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April 2017 Board Meeting

The next regular board meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be April 13, 2017. It will take place at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601. April Meeting Notice March Meeting Minutes

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District Newsletter Spring 2017

The Spring 2017 issue of The Explorer is ready for viewing! If you prefer to receive the newsletter via mail or email, give the office a call at 406-449-5000 ext. 112 and let us know, or email lccd@mt.net.

Programs

Ranching For Rivers-Cost Share Program

The Missouri River Conservation Districts Council (MRCDC) and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Montana (SWCDM), have announced that another round of funding is available through the Ranching for Rivers program. Ranching for Rivers is a cost-share program to help ranchers with riparian pasture/fencing projects. This current round of funding will be focused on projects east of the Continental Divide (Missouri and Yellowstone River Basins), but applications from other areas will be considered. Projects have to be completed by September 30th, 2017 to be eligible for cost-share. Additional rounds of funding are anticipated to be available in July…

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Cancelled Meeting

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Lewis and Clark Conservation District has been cancelled due to bad weather. Please contact the CD office if you have questions.

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March 2017 Regular Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board of Supervisors has been changed to March 16, 2017 at 1 p.m. It will take place in the USDA Service Center Conference room at 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601. All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. If you have any questions I can be reached at 449-5000 ext. 112 or via email at lccd@mt.net. March Meeting notice February meeting minutes

Cost Share, Noxious Weeds, Programs

2017 Weed Cost Share Program

The Conservation District is once again offering a Weed Cost Share program. Up to $1500 per landowner, $5000 for a group project or 50% of: Herbicide only for individual sprayers Commercial application costs and chemical for commercial application Biological controls Re-seeding with a native mix as approved by the Conservation District Contract award and selection will be based on: New invader management Noxious weeds on the State and County priority lists Use of integrated weed management practices Revegetation program Rangeland/forestland invasive species Applications for the program will be accepted through March 31, 2017. Projects will be ranked by the Weed…

NRCS, Programs

NRCS Deadlines! Forestry and more!!!!

The NRCS office in Helena has special funding available for forestry projects. If you are interested please give us a call at 406.449.5000 ext 3. The deadline for applications is May 26th. We also accept applications for any other type of project until June 1st 2017 for fiscal year 2018 projects.

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Potential for Flooding

With all the snow, the iced over streams and the potential for rain on snow, we would like to encourage landowners to be safe about their streams and risk of flooding. We've already started to receive phone calls about what people can do and what they are allowed to do. The State Law that governs work in streams has an emergency provision. If life, crops or property are at imminent risk, you as a landowner can take steps necessary to protect yourselves. Within 15 days after whatever measures you've taken, please file the attached form with the Conservation District. Given…

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February 2017 Board Meeting

The next regular board meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be February 9, 2017 at 1 p.m. It will take place at the Conference Room in the USDA Service Center at 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601. All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. Meeting Agenda/Notice January 19, 2017 Board meeting minutes

Agriculture, NRCS, Programs

Conservation Stewardship Program Signup Deadline!!!

The signup deadline for the Conservation Stewardship Program with NRCS is February 3, 2017. Currently the office is also taking applications for the Seasonal High Tunnel program. The deadline for that will be sometime in February so get your applications in ASAP!!!