310 Permits, Education, Water Quality

Living with Beavers?

Are you a landowner living with beavers on your property?  If so, have a look at a new page on our website, under Landowner Resources. If you have a stream running through your place, it's likely that you've experienced having beavers in the stream, building dams and houses, and taking down trees. But before you decide to summarily get rid of the beavers, think twice. First, you need to get a permit from the Conservation District if the dam is in a perennial stream in the county, and if you aren't sure if it is, give us a call, we're…
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Budget, Meetings, Planning

Special Planning Meeting

On December 10, 2020 there will be a special planning meeting for the Lewis and Clark Conservation District.  It will run from 10 to noon. The meeting will be held via Zoom due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.   All members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting. If you're joining us via a smartphone, tablet or computer with webcam/microphone, just click the highlighted link below.  If you are calling in on a phone, any of the numbers below will work, just be aware they are long distance.  If you are calling in on the phone, you may also…
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Budget, Cost Share, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning

December 10, 2020 Regular Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board of Supervisors will be December 10, 2020 and will be held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will be held on zoom.  You may access the meeting by clicking the link with a device such as a smartphone, tablet or computer with webcam and microphone, or by dialing any of the phone numbers indicated for just audio.  Please note, the numbers are long-distance.  If you'd like to see the screen share (meeting agenda, reports and other items), and you're dialing in by phone, you may…
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Agriculture, Communication, Education, Events, FSA, Pollinator, Range, , , ,

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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Noxious Weeds

November Weed Post

From Jane Mangold, Professor and Extension Invasive Plant Specialist at Montana State University, I give you the November Weed Post. The November Weed Post discusses non-target herbicide injury and directs you to some new MSU Extension materials where you can read more and view a key to diagnosing herbicide injury. Noelle Orloff, the Schutter Diagnostic Lab Diagnostician, wrote the post this month and is the lead author on the Extension materials. Thank you, Noelle! You can access the November Weed Post as a webpage or view the attached PDF.
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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

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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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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