Madison Stream Team Monitoring Schedule
If you are interested in volunteering with the Madison Stream Team, the image below presents the anticipated monitoring schedule for the 2024 year. Volunteers should contact Maia Schweikert, the Madison…
Madison Stream Team Volunteer Resources
Thanks to All who attended the Madison Stream Team’s volunteer training this year on June 13th. For those that were unable to make it, but may be interested in learning…
Pull Your Share of Noxious Weeds
Spring has sprung, and plants are blooming throughout the Valley. While we are excited to see the emergence of our native flowers and grasses, such as purple prairie clover and…
Madison Stream Team
As summer approaches, the Madison Conservation District is looking forward to getting back in the field and out on the water. The Madison Watershed is a complex and interconnected system,…
Madison Stream Team Volunteer Training
Mark your calendars! It is almost time for sampling season and MCD is excited to announce our volunteer training date for the 2024 season. The event will include classroom-instruction and…
Madison Watershed Restoration Plan
After several years of revisions and the hard work of many at the Madison Conservation District, the Madison Watershed Restoration Plan was finalized and accepted by DEQ in April 2024…
Intruder Alert
As Spring creeps up, I look forward to enjoying the picturesque waters and shorelines throughout the Madison Valley, however a threat looms nearby. A couple of unruly mollusks, zebra, and…
Living with Nature’s Engineers
The western landscape is quite different than it was in the 1800’s for several reasons, however an event with arguably the most significant impact is the near elimination of the…
Big Sky Watershed Corps Welcome
The Madison Conservation District (MCD) is excited to welcome Maia Schweikert as their Big Sky Watershed Corps (BSWC) member for the 2024 year. Maia hails from the foothills of Elkin,…
How Does Your Garden G.R.O.W.W.
By Felicia Redfield, GROWW Program Coordinator (11/15/23) “So we are easing through our “First Winter” and you, as well as we at the GROWW Garden, have, hopefully, accomplished all of…
2023 Madison Watershed Speaker Series
The Madison River Foundation and Madison Conservation District will be hosting the Madison Watershed Speaker Series again this year. These free public events will be held on the 2nd and…
TMC: Spring 2023
Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Inspection Stations Open Across Montana, District and partner staff travelled to Washington DC for the 2023 National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) annual convention, and three days of soil health in Billings, Montana.