January 2022 Board meeting
The next regular meeting of the Lewis and Clark Conservation District will be January 13, 2022 at 1 pm. It will take place in the DNRC Montana Conference Room at 1539 Eleventh Avenue, Helena MT. Meeting Agenda Meeting Packet Part 1 Meeting Packet Part 2 Meeting Notice October signed minutes We will have a virtual component available for this meeting. Information is: LCCD is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: January 2022 Board meetingTime: Jan 13, 2022 01:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86128083931?pwd=b0xVRUVNWmRHanJ0MkNyR29qQ0VaQT09 Meeting ID: 861 2808 3931Passcode: 369154One tap mobile+16699009128,,86128083931#,,,,*369154# US (San Jose)+12532158782,,86128083931#,,,,*369154#…
Winter 2022 Newsletter, The Explorer
Wrapping up 2021 and ringing in a new year, the Winter issue of The Explorer should be hitting mailboxes soon and here's the first look at it. The latest issue has information on: Our new Big Sky Watershed Corps member, Jessica Ramirez, who is starting at the office on January 10th A first look at upcoming education programs planned for 2022 A great article from NRCS on building soil in the winter An editorial from Chairman Jeff Ryan about Montana's streams and more! We would like to thank our Sponsors for contributing to our Education Programs in 2021 and we always…
More on Willow Soil Lifts for stream and river restoration
If you've read much in our newsletters in the past few years, or follow the CD at all, you know how much we do with stream restoration. A recent storymap for the Musselshell River Bank Restoration highlights some really important work in another part of the state. This project, near Two Dot, was featured in a previous post and some of our CD people helped out in support of the project. Take a look and enjoy!A Guide to Riverbank Restoration Using Willow Soil Lifts Stay tuned to LCCD, because we will soon be helping out on 2 new projects on…
December 2021 planning and Board meetings
The next meeting of the Lewis & Clark Conservation District will be December 9th, 2021. It will take place at the DNRC Montana Room at 1539 Eleventh Avenue, Helena MT 59601. The Board will have a planning meeting from 10 to 12 and will then have their regular meeting at 1 pm. Planning Meeting Notice Meeting Packet Zoom Information for meeting LCCD is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: LCCD Planning Meeting & Board MeetingTime: Dec 9, 2021 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88481710005?pwd=S21mT2JXZlRjcmtkMTF5TTl0dnhDZz09 Meeting ID: 884 8171 0005Passcode: 422056One tap mobile+12532158782,,88481710005#,,,,*422056# US (Tacoma)+13462487799,,88481710005#,,,,*422056#…
October 2021 Board Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Lewis and Clark Conservation District will be October 14, 2020 at 1 pm. The meeting will take place in the upstairs conference room of the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds Exhibition building at 100 W. Custer Avenue, Helena MT 59602. All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. August Meeting minutes-Final Meeting packet This meeting will also have a virtual component. If you'd like to join us on Zoom, click the link or call in on one of the phone numbers below: LCCD is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.…
Autumn 2021 Explorer
The latest issue of the The Explorer is out on electronic form, and should be hitting mailboxes in hardcopy format soon! This issue has information on: the retirement of Supervisor Steve Granzow and appointment of Karl Christians A follow up with links to slide presentations for the Riparian Management Workshop that took place in Augusta in September A testimonial for the Working Lands Internship Conservation District report and Program information New Targeted Implementation Plans for NRCS EQIP funding-with maps! A report on a project that the Conservation District assisted on in Meagher County a few years ago.
Channel Migration Zone Mapping Project
In collaboration with the Sun River Watershed Group and with a grant from the DNRC, the Elk Creek Channel Migration Zone Mapping Project is now complete. The Elk Creek CMZ was phase 2 of the larger Sun River CMZ project. To view the documents, please contact the conservation district. It's hoped that future projects in the watershed can be prioritized for landowners by utilizing this document.
Testing Indaziflam for Restoring Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Infested Montana Rangelands
By Ben Hauptman, Granite County Extension, Email Ben Hauptman Introduction In summer 2020 the active ingredient indaziflam (RejuvraTM) was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for use on rangelands, CRP, and natural areas. Indaziflam’s mode of action inhibits cellulose biosynthesis in seedlings, making it an effective pre-emergent herbicide for annuals such as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), a non-native winter annual grass. Cheatgrass is the most widespread invasive plant in the western U.S., and it is problematic for many range managers throughout Montana. Ranchers and other land managers in Montana are interested in indaziflam as another tool for controlling cheatgrass. This project…
September 2021 meeting
The next regular meeting of the Lewis and Clark Conservation District will be on September 9, 2021 at 1 pm and will take place in the Lewis and Clark County Extension upstairs conference room at the northwest corner of the Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall at 100 West Custer Ave., Helena MT. All meetings of the Conservation District are open to the public. There will be a virtual component to this meeting. The information for the virtual meeting is below. An updated meeting packet will be available here a few days prior to the meeting. Meeting Packet July approved meeting minutes LCCD…
