310 Permits, Budget, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning

November Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 1 pm.  It will take place at the USDA Service Center, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.  The meeting will be preceded by a special planning and budget meeting from 10-12 am. As always, all meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. October meeting minutes November meeting notice November special meeting notice
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310 Permits, Budget, Flooding, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, NRCS, Planning, Programs

July Conservation District Board meeting and Local Work Group meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board will be Thursday July 11, 2019 at the Helena Field Office, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT.  The meeting will begin at 8:30 am.   Following the regular meeting, the Conservation District will convene the Lewis & Clark County Local Work Group to discuss long range planning for NRCS funding in the county.  That meeting will begin at 10:30 am. June meeting minutes July Meeting notice/agenda Local Work Group notice  
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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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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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310 Permits, Budget, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning

December board meeting and planning session

The next regular board meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be December 13, at 1 p.m.  It will be held at the USDA Service Center Conference Room at 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT, 59601. There will be a special meeting prior to the regular meeting for planning purposes.  It will begin at 10 a.m.  The board will be reviewing and making changes to their annual plan and the budget for 2019. December notice Special meeting notice October minutes
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310 Permits, Budget, Flooding, Meetings, NRCS, Planning, Programs, Supervisors

July Regular Board Meeting

The July regular board meeting has been changed to July 19, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.  The meeting will be preceded by the Lewis & Clark County Local Work Group meeting at 10:30 a.m.  The public is always welcome at any of the Conservation District meetings. June 14, 2018 Meeting minutes July 19, 2018 Local Work Group notice July 19, 2018 Regular meeting notice     UPDATED JULY AGENDA  
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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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