Upper Musselshell Conservation District Grazing Seminar in Harlowtown Hear from Cooper Hibbard, Craig and Tyler French, and Allison Cooley-Agee! Lunch and notetaking supplies will be provided Registration and Coffee 8:30-9:30…
Montana Invasive Species Council meets Sept 13 in Missoula HELENA, Mont — The Montana Invasive Species Council (MISC) will hold its next council meeting on Wednesday, September 13th, at the Montana Fish, Wildlife…
On September 14th MISC will host an informational meeting about eDNA and metabarcoding and how they apply to invasive species detections. Guest speakers are John Amberg (USGS), Gordon Luikart (University of…
Info Sessions on running for the MACD Board Sept 15 at 2pm Sept 18 at 9:15am We have several upcoming info sessions for those who may have interest in running…
MACD Board will be Monday, Sept. 18th at 7:30am via zoom. Montana Association of Conservation Districts is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89875002317?pwd=ZTRHU09aZHhSQVJzZVhQTlN1WXZ5Zz09 Meeting ID:…
MACD has a convention planning meeting scheduled for next Tuesday at 10:00am. Meeting agenda is attached and up-to-date Convention agenda.
EO Roundtable Meetings usually meet on the third Wednesday of the month.
Area 5, Hosted by Granite CD | Sept 26
Area 3, Hosted by Teton CD | Sept 27
Area 6, Hosted by Jefferson Valley CD | Sept 28
Contact Rebecca Boslough-King (rebecca@macdnet.org) for details.
Area 4, Hosted by Lower Musselshell CD | Oct 3
Area 1, Hosted by Petroleum CD | Oct 4
Area 2, Hosted by Richland CD | Oct 5
Join us if you can, and forward to your board members as they are also welcome to join us! Topic: MACD Education Work Group Meeting Time: Oct 6, 2023 09:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5538406576?pwd=SlFuOU1BQzk5ZzNMM0JweS9RUTQyZz09 Meeting ID: 553 840 6576 Passcode: 656526
Agenda items for this meeting are: Assign note-taker Reports from teams Re-visit calendars for each team to start planning for next steps Update on Canva project Update from Statewide employee training Need to put together a report from the Work Group for MACD Set next meeting Action items from last meeting were: Kay Webb will…
CDB Grants | Oct 15 The first grant cycle for CDB Planning, Project, and Pollinator Grants is now open. Applications are due Oct. 15. Contact your CD Specialist to discuss these grant opportunities or to receive feedback on a draft application. Grant Guidelines
The MACD Board meets on the third Monday of the Month at 7:30am via zoom. Contact Rebecca Boslough for meeting details. https://macdnet.org/about-us/board-organization-documents/
CEMIST will host our Quarterly Meeting this month on October 24th starting at 9AM. It will be located at the Calvert Hotel in Lewistown, MT. We are also planning to provide a virtual option for those who are not able to attend in person. The focus of the meeting will be AIS status in Montana…
Action, Implementation, & Mitigation (AIM) Funding Release The AIM Program is dropping its REQUEST FOR CONCEPT PAPERS (RCP) on September 29, with RCPs due October 27. Learn more about the AIM Grant: https://co-co.org/get-involved/grants/aim-grant/ The AIM grant is available for a wide variety of capacity-building activities, including personnel, planning efforts, and wildfire risk reduction work on…
Northern Plains Soil Conservation District Employee Leadership Conference to be held at the Lodge in Deadwood, South Dakota, November 1st through the 3rd. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northern-plains-soil-conservation-district-employee-leadership-conference-tickets-699827531987?aff=oddtdtcreator This is a great opportunity to meet District Employees from other states and gain insight into how other states function along with learning how to better manage your District. It is…
We hope you will join us from November 14-16, 2023, for this year’s Annual Convention at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Billings, MT.
Contact Rebecca Boslough-King (rebecca@macdnet.org) for meeting details. The November MACD Board Meeting will take place in Billings at the Double Tree Hotel as part of the MACD Annual Convention. The Meeting will be a hybrid format and zoom will still be available. Draft agenda here.
Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP) Deadline: late November, 2023 The Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP) is a federal grant program for large-scale noxious weed control projects to restore wildlife habitats. Grant awards are based on project eligibility and competitive ranking criteria, which include: enhancement of ecologically important wildlife habitat and native…
