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Welcome to the new and improved MACD District Dispatch!

Here you will find the same information, resources, and news you have come to know and love from District Dispatch but now in a new layout in an effort to organize information for your convince. We would love to know what you think!

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Highlight of the Week

Montana Soil Health Week

Join in the celebration of Montana’s 2nd Annual Soil Health Week!

In 2023, the Montana Legislature passed a bipartisan resolution designating the first week of April as Montana Soil Health Week and the first Wednesday in April as Montana Soil Health Day.

The weeklong celebration is designed to raise awareness about how healthy soils can increase crop yields, strengthen food security, create greater climate resiliency, and improve nutrition. Soil Health Day and Week highlights the work of everyone stewarding soil health across Montana.

HIGHLIGHT NEW Click here to learn more about the Montana Forest Products Story.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

HIGHLIGHT  2025 Board Meetings Calendar

NEW  MACD Executive Committee Meeting | April 7

NEW  MACD Finance Committee Meeting | April 9

NEW  Conservation Districts Bureau Grant Hearings | April 18

NEW  MACD Board Meeting | April 21

FULL MACD CALENDAR

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW  Montana Soil Health Week Film Screening of Common Ground | April 2nd

NEW  Rooting for Profit Workshop | April 4

HIGHLIGHT   NEW  Living On The Banks: Stream Permitting 101 | April 10

Montana Matters Youth Outdoor Experience | April 19

Envirothon 2025 | April 28-29

TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS

NEW  Madison CD Soil Testing Workshop | April 2

NEW  Grant Management USA Training | April 3-4

NEW  Land Stewardship Series: Landowner Fire Preparedness | April 3

NEW  Public Perceptions of Beavers in Urban Environments Webinar | April 10

NEW  Land Stewardship Series: Living in the Forest: Insects, Disease and Wildfire | April 10

ANNOUCEMENTS

NEW  CD Bureau 2025 Biennium Report

HIGHLIGHT  MACD Mini-Grant Call for Applications | Deadline: April 18

HIGHLIGHT  MACD Scholarship

Stewardship Week 2025

IN THE NEWS

NEW  Conservation Clips

HIGHLIGHT   NEW  Northern Ag Soil Health Podcast

NEW  Preserving a Legacy: NRCS and Landowners Team Up to Protect a Family Forest

NEW  NRCS Montana Success Story: Reseeding a Ranching Legacy

MCDEO HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHT MCDEO Roundtable Meeting Dates

NEW EO Quarterly Report

EO Current Board Members

CONSERVATION MENU

The Montana Conservation Menu is now live! This web resource includes grant applications, information about conservation district offices, and more.

VISIT CONSERVATION MENU

RESOURCES

HIGHLIGHT Conservation District Directory

HIGHLIGHT NEW Grab Everything You Need For Stewardship Week

310 Violation Workflow Toolkit

CDB 10-Minute Training Program Library

Discounted ESRI subscriptions available through MACD

Prescribed Fire References Document

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MACD RESOURCE LIBRARY

MEETING MINUTES

MACD Board Meeting Minutes | March 17, 2025

MACD Finance Committee Meeting Minutes | March 12, 2025

MACD Executive Committee Meeting Minutes | March 10, 2025

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