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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310 Permits, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Programs

November 12, 2020 Regular Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board of Supervisors will be Thursday November 12, 2020 at 1 pm.  Due to the ongoing pandemic, the meeting will be held virtually on Zoom Conferencing. Meeting Packet with updated Agenda Draft Long Range Plan NRCS Helena Field Office Long Range Plan for reference Meeting Minutes-October meeting Meeting Notice-November Meeting All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public.  To join the meeting, you can click the "Join Zoom Meeting" link shown below on any device capable of microphone/video, or you can call in on any of…
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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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Employees, Newsletter, Programs

Autumn 2020 Newsletter

The latest issue of the CD's quarterly newsletter is out in its digital version.  The hardcopies will be out in the mail before long! In this issue: New faces in the Conservation District Office, new District Conservationist, information on living with beavers, a fascine project, Conservation District Programs, and more! Autumn 2020 The Explorer For information on anything in the newsletter, contact the CD office at 406-449-5000 ext. 5.
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Cost Share, Programs

2021 Practices Cost Share Program

The Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board welcomes applications for our 2021 Cost Share Program within Lewis & Clark County.  All projects have to be done within Lewis & Clark County and with private landowners only (no agencies will qualify). Application deadline for 2021 is November 13, 2020.  Projects must be implemented between January 1 2021 and December 31, 2021. The Cost-Share program is available to any private sector landowner with property within Lewis & Clark County.  There is a limit of one project per person or group per year.  All projects must be completed within one year of approval. …
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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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Communication, Coronavirus, FSA, Newsletter, NRCS, Publications, Willow Projects

Summer Newsletter

The Summer Issue of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Newsletter, The Explorer, is out in e-form and will be hitting mailboxes in hard copy form soon! This newsletter has: an update and photos of a recent willow project on a local stream a story re-published from the Montana Outdoors Magazine (with permission) information about the Helena Field Office and how we are operating during the Covid-19 pandemic (hint: Phase 2 reopening!) Tips on improving garden soils a link to the Stream Gage Survey;and new faces in the Helena Field Office
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Agriculture, Coronavirus, FSA, Programs

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program-FSA

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is administering the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) right now.  There were a few webinars online recently which were recorded and will be available to those who missed them who may wish to view them. For more information, see the attached Fact Sheets that FSA provided to the Conservation District. CFAP for Livestock CFAP Non Specialty Crops Webinars For more information, go to www.farmers.gov/cfap/.  
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