• Education Work Group Meeting

    Zoom

    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…

  • Education Work Group Meeting

    Zoom

    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…

  • CDB Planning, Project, and Pollinator Grants

    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

  • CEMIST Quarterly Meeting

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    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

    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 CD Employee Leadership Conference

    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…

  • FWP Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP) Deadline

    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…

  • WATERSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program – Phase 1

    This funding opportunity provides funding for collaborative, grassroots watershed groups to complete group development activities, watershed restoration planning, and watershed management project design. The Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) can provide up to $300,000 (with a min. grant of $10,000) in Federal funds to an applicant over a three-year period, with no more than $100,000 to…

  • MACD Executive Committee

    Zoom

    This meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 2nd on account of the New Years holiday. 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/

  • MACD Finance Committee

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    Zoom

    The MACD Finance Committee meets on the second Wednesday of the Month at 7:30am via zoom. (This is typically the Wednesday prior to MACD Board Meetings). Contact Rebecca Boslough for meeting details.

  • Info Session: MMIA Health Benefits for Montana CDs

    Recurring
    Zoom

    The Montana Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) has been working with the Montana Municipal Interlocal Authority (MMIA) to gain access to the MMIA Health Benefits Pool for conservation districts.  MACD and MMIA will be hosting Info Sessions for districts via zoom. Please bring any questions you have about the potential for MMIA health insurance and…

  • Grasshopper Webinar with MSGA

    Recurring

    MSGA is hosting two webinars which will focus on grasshopper biology and population and the USDA Rangeland Grasshopper Suppression Program. Gary Adams, Montana’s State Plant Health Director, who has more than 35 years with APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine office in Montana will be discussing grasshopper management options in rangeland; available treatments and their limitations,…