Conversations with Water
If you were a water droplet falling from the sky in an afternoon rainstorm, where would you go? You may fall through a canopy of Lodgepole Pines, to seep into the soil and eventually weave your way through the pores…
The Duttons Needed a Permit
“On our land, it’s our river,” says Dan Jenkins, a land developer in the series Yellowstone. “This isn’t California, gentlemen. This is Montana. We can do whatever we want.” Not so fast, Danno. Though Hollywood insists on portraying Montana as…
Arbor Day: Past and Present
As pioneers migrated west, settlers began to miss the trees that once coated the lands of the east. One man in particular, Nebraska newspaper editor and resident of Nebraska City NE - Julius Sterling Morton missed his community of trees…
Montana Conservation Districts at the NACD Annual Convention
In February 2023, several staff members from Conservation Districts across Montana had the opportunity to attend the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Annual Meeting. This five-day event took place in New Orleans and provided attendees various tours, breakout sessions,…
Earth Day 2023: Celebrating and Supporting Wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Have you heard?! April is Earth Month! Earth Day falls on April 22 every year, but Earth Month is a month-long celebration of the planet and how we can make it a better place. It's a time to raise awareness…
Regenerative Farming: Getting Back to our Roots
Approaching our agricultural system on a smaller scale: local farms on land we know, producing goods for those within our communities, makes us put more thought and care into what we are growing and where it is going. Regenerative farming…
Love Them, But Leave Them Wild
Look at how thin the deer are this winter! There are a few coming toward the house… some apples won’t hurt them, right? Wrong! While it may seem like you are doing the slender deer or scrawny squirrel in your…
Function, Fiber, and Reporposing is the New Fashion
Most of us have heard the buzz words – slow food, watershed, farm to table, reuse, re-purpose, and recycle, right? Have you realized similar words can relate to the clothes we wear? Slow fashion- this has to do with the…
Where’s the Water? (Review of Water Year 2022)
You might hear the term ‘Water Year’ thrown around when people discuss drought. Simply put, a water year is used to describe 12 months where precipitation totals have been measured. Like most northern states, where precipitation falling later in the…