USDA Sets Agricultural Conservation Easement Application Cutoff Date!
BOZEMAN, Mont., January 4, 2021 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). While NRCS accepts easement applications on a continuous basis, applications for the next funding consideration must...
Read MoreLiving with Beavers?
Are you a landowner living with beavers on your property? If so, have a look at a new page on our website, under Landowner Resources. If you have a stream running through your place, it’s likely that you’ve experienced having…
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Photo Contest – Fall Colors and Conservation
Lewis and Clark Conservation District is excited to announce we will be hosting a fall photo contest. The theme is fall colors although we encourage entries to include aspects of the Conservation District’s mission statement such as agriculture, natural resources,…
Read MoreXX Bar Farm & Ranch
A few years ago, Lewis & Clark Conservation District sponsored a grant for a local farmer and rancher, Tim Dusenberry of the XX Bar Farm & Ranch. The grant was for a pilot project to look at doing cover cropping…
Read MoreSun River Watershed Group Turns 25!!
The Sun River Watershed Group is celebrating 25 years as an organization on August 24, 2019. The tour will start and end at Fairfield High School – departing at 9 (arrive at 8:30 to sign in) and returning around 1:30….
Read MoreUnder the Hood of Your Soils
There will be a workshop on Monitoring and Managing for Soil Health in Whitehall Montana on June 11, 2019 from noon to 5 at the Borden Hotel and Conference Room, 103 W. Legion, Whitehall, MT. Lunch will be served, the…
Read MoreBest Practices for Deterring Grizzlies with Electric Fence
Hosted by People and Carnivores Thursday, May 30, 2019 Arlee, MT On Thursday, May 30, People and Carnivores will host a day-long workshop focusing on best practices for grizzly-deterring electric fencing. The workshop will be held on a farm in the…
Read MoreMontana Range Days 2019
Montana Range Days is hosted this year by the Beaverhead Conservation District. It will be held June 17-19th in Dillon. If students from Lewis & Clark County would like to attend, the Lewis & Clark CD offers scholarships of at…
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