Briefs for May 11, 2016
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4-H leader to speak
News from the Lake County Pachyderm Club
POLSON — Amy Vaughan, a member of the executive committee of the Lake County 4-H Council, a leader and volunteer for 4-H for seven years, and a co-leader of the Lake County 4-H Ambassadors, will be the featured speaker at the Friday, May 13 meeting of the Lake County Pachyderm Club.
She will give an overview of the Lake County 4-H program, how it works to make future leaders and successful citizens of the youth involved, and what we can do as a community to support this effort. Amy is always encouraging kids to make the most of opportunities and live by the 4-H motto “Making the Best Better.”
She will be accompanied by Hannah Vaughan, one of the lead ambassadors of the county, to give her perspective as 4-H youth leader.
Pachyderms meet in the Polson Rural Fire Hall on Regatta Road. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m.; the business meeting begins at noon and adjourns at 1 p.m.
Workshop to cover outdoor topics
CHARLO – The Lake County Conservation District will be sponsoring a workshop on June 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at the United Methodist Church in Charlo. Topics to be covered include Gardening, Landscaping, Orchards, Pollinators, Wildlife, Forest Health and Fire Awareness, Grazing, Weed Identification, and 310 Permits. There will be coffee and snacks, door prizes and lots of useful information. Register by contacting Chris Malgren at the LCCD, 406-676-2841 or cmalgren@ronan.net or register at 8:30 a.m. the day of the workshop.
Field tour focuses on invasive flowering rush research
News from Flathead Lakers
FLATHEAD LAKE — Flowering rush has become a problem in several bays around Flathead Lake and in the Flathead River. Thick stands of this invasive aquatic weed can impede recreation, damage fish habitat, provide habitat for other aquatic invasive species, and disrupt irrigation.
Salish Kootenai College Extension Agent Virgil Dupuis and University of Montana Research Ecologist Peter Rice have evaluated management options and have been conducting research on herbicide control of flowering rush in East Bay at the south end of Flathead Lake.
Dupuis and Rice will share what they’ve learned about flowering rush and its control at a Walk & Talk Tour on Friday, May 13 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
The public is welcome at this free tour. Meet at the Ducharme Fishing Access Site on the south shore, off Highway 93, 3 miles east of Polson. Waterproof shoes are recommended. Bring your questions and join the conversation.
The Flathead Lakers is a nonprofit membership organization working for clean water, healthy ecosystems and lasting quality of life in the Flathead Watershed.
Contact the Flathead Lakers at 883-1346 or lakers@flatheadlakers.org for more information.
