1069_NRCS_projects
Judy McKelvey, forest landowner near Clancy, Mont., participated in the Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration project in the Tenmile watershed. The project, part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program administered by USDA-NRCS, is to improve the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems where public and private lands meet through a partnership between the Forest Service and NRCS. The Tenmile project will improve the health of the forest land in the Tenmile Watershed, reduce fire hazard, and improve water quality in the drainage that provides the city of Helena 80 percent of its drinking water. The McKelveys developed a plan with NRCS to improve forest stand health, reduce hazardous fuel, control noxious weeds and improve water quality. Jefferson County, Montana. June 2017.
1069_NRCS_projects
Judy McKelvey, forest landowner near Clancy, Mont., participated in the Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration project in the Tenmile watershed. The project, part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program administered by USDA-NRCS, is to improve the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems where public and private lands meet through a partnership between the Forest Service and NRCS. The Tenmile project will improve the health of the forest land in the Tenmile Watershed, reduce fire hazard, and improve water quality in the drainage that provides the city of Helena 80 percent of its drinking water. The McKelveys developed a plan with NRCS to improve forest stand health, reduce hazardous fuel, control noxious weeds and improve water quality. Jefferson County, Montana. June 2017.