It's spring time in Montana, and that means the sage grouse are lekking, the grayling are spawning, and the cattle are getting fat! Also the rivers are flooding, in case no one noticed.... Here's the roundup of conservation news this…
Happy May Day, readers! Today we have a veritable flood (the good kind) of conservation news from across the state. In this week's issue: Broadwater CD's Big Sky Watershed Corps Member Katie Mumford was awarded NRCS Montana's Earth Team Volunteer…
Photo by Erich Pfalzer A film documenting the recently completed Miners Gulch project on the Vermilion River was just completed! Thanks to Josh Boyd for producing this film and to all of the partners who were interviewed and appear within…
Photo credit: Cory Luoma By Susan Drumheller Explore the world of fly fishing, from Honduras to Alaska, Dubai to Africa, without leaving Sanders County, during the 12th annual Fly Fishing Film Tour, coming to the Rex Theatre in Thompson Falls…
The Green Mountain Conservation District (GMCD) held a routine monthly meeting on April 18, 2018. Reports from the GMCD Administrator, Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, and Natural Resource Conservation Service were presented. Eight 310 applications…
Greetings readers! We have a great issue of TMC (and very few jokes, this long spring is wearing me out) for you this week: BEEF Magazine gets in on the soil health movement with a great article explaining the basic…
A Watershed Restoration Plan is an important tool for identifying and prioritizing the work necessary to improve water resources in a particular watershed. It provides a step-by-step framework for connecting watershed restoration projects (i.e. re-vegetation efforts, channel reconstruction, stream restoration or enhancement, etc) to…
It's April, and you're a fool if you think that means spring is here (*coughs*). Raise your hand if you're ready for the snow to stop! Now that we've gotten that out of the way, it's April, and it's time…
The Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Montana (SWCDM) and the Missouri River Conservation Districts Council (MRCDC) have just announced another round of funding for Ranching for Rivers, a cost-share program to help ranchers with riparian pasture/fencing projects. This current…
The Green Mountain Conservation District (GMCD) held a routine monthly meeting on March 21, 2018. Reports from the GMCD Administrator, Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Montana were presented. Four…