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…
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…
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…
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…
The MACD Board typically meets on the third Monday of the Month at 7:30am via zoom. For January this meeting has been pushed to Tuesday due to MLK Day. Contact…
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…
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,…
CEMIST has scheduled our first quarterly meeting of 2024 for January 24th from 1-3pm. The meeting will be virtual only. Join Zoom Meeting Telephone 1 253 215 8782 US Meeting ID: 826 6277 4491 Passcode: 5555
Montana Association of Conservation Districts is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Liability Insurance Q and A with RMIC Chris Hindoien Time: Jan 25, 2024 01:00 PM Mountain…
The Private Land/Public Wildlife Advisory Committee (PLPW) will meet Jan. 30 and 31 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. . Participants can attend in person at the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation headquarter in Helena or via Zoom. The committee will hear updates from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff and discuss its priorities…
The Big Horn Conservation District is hosting meetings to gather input from local stakeholders to help prioritize natural resource concerns and guide NRCS funding opportunities. The purpose of the local working group meeting is to develop a Big Horn County conservation needs assessment that will identify priority resource agricultural and natural resource concerns of the…
Rangeland Resources Committee Meeting will take place at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center on 2/6/2024 from 1pm-5pm. Please review the Bylaws, Strategic Plan, and 10/17/2023 Minutes prior to the meeting because much of the agenda will focus on these documents. Meeting Packet
The theme of the 2024 Invasive Species Forum is Empowering Action. The virtual Invasive Species Forum is an annual event that brings attention to invasive species issues, research, and advances in prevention and management occurring across Canada, and in neighboring U.S. States. Click Here for More Information and to Register
The objectives of the meeting include providing updates on action items from the Water Planning, Growth, and Exempt Wells (PGE) and Final Decree Transition sub-working group discussions, prioritizing exceptions to the permitting process, reviewing and determining PGE priorities for the 2025 legislative session, discussing the selection process for judges, fostering shared understanding of issues, developing…
