Monday, November 12 |
Start | End | | Room |
2:00 | 5:00 | Standing Committee Organization Meeting | Parlor 1010 |
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Tuesday, November 13 |
Start | End | | Room |
8:30 | 10:00 | MACD Board Meeting | Parlor 1010 |
8:30 | 12:30 | DNRC RCAC Committee | Madison |
10:00 | 12:00 | SWCDM Board Meeting | Parlor 1010 |
11:30 | 12:30 | Milk River Watershed Alliance Meeting | Little Missouri |
11:30 | 2:00 | MSCA Board Meeting | Jefferson |
1:00 | 4:00 | MACD EO Meeting | Ballroom |
2:30 | 4:30 | MRCDC Board Meeting | Gallatin |
4:30 | 5:00 | MACDEO Scholarship Awardees & MACD Staff Meeting | Foyer |
4:30 | 6:00 | Registration Open & Vendor Setup | Foyer |
5:30 | 7:00 | Hors D’Oeuvres & Social | Foyer |
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Wednesday November 14 |
Start | End | | Room |
8:00 | 1:00 | Registration Table Open | Lobby |
7:00 | 8:30 | Breakfast, with presentations on Northern Great Plains Joint Venture, RREC Internships, and Living on the Bank | Large Room |
8:30 | 9:30 | Opening Ceremony and Welcome & Partner Updates (Legislators; MACD; DNRC; NACD; NRCS) | Large Room |
9:45 | 10:15 | Carter County Conservation District presents: The Roots that Bind Us: Telling the Story of Carter County | Large Room |
10:15 | 10:30 | Break | |
10:30 | 11:30 | Committee Meetings | |
| | District Operations | Madison |
| | Water | Gallatin |
| | Soil and Land Use | Jefferson |
| | Education | Little Missouri |
10:30 | 11:30 | One-on-One Ask An Expert Sessions | Parlor 1010 |
| | Legal-Aid Don MacIntyre | |
| | CD & AIS Stations Follow up | |
| | Drones In Agriculture | |
11:30 | 12:30 | Lunch - Presenter Ken Frazer & Mike Ruggles with FWP: Huntley Diversion Structure & Fish By-Pass | Large Room |
1:00 | 5:00 | Tours:
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| | Option 1: North 40 Ag / Miller Coors Plant | Huntley |
| | Option 2: Western Heritage Center / Uber Brewery | Downtown Billings |
5:00 | 9:00 | MACDEO Event: Night in the Old West | Large Room |
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Thursday November 15 |
Start | End | | Room |
8:00 | 5:00 | Registration Table Open | Foyer |
7:30 | 9:00 | Education Breakfast: Drones In Agriculture | Large Room |
9:00 | 10:15 | Becoming an Effective District | Large Room |
10:30 | Noon | MACD Business Meeting | Yellowstone & Bighorn |
12:00 | 1:00 | Lunch with presentations of Gallatin Conservation District's Education Center and DEQ's Nonpoint Source Program | Large Room |
1:15 | 2:15 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS ROUND 1 | |
| | Rural Communities and a Changing Western Economy | Yellowstone & Bighorn |
| | Seeding Cropland back to Grass | Madison |
| | Soil Testing | Ballroom |
2:15 | 2:30 | Break | |
2:30 | 3:30 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS ROUND 2 | |
| | Conservation Easements 101 | Yellowstone & Bighorn |
| | Conservation District Law | Madison |
| | Mill Levy 101 | Ballroom |
3:30 | 3:45 | Break | |
3:45 | 4:45 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS ROUND 3 | |
| | AIS Stations & Conservation Districts | Yellowstone & Bighorn |
| | Montana’s Changing Climate | Madison |
| | Water Reservations and Conservation Districts | Ballroom |
5:00 | 6:00 | Social Hour | |
6:00 | 10:00 | Banquet MC: Dan McGowan & Keynote Speaker Taylor Brown: Awards & Live Auction | Large Room |
| | Live Music by River North from Garfield County following banquet | Hotel Lounge |
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Friday November 16 |
8:00 | 9:30 | MACDBoard Meeting Wrap-up (personnel portion will be closed) | Parlor 1010 |
10:00 | 12:00 | YRCDC Meeting | Parlor 1010 |