Events, Noxious Weeds, Watershed

Lewis & Clark County Weed Events-Summer 2018

Every year, the Conservation District partners with the Sun River Watershed Group to help out with their Summer Weed Events.  Invasive species are an on-going battle and the work that the SRWG has done has been amazing! The Elk Creek Spray Day is June 12th The Ford Creek Spray Day is June 13th The Sun Canyon Spray Day is June 20th The Sun Canyon Weed Pull is July 7th For more information on any of these events, to help out, or to donate to the cause, contact Alan Rollo at arollo7@msn.com or call him at 406-727-4437.
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Flooding Photos

Flooding is nothing new…

Unfortunately for those affected, flooding in Lewis & Clark County is nothing new.  Current flooding is devastating to those who are being affected and according to the Independent Record, experts expect that the Tenmile Creek flooding could last another month. 1964 comes to mind as the big flood year in the county.   Below there is a photo of the Sun River from 1964 (credit H.E. Alexander, Soil Conservation Service).  Next to it is an aerial photo of Tenmile Creek flooding, showing first a lot less development!  And second Rossiter School for reference.  This photos dates to the 1975 flood.  The…
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May 2018 Regular Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be Thursday May 10, 2018 and will be held at 1 p.m. at the Augusta Youth Center, 132 Main, Augusta MT 59410.  The public is always welcome at any meeting of the Conservation District. April meeting minutes  May Meeting Notice
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310 Permits, Flooding Photos

Spring 2018 High Water

After hearing about flooding around the county, we took a drive. We started in East Helena at the reconstructed Prickly Pear Creek channel near the old ASARCO site, then drove out further into the Valley, checked out Prickly Pear, Ten Mile creeks. We then took a swing over to Lincoln and looked at Keep Cool Creek, the Blackfoot River and swung back by Ten Mile Creek at Williams Street on the way back to the office. If the weather keeps doing what it is, the flooding will likely worsen. Please be prepared out there. If you have to do any…
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310 Permits, Budget, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings, Planning

April Board meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be April 12, 2018.  It will take place at 1 p.m. and will be at 790 Colleen Street, Helena Montana in the USDA Service Center Conference Room.  The public is always welcome at Conservation District meetings. April Meeting Notice March regular Meeting Minutes March Emergency Meeting Minutes
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Emergency 310 Board meeting

There will be an emergency meeting by the Lewis & Clark Conservation District on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 3 p.m. in the Conservation District office at 790 Colleen Street, Helena, MT. 59601.    This is an emergency 310 meeting for LC-17-17 for William Charles on Blue Cloud Creek.  No other business will be conducted.
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Education, NRCS

Electric Fencing Workshop

There will be a workshop on using electric fencing on April 11 in Townsend, hosted by the Broadwater NRCS and High Country Ag. Marketing. To RSVP, contact Eric Wyatt at 406-266-3146 x112, or Broadwater CD at 406-266-3146 x104. For more information download the pdf file.
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310 Permits

Is it going to be another 2011???

With snowpack at a high percentage, the fear now amongst emergency responders and natural resource professionals is that we are going to have spring flooding.  High temperatures are projected to be in the 30's and 40's for the 10 day forecast for the Helena area and even the lows are in the high teens to the 30's. If you live near small streams, large streams or even "dry" drainages, you may very well see some flooding, depending on how the snowpack starts to go off. Please be prepared!  If you are in the vicinity of a perennial stream, please be…
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