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 […]
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 […]
Sage Grouse Update
January 22, 2016
Administrators and Board of Directors: This is my second policy update for 2016. The sage grouse issue continues to unfold and develop before our eyes. As I recently reported to you, the state program is up and running and making progress.