Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Local Working Group Questionnaire
The Yellowstone County Local Work Group meeting is held on an annual basis (date TBD) and is open to the public. If you are unable to attend this meeting, you have the opportunity to provide input into the locally-led process by completing this questionnaire and returning it at your earliest convenience. The questionnaire responses will be reviewed, and a designated priority resource concern will be selected for Fiscal Year 2027 USDA-NRCS conservation activities and programs.
This questionnaire can be returned to the Yellowstone Conservation District at the following address:
Yellowstone Conservation District
PO Box 80088
Billings, MT 59108
If you have any questions regarding this questionnaire, please contact LaVerne Ivie, YCD District Administrator, by calling: (406) 690-9326, or email: Livie@mt.gov; or Zoe Craft, USDA-NRCS District Conservationist, by calling: (406) 438-0857, or email: zoe.craft@usda.gov.
Name (Optional):_______________________________________________________
Are you one or more of the following (check all that apply):
o Rancher
o Farmer
o Private Landowner
o Tribal Landowner
o Native American
o Tribal Entity
o Nonprofit Group
o Other:_________________________________________________________
Please select UP TO THREE resource concerns you feel are an issue in Yellowstone County, circle the landuse these resource concerns are associated with, as well as the general geographic location in Yellowstone County these may be located (Custer area, Fly Creek, Yellowstone River East, etc.):
o Soil Erosion (Wind, Water, Gully, Irrigation-Induced, etc.)
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Soil Quality Degradation (Organic Matter Depletion, Compaction, Salinity, etc.)
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Water Quantity (Stockwater, Irrigation Water, etc.)
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Water Quality (Sediment, Excess Nitrogen, Manure, etc.)
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Degraded Plant Condition (Weeds, Low Production, Overgrazing, etc.)
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Inadequate Fish & Wildlife Habitat
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Livestock- Inadequate Feed & Forage
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Livestock – Inadequate Livestock Shelter
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
o Livestock – Inadequate Livestock Water
o Landuse: Pasture, Rangeland, Forestland, Irrigated Cropland, Dry Cropland, Other
o Location:
The Billings NRCS Field Office and Yellowstone Conservation District are always looking for opportunities to provide education and outreach to the producers in Yellowstone County. Do you have any suggestions for future workshop/meeting topics to discuss?
Do you have any other additional concerns you would like to share with the Local Working Group?
Would you like us to send you information regarding any future workshops, meetings, or NRCS Farm Bill Programs? If yes, please include your name, mailing address, and email address, if applicable, below, and we will add you to our mailing lists.
Name:______________________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip:_______________________________________________________________
Email:_______________________________________________________________________
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