Steve Hedstrom Reports from NACD Meeting
February 3, 2017
Greetings to the Conservation Districts of the great State of Montana, It is so good to be home after 6 days in Denver for the 2016 NACD convention. I hope to give all of you at least a short report of some events that occurred this session. The single most important item was election of new […]
News From the Front 2/3/2017
February 3, 2017
“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.” Winston Churchill The week according to Jeff… Dear Readers: Total number of Introduced Bills – 615 Total number of Introduced and Unintroduced […]
Resolution 16-2 on National Platform
February 2, 2017
We’ve heard some unofficial news from the National Association of Conservation Districts national meeting. MACD Resolution 16-2 passed out of the legislative committee and will be part of the national association’s platform. Congratulations to Phillips Conservation District!
News From the Front, January 27
January 27, 2017
“It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.” Calvin Coolidge The week according to Jeff… Dear Readers: Total number of Introduced Bills – 508 Total number of Introduced and Unintroduced Bills – 2558 Those numbers are as of Thursday. That’s a load of bills. You and I could not […]
News From the Front, January 20
January 20, 2017
Conservation Districts are all about the future. MACD Board Member Dean Rogge holds SWCDM Associate Director Ann McCauley’s son Beck. I think I know what Beck was doing. The week according to Jeff “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.” ― Seneca, […]
News From the Front, January 13
January 13, 2017
Thomas Francis Meagher* still guards the Capitol under the same moon he saw in the 1860’s. He was, perhaps, Montana’s ultimate celebrity. See the last page of NFTF for details. The week according to Jeff “I’m not nearly as afraid of Friday the 13th as I am of the people who are afraid of Friday […]
News From the Front, January 6
January 6, 2017
Does a healthy European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) seen adjacent to the Capitol last September portend a fruitful Session? Maybe, maybe not. We’ve recently seen a lot of white. It’s nice to see something green. The week according to Jeff Dear Readers: “There is nothing wrong in change, if it is in the right direction. […]
News From the Front 12/20/2016
December 20, 2016
The week according to Jeff Dear Readers: Thanks to Kate’s creativity, we have a new News From the Front format for the2017 Session that we hope you’ll like. News From the Front will be divided into a number of different headings to make it easier to go to the section that you’re interested in. It’ll […]
You’re Invited: Meet & Greet with Legislators and the Montana Conservation Community
December 20, 2016
October 12 WPIC Meeting
October 17, 2016
REPORT TO THE DISTRICTS concerning the 12th October 2016 WATER POLICY INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING in Helena, Montana; and containing other news of interest to Conservation Districts. This report is mostly a continuation of our communications with the Conservation Districts concerning what we believe is one of the most important committees of the Montana State Legislature. The Water Policy Interim […]