Agriculture, Budget, Drip irrigation, Education, Resolutions, Water Quality, Watershed, , , ,

Sustainable Low Cost Crop – No More Over Grazing

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…
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Drip irrigation, Earth Day, Education, Recycling

Happy Earth Day!

On this Earth Day, I would encourage any and all of you to take a step back and consider your habits and practices and think about how you could make changes to improve our climate and living situation. Here in Montana, our wide open spaces allow us to live with less litter, less people etc. We don't necessarily see the impact of our daily activities as much as if we lived someplace with more people.   However, even here there are things we can do. Recycling--especially electronics such as computers and cell phones--will keep more toxic items out of our…
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