Venue Information
Date
November 15 – 19, 2021
Place
Great Falls Heritage Inn
1700 Fox Farm Rd
Great Falls, MT 59404
Agenda
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
8:00 – 12:00 AM | Lewis & Clark
MACD Board Strategic Planning
– Terry Profata, Strategic Planning Consultant
1:00 – 2:00 PM | Canada
Milk River Watershed Alliance
1:00 – 4:00 PM | Montana / Alberta
MACD Employee Organization
2:00 – 3:00 PM | Canada
Montana Salinity Control Association
3:00 – 6:00 PM | Canada
Missouri River Conservation District Council
2:00 – 5:00 PM | American
Resource Conservation Advisory Council
6:00 – 8:00 PM | Banquet Hall
Dry as Dirt – Soil Health Social
– Sponsored by General Mills
– Marni Thompson, Montana NRCS Soil Health Specialist
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
7:00 – 12:00 pm | Entrance
Registration
7:30 – 9:00 AM | Banquet Hall
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 AM | Montana / Alberta
MACD Board Meeting
10:00 – 10:30 AM | ABC Room
Opening Ceremonies
10:30 – 10:50 am | ABC Room
MSU Dan Scott Ranch Management Program
– Rachel Frost, Program Lead
10:50 – 12:25 pm | ABC Room
Partner Reports
12:25 – 12:45 PM | ABC Room
Heart of the Rockies Initiative
– Erin Farris Olson, Rural Development Director
12:45 – 1:45 PM | Banquet Hall
Lunch | Change: Perspective on Montana’s Natural Resources since the Ice Age
– Josh Schrecengost, NRCS Supervisory District Conservationist
2:00 – 5:00 PM | ABC Room
Standing Committee Meetings (Resolution Discussion, Full Body)
– Soil Resources and Land Use Committee
– District Operations Committee
– Education Committee
– Water Resources Committee
6:00 PM | Pool Side / Banquet Hall
Employee Organization – Paradise Party
– Find your inner pirate, sport a trident, mermaid tail and coconut shells or wear a bright shirt and lei, we’re going to celebrate the tropical way!
Thursday, November 18, 2021
8:00 – 12:00 pm | Entrance
Registration
8:00 – 9:30 AM | Banquet Hall
Education Breakfast – Growing the Future
– Big Sky Scientific, CDOWG, Range + Envirothon
9:30 – 10:30 AM | ABC Room
MACD
– Planning, Organization Updates, Q & A
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 – 11:45 AM | ABC Room
30 x 30 – Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful
Facilitated interactive panel discussion
11:45 – 12:15 PM | ABC Room
NRCS PL566 & Aging Infrastructure
– Tom Watson, NRCS State Conservationist
12:15 – 1:15 PM | Banquet Hall
Lunch
1:15 – 3:15 PM | Banquet Hall
HJ27 – #futuresobright
– Moderated session on CD funding and relevancy with Environmental Quality Council Members.
3:15 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 5:30 PM | ABC Room
MACD Business Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM | Pool Side
Social
6:00 PM | Banquet Hall
Awards Banquet
Friday, November 19, 2021
9:00 AM | Montana / Alberta
MACD Board Meeting and Convention Wrap-up
10:00 – 12:00 pm | ABC Room
Central and Eastern Montana Invasive Species Team (CEMIST)