The Green Mountain Conservation District (GMCD) held a routine monthly meeting on February 21, 2018. Reports from the GMCD Administrator, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group were presented. Seven 310…
Greetings, conservationists! Here's hoping your pipes aren't frozen, and the snow stops blowing long enough for you to catch up on this week's conservation news: In case you missed it, Montana has had a particularly severe winter. Weather.com writes in…
Mindy Ferrell, a Green Mountain Conservation District (GMCD) Associate Supervisor, was recently given the Montana Wilderness Association’s Brass Lantern Award for continued volunteer service promoting public lands, wild spaces and outdoor education. One of her many activities included helping organize…
Greetings, readers! This week in The Montana Conservationist: In Bozeman, the Farmers Canal Company will be working with the Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology to study seepage out of the canal as it runs through the city. After a…
Today, the Bull River is lacking in native shrubs and trees along its river banks. Loss of riparian forest, modified hydrology and highly competitive reed canarygrass limit the natural regeneration of other species. A healthy river is lined with diverse…
Greetings readers! Did you spend the entire government shutdown just wondering when you could get to your email and read the Montana Conservationist? Well good news, it's here. This week: The government shut down. And then reopened. The Missoulian has…
The Green Mountain Conservation District (GMCD) held a routine monthly meeting on January 17, 2018. Reports from the GMCD Administrator, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and the Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group were presented. Ten 310 applications were discussed. Meeting minutes…
Greetings readers! I hope the new year finds you well, and anticipating the first edition of TMC for 2018. I can already tell that it's going to be a great year for conservation. Here's what's up today: USDA reports that…
The Vermilion River represents the single largest Bull Trout spawning stream in more than 100 miles of the mainstem Lower Clark Fork River drainage and is also a stronghold for westslope cutthroat trout. Historically, the river has been impaired by…
Hello everyone! Coming to you from the live action snowglobe of Northwest Montana, it's the last TMC of 2017! As you're gathering with your family over the holidays, here are some conservation nuggets for you to chew on (almost as…