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Park Conservation District 5242 Highway 89 South Livingston, MT 59047 Telephone (406) 222-2899x111

February 3, 2015 REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA USDA Conference Room, 5242 Hwy 89 South, Livingston

11:00 I. Call the Regular Park CD Board Meeting to Order – Gayleen Malone, Chairman

11:10 II. Natural Streambed & Land Preservation Act (310) Site Inspection Reports: A. PK-05-15 Hunters Hot Springs Canal Co. c/o Jim Hogemark: Yellowstone River – Rebuild outer canal bank contiguous with river side channel to prevent further erosion. B.PK-92-14 Steve Leffingwell: Cottonwood Creek – Bridge replacement through the installation of concrete abutments and a structural steel deck. C. PK-04-15 Fish-A-Bit Ranch c/o Spanish Peaks Engineering/David Sigler: Shields River – Stabilization of 5’ high eroding cut banks along two reaches of the Shields River. D. PK-03-15 Andrew Dana c/o Allied Engineering/Doug Chandler: Yellowstone River – Maintain and repair bank stabilizations structures including rip rap and barbs. E. PK-02-15EDouble AA Ranch c/o Brett Johnson: Yellowstone River – Emergency action was taken to build a small diversion in order to restore flow of water to irrigation structure. F. PK-39-13 Robert Gilbert: Soda Butte Creek – Bank stabilization of approximately 1000 feet of streambank through the use of rock rip rap. G. PK-88-14 Roger Bush c/o Standish Excavation & McNabb Engineering/Jeff McNabb: Yellowstone River – Bank stabilization and jetty installation in order to prevent buildings from falling into river due to continued erosion.

12:20 III. Natural Streambed & Land Preservation Act (310) Discussion: A. PK-117-11E Allen Carter: Pine Creek – Notified of plans to modify diversion structure with a slide gate rather than a check board. Won’t be performing activity in the stream bed or banks.

12:25 IV. One Montana/MACD/MWCC – Transition Agriculture Initiative: Joe Zimbric/One Montana Introduction and discussion of Transition Agriculture Initiative.

12:35 V. Treasurer’s Report and Financial Items Approval of Checks and Financial Reports.

12:40 VI. Minutes Approval – January 6, 2015 Minutes

12:45 VII. New Business A. BSWC: update/discussion of projects & activities B. Park CD 2015 Banquet: discussion/menu selection C. YRCDC: discussion/update D. Jones vs. Knadler & Park CD: discussion/update E. Enhancing Montana’s Wildlife & Habitat vs. Montana FWP: lawsuit - update

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F. BSWC/Rolling Rivers Training/mini grant: update G. NFWF grant – Shields River Yellowstone Cutthroat Conservation: discussion H. GPS unit - purchase/selection: discussion I.Irrigation Diversion Blocks: discussion J. Rancher’s Roundtable Series: Wilsall, February 10th & 17th Invasive Grasses, Time Mgmt – respectively K. Park County Landownership Maps: update L. Supervisor Training: Video conference, 1:30 – 4:00, February 10th M. MACD 2015 Scholarships: update N. MACD – News from the Front: Legislative updates O. Warren Kellogg/YRCDC: discussion of potentially presenting at upcoming Park CD meeting.

1:25 VIII. Planning & Development Board Update– Dave Haug

1:30 IX. CWMA Update – Jessica Anderson A. Last meeting: January 20th B. Next meeting: March 10th

1:35 X. NRCS Update –Ron Hoaglund/Dave Molebash

1:50 XI. Watershed Business Upper Yellowstone Watershed Basin  Next meeting: March 5th, Emigrant

Shields Valley Watershed Group  Next meeting: February - TBD, Wilsall

1:55 XII. Public Comment

2:00 XIII. Adjourn

Upcoming Events:  Feb 4-6: Building Capacity for Successful Community-Based Conservation, Dillon  Feb 10: Rancher’s Roundtable Series, 7pm, Wilsall Fire Dept  Feb 10: Supervisor Training – video conference, 1:30-4:00pm  Feb 17: Rancher’s Roundtable Series, 7pm, Wilsall Fire Dept. Building  Feb 18: 310 applications due to Park CD office  Feb 25: Proposed 310 site inspections  Mar 3: Park Conservation District regular board meeting, 11:00am, Livingston USDA Building  Mar 5: UYWB meeting, 7:00pm, Emigrant  Mar 8-14: Groundwater Awareness Week  Mar 10: Park County CWMA meeting, 2:00pm, Livingston USDA Building  Mar 19-20: Montana Environmental Education Association Conference, Polson

NEXT PROPOSED PARK CD MEETING: February 3, 2015 USDA Conference Room

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Key to Commonly Used Acronyms: 310 Law - Montana Natural EQIP - Environmental SNOTEL - Snowpack Streambed & Land Quality Incentives Program Telemetry (NRCS) Preservation Act (Park CD) (NRCS) ARRA - American Recovery FWP – Fish Wildlife & Parks SVWG - Shields Valley and Reinvestment Act (DEQ) Watershed Group Corps - US Army Corps of MACD – Montana TMDL – Total Maximum Engineers Association of Conservation Daily Load (DEQ) Districts CWMA - Cooperative Weed MWCC – Montana USFS - United States Forest Management Area Watershed Coordination Service Council DEQ – Department of MBMG – Montana Bureau of UYWB – Upper Yellowstone Environmental Quality Mines & Geology Watershed Basin DNRC – Department of NRCS – Natural Resource WHIP - Wildlife Habitat Natural Resources & Conservation Services Incentive Program (NRCS) Conservation EA - Environmental Park CD – Park WPA – Watershed Planning Assessment Conservation District & Assistance Grant (DNRC) EPA - Environmental SAMP - Special Area WRP - Watershed Protection Agency Management Plan (Corps) Restoration Plan (DEQ)

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