project?

Do you have an erosion issue? Or a culvert that needs to be replaced? Or do you need some fencing changes to improve your grazing rotation? If you're a landowner in Lewis & Clark County, and you have a project that you'd like to complete that has natural resource benefits, consider signing up for the Conservation District's Cost Share Program! We've had applications for irrigation improvements, planting projects, culvert repairs/replacements and more over the last few years. This is a small program, so is very competitive and the limit is $2500 for a 50/50 project (so up to $5000 for…
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Budget, Cost Share, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning

December 10, 2020 Regular Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board of Supervisors will be December 10, 2020 and will be held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will be held on zoom.  You may access the meeting by clicking the link with a device such as a smartphone, tablet or computer with webcam and microphone, or by dialing any of the phone numbers indicated for just audio.  Please note, the numbers are long-distance.  If you'd like to see the screen share (meeting agenda, reports and other items), and you're dialing in by phone, you may…
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Cost Share, Programs

2021 Practices Cost Share Program

The Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board welcomes applications for our 2021 Cost Share Program within Lewis & Clark County.  All projects have to be done within Lewis & Clark County and with private landowners only (no agencies will qualify). Application deadline for 2021 is November 13, 2020.  Projects must be implemented between January 1 2021 and December 31, 2021. The Cost-Share program is available to any private sector landowner with property within Lewis & Clark County.  There is a limit of one project per person or group per year.  All projects must be completed within one year of approval. …
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310 Permits, Budget, Cost Share, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning

December Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be Thursday December 12 at 1 pm.  It will take place at the USDA Service Center at 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.  Preceding the regular meeting, the board will have a planning and budget meeting to discuss 2020’s APO and budget at 10am.  All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public.  Due to having no quorum at the November meeting, there was no official action taken at the November meeting so we’ll be reviewing permits and other items from the November agenda. November meeting…
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Cost Share, Programs

Conservation District Cost Share Program

The Lewis & Clark Conservation District allocates a portion of our budget every year to a few cost share projects with landowners.  These projects can be everything from a weed/re-seed project or culvert replacement, to a pipeline or stockwater project.   Deadline to apply is November 13, 2019 for the 2020 calendar year.  Projects must be completed before the end of 2020.  Up to $2500 is available for a $5000 project with a 50/50 match. For more information, call the District Office at 406-449-5000 extension 5 or email lccd@mt.net.
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Agriculture, Cost Share, Flooding, Flooding Photos, Uncategorized

Flood Information Needed

  The program that was utilized in 2018's Augusta flood event was through the Farm Service Agency, federal funds. There is a possibility that they will be able to do another sign up, but it's not assured.  Please contact the Helena FSA office at 406-449-5000 ext. 2 to let them know about losses of fencing etc. and also livestock losses (livestock losses within 30 days). The Conservation District is working with the State of Montana to try to find some disaster funding as well as the Disaster and Emergency Services people at the County to try to tie into the…
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310 Permits, Budget, Cost Share, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning, Programs

May 9, 2019 Regular Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be May 9, 2019. It will take place at the Augusta Youth Center, Main Street in Augusta Montana and will begin at 1 pm. This meeting will be followed, in the same location, at 6 pm by the 2nd of 4 Natural Resource Planning Community meetings. All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. May meeting agenda April meeting minutes
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310 Permits, Agriculture, Budget, Cost Share, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, NRCS, Programs

April Board Meeting

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…
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Agriculture, Cost Share, Meetings, NRCS, Planning, Programs

Montana Focused Conservation-A District Perspective

            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…
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