Statewide Employee Training (SET) | Oct 20-21 The dates for the SWAT training will be October 20-21st in Red Lodge! Please view the FAQ for more informations or contact Chris Evans (chris@lewisandclarkcd.org)
NRCS to Host Public Webinars on Funding Opportunities through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is providing funding for watershed programs available through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which help communities recover from the impacts of natural resources. Programs include: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program; Watershed Rehabilitation Program; Emergency…
NRCS to Host Public Webinars on Funding Opportunities through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is providing funding for watershed programs available through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which help communities recover from the impacts of natural resources. Programs include: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program; Watershed Rehabilitation Program; Emergency…
NACD Webinar on Collaborative Invasive Species Management Date and Time: Thursday, Dec. 16th at 2pm Mountain Registration: Click here
NACD’s Urban and Community Conservation webinar series highlights programs related to urban and community conservation, outreach to underrepresented clients, small-scale natural resource concerns, stormwater management, and other related themes. Webinars will take place on the third Thursday of each month from 2:00 to 3:00 PM MST. More information and registration available here: https://www.nacdnet.org/general-resources/webinars/ NACD Webinar…
49th Annual Livestock Seminar at the Community Center in Deer Lodge You won’t want to miss out on an afternoon of education on January 8, 2022, at the Annual Livestock Seminar hosted by the Deer Lodge Valley Conservation District. The Seminar will start with registration taking place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the…
Building Relational and Effective Partnerships with Indigenous Communities With James Rattling Leaf and Gwen Bridge The Rising Voices Center for Indigenous and Earth Sciences is hosting an online event focused on recommendations for working with Indigenous communities based on the knowledge that long-term relationship building with these communities is the foundation upon which educational programs,…
Learn Firsthand Winter Grazing Techniques from Sieben Livestock’s 20 Years of Experience Cooper Hibbard, from Sieben Livestock, located near Cascade, Montana, will be hosting four winter grazing sessions on January 22nd, February 15th, March 15th, and April 15th. These full-day on-site workshops will cover every thing you need to set up a regenerative grazing system on…
Marena Gilbert and Jason Garber are offering a Stream Permitting Workshop on February 2nd, 2022 in Miles City Montana.
MACD & NRCS host a 2 day Soil Health Symposium Feb. 9th-10th plus a pre-conference workshop on Feb. 8th. See https://soilhealth.macdnet.org/ for more information and registration Registration Opens in October, 2021
Learn Firsthand Winter Grazing Techniques from Sieben Livestock’s 20 Years of Experience Cooper Hibbard, from Sieben Livestock, located near Cascade, Montana, will be hosting four winter grazing sessions on January 22nd, February 15th, March 15th, and April 15th. These full-day on-site workshops will cover every thing you need to set up a regenerative grazing system on…
EO Roundtable Meetings usually meet on the third Wednesday of the month.
Big picture overview of ranch-scale to regional monitoring across multiple jurisdictions and the value of data for decision-making in complex and shifting systems (i.e., influenced by drought, market fluctuations and regulatory dynamics).
Rethinking Crisis in Crisis Conservation Dr. Libby Lunstrum, Associate Professor in the Environmental and Global Studies Programs at Boise State University Wednesday February 23, at 12:00 p.m Libby Lunstrum is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Studies and Global Studies Programs at Boise State University. Her research examines conservation-induced displacement, environmental displacement more broadly, the…
Considerations for developing a monitoring plan – exploring data collection and analysis partners, relevant metrics and management platforms to meet monitoring objectives.
A free Mental Health First Aid virtual course, led by a trained facilitator from the University of Montana, is being offered to Montana farmers and ranchers through the Montana Organic Assn.…
Michelle McNamee will be doing a Q&A session for the ARPA Water and Sewer Grants (this includes the RRGL and other CD related grants that are drawing from ARPA money) on Tuesday March 22, 2022 from 1 to 2 pm. This will be recorded and posted for anyone who cannot attend.
March 3: CRP Renovation—A Crested Wheatgrass and Smooth Brome Case Study. March 10: How to Better Partner MT-DEQ 319 Non-Point Source Grant Dollars into Proposed or Approved MFC TIPs. March 17: The Basics of Wind Erosion, What Causes it and How to Fix It.
USDA is committed to supporting a diverse set of farmers, ranchers and forest owners through climate solutions that increase resilience, expand market opportunities and strengthen rural America. The new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity provides up to $1 billion for pilot projects that create market opportunities for commodities produced using climate-smart practices. USDA is now accepting project applications for fiscal year 2022.
EO Roundtable Meetings usually meet on the third Wednesday of the month.
Three examples of community-based and regional cooperative monitoring approaches.
Demi Blythe, CARDD MEPA Coordinator, will provide an overview of the MEPA process as well as how to draft and prepare an ‘Environmental Checklist’ at this training. For those that won’t be able to…
Reminder: Training for Grant Recipients DNRC Conservation and Resource Development Division is moving to a new Grant Management System called Submittable. Please join us for a webinar on Friday, March…
How data can support and enhance collaborative efforts and outcomes for land stewards and local communities. Steward (verb): to manage or look after (another’s property)
