All services offered by the Missoula Conservation District are free and voluntary. In return for services, the District asks that you make a commitment to become a better steward of your land.
Watershed Planning:
- Inventory natural resources
- Develop group coordinated resource management plans
- Develop individual land management plans with private landowners for their property within the watershed
Develop Land Management Plans with Individual/Groups of Landowners within Missoula County:
- Inventory of the natural resources
- Develop plan map of property on aerial photo
- Provide technical assistance to the landowner for management alternatives to accomplish the landowner's goals and objectives
Technical Assistance through our Staff and the Natural Resources Conservation Service:
- Streambank Stabilization Measures
- Soils Information
- Grazing Management Pans
- Fencing to Improve Livestock Distribution
- Livestock Water Developments
- Irrigation Systems and Irrigation Water Management
- Pasture & Hayland Management
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement
- Windbreaks
- Weed Control
- Revegetation Plans
- Forest Stand Improvement Planning
Cost Share Program to Promote Practices that Improve Natural Resources:
- 75% Cost Share, with a maximum of $5,000/project for Stream/Fisheries Improvements, Wildlife Habitat Improvements, Erosion Control Measures, Uplands Improvements, Fire Hazard Reduction Measures
Riparian Planting Mini-Grants:
- $500 Grants for Planting/Seeding Native Riparian Vegetation Along Streams and Rivers
Services and Programs are paid for by the yearly assessment on your tax statements labeled Soil Conservation.