Powder River Conservation District - Broadus, MT

07/24/2026

06/26/2026

Thanks for celebrating the importance of rangelands during Montana Rangeland Awareness Month. DNRC’s rangeland resource program provides opportunities to bring people together to learn from one another and collaborate on common goals. The program serves as a credible, unbiased, trusted, and nonpolitical source of information and welcomes anyone who cares about rangeland. The program focuses on building relationships among diverse groups and sharing perspectives and ideas that foster healthy, sustainable rangelands.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsdPq83BPjU
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LQmtTLIhbU
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1qrXZp_zFs

06/25/2026

Explore the links below for more information!
🔗 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/montana
🔗 https://macdnet.org/
🔗 https://www.winnettaces.org/
🔗 https://www.madisonranchlands.org/
🔗 https://westernsustainabilityexchange.org/
🔗 https://mtbeef.org/montana-public-lands-council/

06/24/2026

Check out the following websites and links for additional information!
🔗 https://goodgrazing.org/
🔗 https://ranchstewards.org/
🔗 https://mtbeef.org/
🔗 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/glci-grazing-lands-conservation-initiative/montana/grazing-lands-conservation
🔗 https://westernlandowners.org/
🔗 https://mtbeef.org/about/montana-association-of-state-grazing-districts/

06/22/2026

Rangeland provides forage to support Montana’s $1.5 billion livestock industry. Grazing animals on western rangelands make livestock an important management tool to maintain these landscapes.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOmsZf1J7dU
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8khY214i80

06/19/2026

Blue bunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) is both Montana’s state grass and the most abundant grass species on Montana’s rangelands.
🔗 https://agr.mt.gov/
🔗 https://fws.gov/
🔗 https://xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center

Region-specific resources to aid in the planning, establishment, restoration, and maintenance of pollinator habitat.

06/17/2026

Rangelands provide nesting places for native bees, many species of which are solitary and use small patches of bare ground or hollow- or pithy-stemmed wildflowers and grasses for nesting sites.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9wZ1-fDPo
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZOeioJ7b7g
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDxZojp9yNg

Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America? Please LIKE and ...

06/15/2026

Rangelands are a vast, connected habitat for native pollinators and insects. The diversity of wildflowers and flowering shrubs found on rangelands provide valuable pollen and nectar. Check out the video link below about how pollinators interact with native plants on the Great Plains and Western US.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GbJGA8OsOY

06/12/2026

The ecosystem services, such as filtration of rainwater and runoff that rangelands provide, help to protect human property from flooding and improve wildlife habitat, leading to potentially better
hunting, fishing, and aesthetics.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRWQwdXnWes
🔗 https://www.mtwatersheds.org/
🔗 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/nrcs-helps-ranchers-and-land-managers-with-challenging-rangeland-management-balancing-act

Range management is a challenging balancing act, juggling the forage needs of the herd, with other needs of the operation. During National Forage Week, June 16-22, learn more about NRCS resources to help ranchers and other rangeland owners.

06/10/2026

As Montana’s (and the United States’) largest ecosystem type, rangelands pack a BIG punch in the services they provide not only in MT, but around the nation. Along with scenic beauty, well-managed rangelands provide many benefits, or ecosystem services, like diverse wildlife habitat, improved soil health and water quality, nutrient cycling, and reduced erosion.