2021 Rancher Roundtable: Refresher on Calving Techniques & Navigating Difficult Births
February 12, 2021
Refresher on Calving Techniques and Navigating Difficult Births Are your calving skills adequate? Top notch? View our conversations on calving techniques and navigating difficult births. We heard presentations from Carla Sanford, MSU Assistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, and large animal vet, Will Oliver. Take Our Survey! Rancher Roundtable Survey View Dr. Sanford's Slides [...]
2021 Rancher Roundtable Event: Real World First Aid
February 11, 2021
Real World First Aid On January 12th, we discussed how to deal with life-threatening injuries in wilderness settings. Speaker, Steve Primm, is a local Wilderness EMT and a member of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Please watch our recording of the presentation! Hosted by: Ruby Valley Conservation District, Montana State University Extension, Madison [...]
Ruby Watershed Council Meeting – CWD w/ Dr. Emily Almberg, MT FWP Disease Ecologist
December 3, 2020
Join us at our next Ruby Watershed Council Meeting to discuss the latest CWD findings from Southwest Montana and their implications with MT FWP Disease Ecologist Dr. Emily Almberg. WebEx Link Information: Ruby Watershed Council Meeting Hosted by Dominique Shore https://dominiqueshore.my.webex.com/dominiqueshore.my/j.php?MTID=m442e8bfe5971581559fba0f471477927 Meeting number: 126 981 7372 Password: ruby-river (78290748 from phones and video systems) f2b886f567a4405bb5b2045d524a393b [...]
The Montana Conservationist, v14 i8
July 14, 2020
Greetings, readers! This week in The Montana Conservationist: Louis Wertz of the Western Landowners Alliance wrote a great op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune about the trouble with ranchettes. They may seem like the perfect lifestyle, but in reality the fragmented development is a nightmare for the landscape. The Flathead Beacon writes about how the […]
The Montana Conservationist, V14 I7
June 19, 2020
This week in The Montana Conservationist: AIS inspectors have found 13 boats transporting invasive species in Montana, an increase over previous years. It’s more important now than ever to stay vigilant! An MSU research team has received a grant to further study invasive cheatgrass. This week, the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which […]
The Montana Conservationist V14 I6
May 21, 2020
Greetings, readers! This week we’ve got a hearty TMC for your Memorial Day Weekend reading pleasure. Behold: A recent study modeled shrub encroachment on a sloping landscape and found that contrary to popular opinion, shrubs actually increase groundwater recharge. With the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing food security, a new movement is growing on the Great Plains. […]
The Montana Conservationist, v14i5
May 8, 2020
This week in the Montana Conservationist: The Montana Department of Ag is encouraging Montanans to “Get out and Grow” a garden, with an online campaign and educational materials to help folks along. We’ve got a great story from the Big Hole Watershed Committee about how they worked with BLM to find a new use for root wads […]
The Montana Conservationist April 23
April 23, 2020
This week in TMC: We’ve got an interesting article about earthworms – not only how they can be essential for soil health, but how destructive they can be when introduced to forests As milk producers around the country have been dumping milk that they can’t get to consumers, some Hutterite colonies in Montana have instead […]
The Montana Conservationist, March 26
March 26, 2020
Greetings, TMC readers. I hope this finds you safe, healthy, and snuggled into the comfort and/or chaos of your home offices. The world is a strange place at the moment, but one thing that’s bringing me solace is taking a walk down to the Kootenai river and remembering that it’s been here far, far longer […]
The Montana Conservationist, February 20
February 20, 2020
Greetings, readers! We have a great issue of The Montana Conservationist for you this week: Lake County CD is putting on trainings across the state next week to help other districts start Pollinator Initiatives in their areas. The city of Havre has found an innovative solution to a wastewater treatment dilemma: they put beer in […]