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Conservation Easement Workshop

The Lewis & Clark Conservation District would like to invite area landowners who may be interested in learning more about Conservation Easements to a Conservation Easement Workshop put on by Natural Resource Conservation Service and their partners.  If you are interested in learning more about the workshop contact Abby Dresser at 406-544-6445 or by email at abby.dresser@mt.usda.gov. The Workshop will be held on August 17, 2016 at the US Forest Service Conference Room at 2880 Skyway Drive, Helena MT 59602 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.   More information is available on the flyer.
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Sustainable Low Cost Crop – No More Over Grazing

Over Grazing Solutions for Small to Large Landowners By: Ashley Rivero           The discovery for us here at the Conservation District was during a stream permitting assessment on the Rocking Z Guest Ranch.  The Rocking Z Guest Ranch along Wolf Creek, run by a ranching family since 1974, offer an innovative range of opportunities to horseback riders, vacations goers, internships, as well as ranching and conservation education with the full Montana experience.  They offered to show us some of the environmentally friendly methods they have integrated into their daily operations and one that stuck out the most offers a potential solution to overgrazing…
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