• Area 1 Soil Corps Discussion Forum

    Area 1 Soil Corps Discussion Forums The Discussion Forums invite Conservation Districts and other partner organizations to have a conversation around building soil health capacity in our respective regions. Specifically,…

  • NCF-Envirothon: Diversity Grant Applications

    NCF-Envirothon Accepting 2022 Diversity Grant Applications Making environmental education accessible to all is a top priority of the NCF-Envirothon program. Through the Diversity Enhancement and Underserved Audience Grant program, NCF-Envirothon…

  • Learn Firsthand Winter Grazing Techniques from Sieben Livestock 

    Recurring

    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…

  • Applications of Data in Adaptive Management

    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).

  • RRGL Planning Grants

    RRGL Planning Grants The DNRC Renewable Resource Grant and Loan Program (RRGL) is accepting planning grant applications. Planning grants are available to government entities for planning activities which lead to an RRGL program project application to conserve, manage, develop or protect a renewable resource in Montana. Program Guidence PDF

  • MRCDC Quarterly Meeting

    MRCDC Quarterly Meeting. An agenda will be posted to our website once it is finilized.

  • CDOWG

    CD Outreach Work Group (CDOWG) Contact Tahnee Benson for zoom information: SheridanCD@macdnet.org 

  • Area 2 Soil Corps Zoom Discussion Forum

    Area 2 Soil Corps Zoom Discussion Forum Thanks to all that were able to make the Soil Corps Discussion Forums in Ennis, Missoula, Great Falls, and Glasgow the past couple of weeks. I have scheduled a Zoom option for Area 2 & 4 next week if you are interested in weighing in about the potential…

  • DEQ Nutrient Work Group Meeting

    Zoom

    DEQ Nutrient Work Group The Nutrient Work Group is an advisory work group, convened by the Department of Environmental Quality, representing publicly owned and privately owned point sources of pollution, nonpoint sources of pollution, and other interested parties that will advise the Department on the implementation of nutrient water quality standard together with associated economic…

  • Education Committee

    Education Committee Meeting Contact Rebecca Boslough (rebecca@macdnet.org) for Zoom information.

  • Rethinking Crisis in Crisis Conservation

    Zoom

    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…

  • Area 4 Soil Corps Zoom Discussion Forums

    Area 2 Soil Corps Zoom Discussion Forum Thanks to all that were able to make the Soil Corps Discussion Forums in Ennis, Missoula, Great Falls, and Glasgow the past couple of weeks. I have scheduled a Zoom option for Area 2 & 4 next week if you are interested in weighing in about the potential…

  • MWCC Annual Meeting

    Zoom

    ANNUAL MEETING Each year, MWCC hosts an annual meeting for our partners to provide updates on our programs and resources, as well as provide opportunities for the collaborative conservation community to connect and learn. In recent years, we’ve also been joined by natural agency directors for to learn about opportunities to collaborate and support shared…

  • EO Area 3 Meeting

    Contact Emma Link (emma@cascadecd.com) for meeting information.

  • MACD Executive Committee

    Recurring
    Zoom

    The MACD Executive Committee meets on the first Monday of the Month at 7:30am via zoom. Contact Rebecca Boslough for meeting details. https://macdnet.org/about-us/board-organization-documents/

  • Land and Legacies Agricultural transfer of land

    This is two days, March 1st in Malta and March 2nd in Glasgow. No need to come to both of them Come and listen to Elaine Froese's talk about how to navigate transition's and transfers to honor your Agricultural heritage. In the next 20 years 70% of farmland will transfer ownership. If you are a…

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  • Mental Health First Aid – Virtual Training

    Recurring
    Zoom

    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. The two four-hour virtual sessions are March 1 and March 3 beginning at 8 am each day. Two hours of self-paced pre-work are required prior to the start…

  • ARPA Money Q&A

    Zoom

    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.

  • USDA Tech Brown Bag Webinars

    Recurring
    Microsoft Teams

    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.

  • Climate-Smart Commodities: Second Funding Pool

    Zoom

    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.