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

May Regular Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be held on May 14 at 1pm.  Unless the USDA Service Center is opened back up to public traffic, the meeting will be held via conference call.  If the building is open, the location is in the conference room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601. All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public.  If you have any questions, please contact the CD at 406-449-5000 ext. 5.  All calls are forwarded to staff cell phones. April Meeting minutes May Meeting Notice  
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Montana Youth Range Camp

Montana Youth Range Camp will be hosted by the Lewis & Clark Conservation District in 2020.  The camp will be held on the beautiful Dearborn River at the C Bar N Mission, August 3-6. Students aged 11-17 will be introduced to 25 of Montana's important range plants; grasses, forbs and shrubs.  They will learn about the interaction of soils, water, plants, wildlife and livestock on the range.  The camp provides and excellent opportunity for youth of varying backgrounds to become more aware of the value and potential of Montana's rangelands. This education program brings together range professionals and interested students…
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Willow Projects

Little Prickly Pear Creek

Not to be confused with Prickly Pear Creek that starts in Jefferson County, Little Prickly Pear Creek starts out in the Canyon Creek area and flows through the hills next to Chevallier Drive before it breaks out of the hills and flows through Sieben Flats area.   Several years ago, the FWP and others did a stream project on Little Prickly Pear Creek just before it flows into Wolf Creek Canyon, next to the Railroad.  Over the years there had been some issues with the railroad embankment and so folks got together and worked on some stream restoration. In 2018, during…
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310 Permits, Budget, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings

April 9, 2020 Board meeting

As noted in last week's meeting notice, the April 9 board meeting will take place via conference call. To call in, dial 1-888-575-2051.  No PIN is needed.  PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE UNLESS YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE MEETING.   But please DO announce yourself so that adequate minutes can be taken. Please bear with us as this will likely be a rather awkward way of doing business.     If you would like to provide comments on anything contained in the meeting notice, or the March meeting minutes, or if you would like to provide a report, please consider doing so via…
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Noxious Weeds

MSU April Weed Post

The April weed post from Jane Mangold at Montana State University ties the practices of prevention, early detection and rapid response with invasive species, to the current Coronavirus pandemic.  Have a read!  Download the PDF for the crossword puzzle!
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310 Permits, Budget, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings

April Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be Thursday April 9, 2020 and will begin at 1 pm.  This month, due to COVID-19 and the requirements of the USDA that visitors are not allowed inside the building, the meeting will take place completely via conference call.  The Montana Association of Conservation Districts has been kind enough to let us use their conference line. To call in, dial 1-888-575-2051.  No PIN is needed.  PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE UNLESS YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE MEETING.   But please DO announce yourself so that adequate minutes can be taken. Please…
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COVID-19 Virus Updates

  Due to the COVID-19 virus, as of 3/20/2020 and at least through 4/3/2020, the doors to the USDA Service Center, where the Lewis & Clark Conservation District is located, will be locked. Customers will need to make an appointment with any of the agency staff and will need to be screened before entering the building. The Lewis & Clark Conservation District continues to provide service to our customers. District Staff has been allowed to work from home since Monday March 23, is returning calls, answering emails, processing 310 permits and doing other work. If the scheduled April 9,2020 board…
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Working Remotely

The Lewis & Clark Conservation District is still operating, but we are working remotely.  If you need to get in touch with us, please call 406-449-5000 ext. 5 and leave a voice mail, or email at lccd@mt.net.  We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but as someone potentially in the high-risk group for coronavirus, have opted to be as careful as possible.
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Events, Plant materials, Programs, Students

Montana Youth Range Camp

Montana Youth Range Camp will be hosted by the Lewis & Clark Conservation District in 2020.  The camp will be held on the beautiful Dearborn River at the C Bar N Mission, August 3-6. Students aged 11-17 will be introduced to 25 of Montana's important range plants; grasses, forbs and shrubs.  They will learn about the interaction of soils, water, plants, wildlife and livestock on the range.  The camp provides and excellent opportunity for youth of varying backgrounds to become more aware of the value and potential of Montana's rangelands. This education program brings together range professionals and interested students…
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Events, Programs

Farmer Veteran Coalition Workshop

There will be a Battlefields to Farmfields workshop on March 14, 2020 (Saturday) all about the Armed to Farm program and other efforts for Veteran Farmers. For more information, and to register, go to the Eventbrite link
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