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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, education, and community. Rules for submission are listed in the post so please open the post for more information, please be aware failure to follow the rules will result in removal of submissions and disqualification.  
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Agriculture, Education, Programs

XX 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 for soil health improvement. Tim has expanded on that operation and recently was interviewed on the Montana Public Radio Home Ground with Brian Kahn.  Tim talks about how he got interested in working on improving soil health and other innovations that he's made with mob grazing and other techniques. You can find the interview here and just scroll down to Tim…
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Education, Events, Tour

Sun 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. We’ll make stops on upper and lower Muddy Creek, visit a riparian buffer-style restoration project at Mill Coulee, then head to the Lowry Bridge BLM access area, finally looping back to Fairfield. Topics include streamflow and water quality monitoring programs, water management for Muddy Creek, Muddy Creek issues and past projects, riparian buffer projects, fish habitat issues, and channel migration/riverbanks.…
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Education, Events

Under 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 session is free of charge.  Please contact Dave Scott at 406-490-7596 for more information.  Reserve a spot at the session by June 5 at www.ncat.org/events. Agenda
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Education

Best 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 Jocko Valley, 18 miles north of Missoula, and is for managers, practitioners, and landowners who are using or may use electric fence to deter bears. We hope that you can join us. The day will include classroom presentations and discussions of innovative fencing techniques, as well as field demonstrations of permanent and temporary electric fence installations. Field staff from People…
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Education

Montana 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 least 1/2 registration and for the first few who apply, will cover full registration with the help of a local donor. More Information
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Agriculture, Education, Events, Monitoring, Planning, Plant materials, Programs, Range, Training

Lewis & Clark County Day on the Range

Please join the NRCS and the Lewis and Clark Conservation District for a Day on the Range on August 14, 2018.  It runs from 10-3 and the cost will be $10/person to help cover lunch. Range Monitoring Invasive Species insect releases and monitoring Rainfall simulator Montana Wild presentation on Raptors   Please register by August 3, 2018!!!   Directions: Out of Augusta, take Benchmark Road, follow it past Nilan Reservoir (to your right).  At the Y where Benchmark Road takes a left, continue onto Beaver Willow Road.  Scoutana is just before the next Y in the road.  It’s about 15…
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