Livestock Water Quality, Range Monitoring Workshop

Phillips Conservation District will be hosting a Livestock Water Quality/Range Monitoring Workshop on November 2nd, at the Phillips County Library Basement, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Dr. Mark Peterson, USDA-ARS Fort Keogh, will present on the importance of water quality for your livestock. He will be presenting the results of water quality analyses from an eight year survey, sampling 48 stock water sites from springs, wells, reservoirs and surface flowing water in May and September at Fort Keogh. The presentation will also include a partial explanation for some changes in water quality, as well as propose an approach to reduce negative productivity impacts due to poor water quality.

Emily Standley is a rangeland technician for the Montana Rangelands Partnership’s new technical assistance program. As a rangeland technician, Emily focuses on helping landowners establish monitoring sites and create grazing plans that are tailored to ranch objectives. Her presentation will describe monitoring methods that are designed to be time efficient and easy to implement, but still provide valuable information for ranchers to evaluate the health of their landscape.

Please call 654-1334 ext. 101 for questions