Communication, Newsletter, NRCS, Plant materials, Pollinator, Programs, Publications, Tour

Autumn 2021 Explorer

The latest issue of the The Explorer is out on electronic form, and should be hitting mailboxes in hardcopy format soon! This issue has information on: the retirement of Supervisor Steve Granzow and appointment of Karl Christians A follow up with links to slide presentations for the Riparian Management Workshop that took place in Augusta in September A testimonial for the Working Lands Internship Conservation District report and Program information New Targeted Implementation Plans for NRCS EQIP funding-with maps! A report on a project that the Conservation District assisted on in Meagher County a few years ago.
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Photo Contest – Spring 2021

Lewis and Clark Conservation District is excited to announce we will be hosting a spring photo contest. The theme is spring green although we encourage all entries that include aspects of the Conservation Districts mission statement such as agriculture, natural resources, education, and community. Rules for submission are listed below. How to submit a photo Remember if you have your account set to private, we may not be able to see your post, if you want to keep that setting enabled consider submitting by email. Facebook – reply to any announcement post or by direct message to the CD’s page.…
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310 Permits, Agriculture, Communication, Flooding, Forestry, Monitoring, Noxious Weeds, Planning, Plant materials, Pollinator, Programs, Water Quality

New Landowner Resource Concern Survey

As part of our annual planning operations, the Conservation District has a new survey for landowners to report natural resource concerns to us.   Residents of Lewis and Clark County are asked to take this short survey, giving feedback on new concerns about our natural resources in the county or ongoing concerns.   The Conservation District will utilize the feedback we receive as we look at program development, budgeting,  collaboration with other partner organizations such as the NRCS, and in our planning revisions for our long-range-plan. Please take just a minute or so to fill this out for us!
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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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Plant materials, Pollinator

Fall Photo Contest

I know that right now it looks more like winter out there than autumn, but the Lewis and Clark CD is hosting a fall photo contest!  We'll probably be doing this several times a year, so keep your eyes peeled! Please refer to the Rules for the Contest, but generally they are that: the photo needs to be taken in Lewis and Clark County One entry per contestant a second entry for following the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages for the CD a third entry if you share the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages Photos submitted can be used by…
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Plant materials, Pollinator, Programs

Save the Bees!

This morning at the CD office, we were busy bagging up the pollinator seed that we recently got as part of an Area 6 effort.  Our two new employees, Andrew Kretschmer and Connor Mertz, were busy scooping and bagging and weighing.   We have native and non-native mixes (non-native mix is better competition with weeds).   Non-Native Seed Mix With packages for 100 square feet to 2500 square feet, we should be able to provide a packet of seed for your needs. This seed is being provided free of charge to landowners in Lewis & Clark County.  Please give us a…
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Plant materials, Pollinator, Programs

Pollinator Initiative

As part of the Area 6 Conservation Districts (mostly south west Montana), the Lewis & Clark Conservation District is participating in a Pollinator Effort.   We have free pollinator seed (with a few strings attached and a few limits) that landowners can use to create pollinator gardens.   We have a seed mix for all native pollinators and a non-native seed mix.  The native mix has 7 pollinator plant species, 6 of which are native to SW Montana.  They are perfect for a backyard pollinator garden that doesn't have to compete with noxious weeds.  The non-native seed mix includes 6 pollinator species,…
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Education, NRCS, Plant materials, Pollinator

Encouraging Pollinators

One of the best things that we as land managers--big and small acreages!--can do to increase the health of our pollinators such as honey bees, is to plant species that they utilize and survive on.  The Natural Resource Conservation Service is introducing the Honey Bee Pollinator Initiative to help promote practices that are pollinator friendly.  The attached Fact Sheet lists species that are appropriate.  If you are interested in incorporating these practices into your land management, please contact the NRCS Field Office in your area.  The NRCS Field Office for Lewis & Clark County is in Helena at 790 Colleen Street,…
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