Supervisors

Times they are a changing…or not.

At a recent board meeting, we had all seven board members there, so we took a few pictures.  I took me back a bit to the "old days" when I was a new administrator for this great bunch of supervisors.  There've been a few changes since 1999, including the loss of Ron Schatz who had served on the board for 30 years, since his dad--also a supervisor for many years--passed away and Jeff Ryan now serves in that area, Gary Murphy's retirement and Ron Ingersoll being elected, Bob Orr giving way to Bob Bushnell, and Mike Cobb handing over the…
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310 Permits, Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings

April Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference Room, 790 Colleen Street, Helena MT 59601.   The Notice and Agenda can be found here and the minutes from the March meeting here.   The public is always welcome to attend any meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
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Education, Employees, Meetings, Planning

The Road Less Traveled…

Yesterday, March 30, I attended the Area 6 Administrator's meeting.  We haven't had a meeting in a while--the last agenda I have was 10 years ago!  Anyway, we try to do these now and then to check in with each other and get a feel for the types of projects and issues that other district in our area are dealing with.  It was a good meeting, since it had been so long, there were new faces, and lots of discussion about what's been going on in our districts and other issues from across the state. While I forgot to take…
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Education, Events, Noxious Weeds, Training

Private Applicator Workshop

There will be a workshop for people to obtain credits toward their private applicator license for spraying restricted chemicals to fight invasive species.  This workshop is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark County Extension Office and will take place at the county Fairgrounds on May 10.  For information, call 447-8346 or download the registration/agenda.
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Meeting Minutes, Meeting Notices, Meetings

March Board Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be March 10, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the USDA Service Center Conference room located at 790 Colleen Street, Helena, MT 59601.  See the attached agenda/notice and minutes from February’s meeting. All Conservation District Meetings are open to the public.
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Budget, Cost Share, Planning, Programs

Annual Plan of Operations

The Board of Supervisors approved the updated Annual Plan of Operations for 2016 at the February 11, 2016 board meeting.  The Annual Plan is tied to the Conservation District's budget and allocates district resources toward priority concerns of the Board of Supervisors.  The current year budget, as well as previous year budgets, shows a planned net loss as a result of some extra programs that the board is running.  Over several years the savings account has accumulated funds and the board has opted to put those funds back out to taxpayers in the form of a Weed Cost Share program and…
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310 Permits, Cost Share, Programs

Cost Share Program

The Lewis & Clark Conservation District Board of Supervisors has approved a Cost Share Program for 2016.  They have allocated $7500 of the budget for the year for project work by landowners.  Practices include--but are not limited to--culvert replacement, cross-fencing, riparian area fencing, grass and/or pollinator seeding, irrigation diversion improvements, tree/shrub planting, etc.  If you are interested, or know someone who might be, download the application and get it in to us.  If it's a project that we can help with, we can provide up to 50% of the cost of the project or $2500, whichever comes first.  Multiple practices can…
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310 Permits, Employees, Meetings

The view out my window

I am out on sick leave today...caught the local crud that's going around I guess.  Ashley is in the office today, but anyone seeking 310 permits from Thursday's board meeting will have to wait til tomorrow.  I'll be mailing/emailing them out in the morning when I'm back in the office.  In the meantime, it's tea and toast and naps for me.  Below is a screen capture from my weather cam looking roughly south west over the valley.  Windy and lots of clouds today.
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Forestry, NRCS, Programs

Forestry Meeting

The NRCS Field Office staff are hosting a meeting up at Unionville tonight, February 11, 2016  in regard to their Ten Mile Forestry initiative.  The meeting will be at the Unionville Fire Department and will start at 6 p.m.   They will be discussing technical and financial assistance through the Natural Resources Conservation Service for treating forestry issues on private land.   Deadline for applications is 5/20/16. If folks are interested in visiting they can call John George, the District Conservationist at 406 449 5000 x 101.
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