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Attention Richland County Landowners. Application are being accepting for the Richland County Conservation District Cost Share Program. The program is designed to help landowners implement conservation practices on land in Richland County. Past projects include: Stock water wells, stockwater pipelines, solar pumps for stock water wells, irrigation structures, gated pipe purchases, shelterbelts, reseeding crop fields to grass and cover crops. Any project that enhances the natural resources in Richland County is eligible. The program is open to...
Thank you to all of the area company employers and their employees, government agency employees, service organizations, 4-H clubs, running groups, school children, farmers, ranchers and numerous individuals who have taken time out of their busy lives to support the recent effort to clean up Richland County. Each bag of trash removed from the road ditches, fence lines, paths and streets of our county shows how much pride we take in keeping our corner of Montana beautiful. It is so much easier to enjoy the beauty of all that Spring has to offer...
The Richland County Conservation District (RCCD) in cooperation with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) will be completing an inventory of wells completed in the Fox Hills – Hell Creek aquifer. Wells in this aquifer were often completed with 2-inch metal casing to depths over 1000 feet and originally flowed Because of the small well diameters, these wells depended on flowing conditions. Water level monitoring has documented declines of 1-4 feet per year over the past 20 years in Richland County. As a result, some of the wells t...
The Richland County Conservation District, in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), invites the public to a Natural Resource Issue - Local Working Group (LWG) meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10 at the Richland County Extension meeting room- 1499 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT. Your local CD is made up of five board members elected by the public and 2 urban supervisors appointed by the incorporated towns. Many members of CD boards are actively engaged in farming and ranching. Residents are encouraged to...
The Richland County Conservation District, in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), invites the public to a Natural Resource Issue - Local Working Group (LWG) meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday March 10 at the Richland County Extension meeting room- 1499 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT. Your local CD is made up of five board members elected by the public and 2 urban supervisors appointed by the incorporated towns. Many members of CD boards are actively engaged in farming and ranching. Residents are encouraged to...
HELENA, Mont. – The Governor's Rangeland Resources Executive Committee (RREC) announced today that rancher Duane Ullman of Sidney and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) employee Matt Ricketts of Bozeman have been chosen as recipients of the 2014 Range Leader of the Year awards. "Duane Ullman and Matt Ricketts are genuine leaders in the field of range management," said Les Gilman, Rangeland Resources Executive Committee Chairman from Alder, Mont. "Their commitment to education and t...
Richland County Conservation District has been recognizing individuals who co-operate with the district to implement conservation practices on the land for many years. In 1977 Jean Bidegaray received the distinction of conservation district co-operator of the year. Building on the conservation practices that their father began, Remi and Claude Bidegaray have been named Richland County Conservation District Co-operators of the Year for 2014. Remi and Claude operate their diversified farm and ranch entity under Bidegaray Brothers, together they a...
Richland County Conservation District has been recognizing individuals who co-operate with the district to implement conservation practices on the land for many years. In 1977 Jean Bidegaray received the distinction of conservation district co-operator of the year. Building on the conservation practices that their father began, Remi and Claude Bidegaray have been named Richland County Conservation District Co-operators of the Year for 2014. Remi and Claude operate their diversified farm and ranc...
Richland County Conservation District is currently taking applications for their conservation cost share program. The program is in its fifth year with funding for the program provided by the Richland County Commissioners. In prior years, Richland County landowners were able to improve irrigation systems, drill water wells for livestock, install stockwater tanks, fences and pipelines and plant trees with this program. The District is targeting landowners that would like to implement conservation practices but they never rank well with the NRCS...
Richland County Conservation District is conducting a ground water sampling program. Rural water users concerned about the effects of energy development can have their water supply tested for contaminates specific to energy development activities. Through a grant from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) and the assistance of the Montana Salinity Control Association (MSCA) we are able to offer this program. If you are concerned about chemical storage, production water disposal, frac water injections or waste...
Richland County Conservation District is conducting a ground water sampling program. Rural water users concerned about the effects of energy development can have their water supply tested for contaminates specific to energy development activities. Through a grant from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) and the assistance of the Montana Salinity Control Association (MSCA) we are able to offer this program. If you are concerned about chemical storage, production water disposal, frac water injections or waste...
In conjunction with Ground Water Awareness Week March 9-15th, 2014, the Richland County Conservation District announces a new ground water sampling program. Rural water users have expressed concern about the potential effects on water supply from oil development. Water users voiced concerns about chemical storage, production water disposal, frac water injection, waste management accidents at well-heads or injection pits, accidents and/or spills during chemical and product transportation and large withdrawals of ground water. The Montana...
Applications for the Richland County Conservation District Cost Share program will be accepted through March 7, 2014. The cost share program provides financial assistance for natural resource improvements within Richland County. The program is available to any private sector landowner on property in Richland County. Projects must be on the ground and follow the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) designs standards and specifications where applicable. Cost share assistance is 50% of the cost recommended on the NRCS cost list and is...
Applications for the Richland County Conservation District Cost Share program will be accepted through March 7, 2014. The cost share program provides financial assistance for natural resource improvements within Richland County. The program is available to any private sector landowner on property in Richland County. Projects must be on the ground and follow the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) designs standards and specifications where applicable. Cost share assistance is 50% of the cost recommended on the NRCS cost list and is...
Applications for the Richland County Conservation District Cost Share program will be accepted through March 7, 2014. The cost share program provides financial assistance for natural resource improvements within Richland County. The program is available to any private sector landowner on property in Richland County. Projects must be on the ground and follow the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) designs standards and specifications where applicable. Cost share assistance is 50% of the cost recommended on the NRCS cost list and is...
Richland County Conservation and Weed District will hold their annual supper on December 5, 2013. Supper will be served at 6:00 pm at the Richland County Event Center. Highlighting this year's event will be Jon Reiten, MT Bureau of Mines and Geology discussing his findings on Phase 2 of the Lower Yellowstone Ground Water Reservation-Development Potential of Buried Channel Aquifer in Richland County, Montana. Jon has been collecting data on this aquifer since 2005. His talk will focus on the...
Tree Orders-The Richland County Conservation District is currently taking orders for conservation tree seedlings. A wide variety of trees are available at minimal cost for conservation plantings of windbreaks, shelterbelts or wildlife plantings. The Conservation District provides the service of planting trees in windbreaks, with the use of our tree planter. Ground needs to be properly prepared in order to use the tree planter. Only bare root conservation grade trees can be planted with the district planter for a nominal fee. The Conservation...
In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law three landmark pieces of legislation creating a new “people’s department” (the US Department of Agriculture); establishing land grant colleges in every state and opening the west to homesteading. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of those historic signings, a “People’s Celebration” is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening, Nov. 8, at the Richland County Fair Event Center in Sidney. A number of local USDA agencies and programs (Agricultural Research Service, Fa...
In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law three landmark pieces of legislation creating a new “people’s department” (the US Department of Agriculture); establishing land grant colleges in every state and opening the west to homesteading. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of those historic signings, a “People’s Celebration” is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening, Nov. 8, at the Richland County Fair Event Center in Sidney. A number of local USDA agenci...
In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law three landmark pieces of legislation creating a new “people’s department” (the US Department of Agriculture); establishing land grant colleges in every state and opening the west to homesteading. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of those historic signings, a “People’s Celebration” is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening, Nov. 8, at the Richland County Fairgrounds’ Event Center in Sidney. A number of USDA agencies (Agricultural Research Service, Farm Service...
In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law three landmark pieces of legislation creating a new “people’s department” (the US Department of Agriculture); establishing land grant colleges in every state and opening the west to homesteading. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of those historic signings, a “People’s Celebration” is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening, Nov. 8, at the Richland County Fairgrounds’ Event Center in Sidney. A number of USDA agencies (Agricultural Research Service, Farm Service...
The Richland County Weed and Conservation Districts Annual Supper will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m. at the Richland County Event Center. We are excited to hold our annual event at the new event center. Leroy Strasheim has agreed to cater the event. Attendees can have their choice of prime rib or shrimp at the low cost of $12. The Weed District and Conservation District will pick up the remainder of the cost of the meal. The Co-operator and Weed Fighter of the Year awards will be given out as well as annual reports from the two...
