Office closed

The Conservation District office will be closed Thursday morning, June 9,  from 7:30 til after noon since the Board meeting is out of town.  We should be open in the afternoon.   The office will be closed again Friday June 10th. Please let us know if there's anything we can help with!
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June Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be June 9.  It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and takes place at the Dearborn Community Center, 5855 Highway 434 outside of Wolf Creek Mt.  Also, here are the minutes from the May meeting and the Agenda for the June Meeting. The Dearborn Community Center can be found on Highway 434 NW of Wolf Creek and South East of Highway 200--see map below.
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May Board Meeting

The next regular board meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be May 12, 2016.  The meeting will take place at the Augusta Youth Center, on main street, in Augusta Montana.  It will begin at 1 p.m. The minutes to the last board meeting are here and the notice and agenda for the May meeting are here. Conservation District meetings are open to the public and anyone is welcome to attend.  If you have any questions, please contact the CD office at lccd@mt.net or 406-449-5000 ext. 112.
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April Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.   The Notice and Agenda can be found here and the minutes from the March meeting here.   The public is always welcome to attend any meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
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The Road Less Traveled…

Yesterday, March 30, I attended the Area 6 Administrator's meeting.  We haven't had a meeting in a while--the last agenda I have was 10 years ago!  Anyway, we try to do these now and then to check in with each other and get a feel for the types of projects and issues that other district in our area are dealing with.  It was a good meeting, since it had been so long, there were new faces, and lots of discussion about what's been going on in our districts and other issues from across the state. While I forgot to take…
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March Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be March 10, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference room located at 790 Colleen Street, Helena, MT 59601.  See the attached agenda/notice and minutes from February’s meeting. All Conservation District Meetings are open to the public.
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The view out my window

I am out on sick leave today...caught the local crud that's going around I guess.  Ashley is in the office today, but anyone seeking 310 permits from Thursday's board meeting will have to wait til tomorrow.  I'll be mailing/emailing them out in the morning when I'm back in the office.  In the meantime, it's tea and toast and naps for me.  Below is a screen capture from my weather cam looking roughly south west over the valley.  Windy and lots of clouds today.
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Board Meeting for February

The next regular board meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board of Supervisors will take place February 11, 2016 at 1 pm in the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.   Due to the fact that the January meeting was cancelled, the board will be reviewing and hopefully approving, the 2016 Budget and 2016 Annual Plan of Operations. Once approved, both of those documents will be posted on the website.   The minutes for the December 2015 meeting are available here, pending approval.  The agenda and notice for the meeting in February is…
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January Board meeting change

Due to the requirement for District Administrator Chris Evans to attend a training, the January 14th meeting will be rescheduled to a different date in January, yet to be determined.   The Board of Supervisors reviewed and edited the Annual Plan of Operations for 2016 at the December meeting and is currently working on budget revisions.  Those two documents will be posted when they are complete.  January 4th, the Conservation District office will welcome Big Sky Watershed Corps (associated with Americorps) member Ashley Rivero.  Ashley will be working with the CD, the Lake Helena Watershed Group and the Lewis &…
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December Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board meeting will be held at 1 p.m. on December 10, 2015 and will take place at the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601. For the meeting minutes from the November meeting, click here, and for the meeting notice and agenda, click here.    
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