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Saving Saving Ferret Ferret Focus FocusOfOf Meeting Meeting FOR HI-LINE FARMFARM & RANCH FOR HI-LINE & RANCH Landowners interested in in Landowners interested participating in aninincentive participating an incentive program to compensate private program to compensate private landowners for maintenance and and landowners for maintenance development of black-footed fer- ferdevelopment of black-footed ret habitat are invited to attend an an ret habitat are invited to attend informainformationaltional meet-meeting 2ing p.m. 2 p.m. March 25 25 March at theatPhilthe Phillips County lips County Library in in Library Malta. Malta. It will It will be conbe conducted by by ducted the Ranchthe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Natural ers Stewardship Alliance, Natural Resources Conservation Service Resources Conservation Service and the Fish Fish and Wildlife andU.S. the U.S. and Wildlife Service. Service. The black-footed ferretferret was was The black-footed thought to betoextinct in thein the thought be extinct 1970s, but abut wild population was was 1970s, a wild population rediscovered in 1981. There are are rediscovered in 1981. There now now at least two self-sustaining at least two self-sustaining wildwild populations. populations. Jeff Combs, a wildlife bioloJeff Combs, a wildlife biologist for in Bozeman, will will gistNRCS for NRCS in Bozeman, provide information on a on blackprovide information a blackfooted ferretferret special project footed special project offered by the through the the offered byNRCS the NRCS through Environmental Quality IncenEnvironmental Quality Incentivestives Program. ThisThis project will will Program. project compensate landowners for the compensate landowners for the monitoring and maintenance of of monitoring and maintenance black-tailed prairie dog colonies, black-tailed prairie dog colonies, which are the habitat which areprimary the primary habitat for the black-footed forendangered the endangered black-footed ferretferret in Montana. in Montana. In addition, JohnJohn Hughes, a a In addition, Hughes, wildlife biologist for the wildlife biologist forFWS the FWS National Black-footed Ferret National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center, will will dis- disConservation Center, cusscuss black-footed ferretferret natural black-footed natural history and management history and management practices. The The special project, practices. special project, coupled withwith disease managecoupled disease managementment and boundary control of of and boundary control prairie dogsdogs outside of mutuprairie outside of mutually ally agreed-upon conservation agreed-upon conservation zones, is anticipated to increase zones, is anticipated to increase private landowner involvement private landowner involvement in black-footed ferretferret conservain black-footed conservation tion while protecting private while protecting private property rights. property rights. Refreshments will be Refreshments willprovidbe provided. Iterested landowners should ed. Iterested landowners should RSVP no later than than March 21 by21 by RSVP no later March calling 406-658-2627, 406-673calling 406-658-2627, 406-67331643164 or 970-305-1158. or 970-305-1158.

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the costs of a of teacher. the costs a teacher. While the local ranchers and and farmers While the local ranchers farmers in the area are continuing to pay taxes for for in the area are continuing to pay taxes CONTINUED FROMFROM PAGEPAGE 10 10 CONTINUED the school, it is itinisdanger of not the school, in danger of survivnot surviving. ing. Sierra explained that,that, especially withwith concern is the which needs to beto be Sierra explained especially concern is roof, the roof, which needs the younger children, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somewhat of a of a replaced. the younger children, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somewhat replaced. Trying to brave the dirt roads in in Barthelmess attended the school when necessity. Trying to brave the dirt roads Barthelmess attended the school whennecessity. months, or leaving behind the ranch the family moved herehere in 1964. He was winter months, or leaving behind the ranch the family moved in 1964. He was winter into into towntown are among the challenges in third grade when he started school at at to move to move are among the challenges in third grade when he started school face.face. Many families end end up movthe location. When he reached the eighth Many families up movthe location. When he reached the eighththeythey or they splitsplit up toupfinish school. grade he boarded in Malta to finish his his ing away, ing away, or they to finish school. grade he boarded in Malta to finish families while the children are are education. His His children alsoalso attended the the Splitting Splitting families while the children education. children attended so young isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tisnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t something that that parents looklook school. so young something parents school. to. to. Barthelmess saidsaid that that if they loselose the the forward forward Barthelmess if they saidsaid the distance theythey travel school, it will taketake awayaway fromfrom theirtheir quality Sierra the distance travel school, it will quality Sierra to Tallow Creek School is hazardous of life While homeschooling to Tallow Creek School is hazardous of in lifethe in country. the country. While homeschoolingjust just While the cold weather helps is anisoption, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always workwork wellwell at times. at times. While the cold weather helps an option, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always all the of water standing on on for everyone. The The locallocal community is and freeze all miles the miles of water standing for everyone. community is and freeze roadroad in February, other times has been supportive on trying to keep the the the muddy the muddy in February, other times has been supportive on trying to keep when theythey aren't ableable to travel on the building alive. when aren't to travel on the building alive. Sometime snow drifts are on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good faithfaith effort by everybody; Sometime snow drifts arethe on the a good effort by everybody; road.road. or rain creates inches of mud. She She everyone wants to see building suc-suc- roadroad or rain creates inches of mud. everyone wants to this see this building saidsaid that that when her mother waswas attending ceed,â&#x20AC;? Barthelmess said.said. when her mother attending ceed,â&#x20AC;? Barthelmess she she missed six weeks one one yearyear Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sHeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking to put new furnace and and school, school, missed six weeks looking to aput a new furnace the roads werewere so bad. water heater into into the building and and has been because the roads so bad. water heater the building has been because But But the school, Sierra said,said, provides a a looking at other usesuses to help preserve it. it. the school, Sierra provides looking at other to help preserve education to families whowho might not not Perhaps bringing in tourists or birdwatcheducation to families might Perhaps bringing in tourists or birdwatch- solidsolid to town. ers to could bringbring in enough so close to town. ersthe to building the building could in enough be sobeclose â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re alsoalso not stuck in a in setaschedule funds to keep it going. He explained that that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not stuck set schedule funds to keep it going. He explained can can offeroffer a lotamore,â&#x20AC;? Sierra said.said. the school always has seemed to have a lulla lulland and lot more,â&#x20AC;? Sierra the school always has seemed to have alsoalso explained that that many of the in students at some point, but itbut always has has She She explained many of the in students at some point, it always kidskids are able to stand up and handle come backback afterafter a few years. The The hopehope is is country country are able to stand up and handle come a few years. pressure onceonce theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved into into towntown that that a few families in the withwith young pressure theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved a few families in area the area young peerpeer highhigh school. TheyThey are taught goodgood children will will sendsend theirtheir young onesones to the during school. are taught children young to the during values and and helphelp workwork on the and and school. values on ranches the ranches school. in the areas, which helpshelps WithWith bedsbeds in the room, the the farms farms in surrounding the surrounding areas, which in teacherage the teacherage room, adapt. younger children are able to take napsnaps when adapt. younger children are able to take whenthemthem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x153;You get to timetime withwith the kids necessary. LastLast yearyear withwith the children so so getspend to spend the kids necessary. the children they're younger, in their impressioncloseclose in age it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as difficult to keep when they're younger, in their impressionin age it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as difficult to keep when ableable years,â&#x20AC;? French said.said. themthem on similar taskstasks and and planplan for each years,â&#x20AC;? French on similar for each French recalled that that when theythey left for levellevel of learning. Sierra explains that that the the French recalled when left for of learning. Sierra explains yearsyears ago,ago, theythey left her be- beschool has given the children opportunities school left father her father school has given the children opportunities school hind.hind. She She saidsaid she missed him,him, but she to grow in their education. she missed but was she was to grow in their education. ready for itfor at itanatolder age.age. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not teaching to the as as moremore ready an older â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not teaching to test the test now,now, ZoraZora and and Linden are keeping much so we focus on other subjects and and For For Linden are keeping much so can we can focus on other subjects running. Sierra saidsaid that that while get more in depth in things theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interthe school running. Sierra while get more in depth in things theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inter- the school the school has always cycled to more chil-chilestedested in,â&#x20AC;? in,â&#x20AC;? Sierra said.said. the school has always cycled to more Sierra afterafter it loses students, the real danger Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve beenbeen seeking grants and and otherother drendren it loses students, the real danger Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seeking grants nownow is people seeing the school closed and and funding opportunities to help preserve is people seeing the school closed funding opportunities to help preserve afterafter the Malta district pulled away. the school and and collects funds for school the Malta district pulled away. the school collects funds for school finalfinal While the school isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tisnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t under the district supplies. Her Her dream is toismaybe become a a While the school under the district supplies. dream to maybe become the locals see potential to keep charter school attached to the which anymore, the locals see potential to keep charter school attached to district, the district, whichanymore, The The children havehave eveneven helped to to will will givegive themthem the freedom to continue and and it going. it going. children helped the freedom to continue to help cover the costs. helphelp cover themthem under insurance and and cover fundraise to help cover the costs. cover under insurance cover fundraise Selling Private Treaty at the Ranch Selling Private Treaty at the Ranch

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Winter bringing moisture, wild temperatures USDA spending $3M to Tim Leeds tleeds@havredailynews.com While the final yield of crops will — as always — depend on the spring and summer weather, Mother Nature has been dropping some moisture in north-central Montana since the last harvest. The weather has been up and down all winter, with temperatures swinging from 46 below zero in Hill County the weekend of Dec. 6-7 back to the 50s in January, then back below zero, then back up, then back down. Snow falls, then melts, then falls again, but at the start of February, officials said that enough had fallen that they estimated near normal stream flows this year, good news for irrigators including along the Milk River Valley. The USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service issued a release Feb. 6 saying short storms the beginning and end of January — around the weeks of unseasonably warm temperatures — dropped abovenormal levels of snow. Havre Daily News/File photo Snow covers a cow and vegetation during an early December snowstorm in Hill County. Snow levels and precipitation levels are high in the Havre area, though what spring and summer will bring for area crops remains to be seen.

feed honeybees in Midwest M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it will spend millions of dollars to help farmers and r a n c h e r s i m p r ove p a s t u r e s i n f i ve Midwestern states to provide food for the nation's struggling honeybees. Commercial honeybees pollinate an estimated $15 billion worth of produce each year. Many beekeepers bring hives to the Upper Midwest in the summer for bees to gather nectar and pollen for food, then truck them in the spring to California and other states to pollinate everything from almonds to apples to avocadoes. But agricultural production has been threatened by a more than decade-long decline in commercial honeybees and their wild cousins due to habitat loss and pesticide use. Colony collapse disorder, in which honeybees suddenly disappear or die, has made the problem worse, boosting losses over the winter to as much as 30 percent per year. The USDA hopes to stem those losses by providing more areas for bees to build up food stores and strength for winter. The new program will be "a real shot in the arm" for improving bees' habitat and food supply, said Jason Weller, chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. Dairy farmers and ranchers in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas can qualify for about $3 million to reseed pastures with alfalfa, clover and other plants appealing to both bees and livestock. Farmers also can get help building fences, installing water tanks and making other changes that better enable them to move their animals from pasture to pasture so the vegetation doesn't become worn down. The goal is to provide higher quality food for insects and animals. "It's a win for the livestock guys, and it's a win for the managed honeybee population," Weller said. "And it's a win then for orchardists and other specialty crop producers across the nation because then you're going to have a healthier, more robust bee population that then goes out and helps pollinate important crops." The USDA is focusing on those five states

because 65 percent of the nation's estimated 30,000 commercial beekeepers bring hives there for at least part of the year. With limited funds, Weller said, the goal is to get the biggest payoff for the investment. Corn, soybean and other farmers can qualify for money to plant cover crops, which typically go in after the regular harvest and help improve soil health, or to grow bee-friendly forage in borders and on the edges of fields. The program is just the latest in a series of USDA efforts to reduce honeybee deaths. The agency has partnered with universities to study bee diseases, nutrition and other factors threatening colonies. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also recently created a working group on bees to coordinate efforts across the department. The work is already paying off with changes to once-common beekeeping practices, such as supplementing bees' diet with high-fructose corn syrup, said David Epstein, a senior entomologist with the USDA. He noted that the quality of bees' food is as important as the quantity. "If you are studying for exams in college, and you're not eating properly and you're existing on coffee, then you make yourself more susceptible to disease and you get sick," Epstein said. Tim Tucker, who has between 400 and 500 hives at sites in Kansas and Texas, said he may take some of his bees to South Dakota this year because the fields around his farm near Niotaze, Kan., no longer provide much food for them. "There used to be a lot of small farms in our area that had clover and a variety of crops, whereas in the last 20 years it's really been corn, soybean and cotton and a little bit of canola," Tucker said. "But those crops don't provide a lot of good nectar and pollen for bees." He hopes dairy farmers, beef cattle ranchers and others will sign up for the new USDA program by the March 21 deadline. It's not a "cure all," Tucker said, but "anything we do to help provide habitat for honeybees and for native bees and pollinators is a step."

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Winter moisture: Snowpack is high, precip. sitting just above average for year ■ Continued from page 6 By Feb. 24, the level of precipitation for the water year rose to 2.67 inches, compared to the normal level of 1.98 inches. While long-range forecasts for weather in this region this year were inconclusive — Weather Service and Weather Channel both said the chance of having a wetter or drier and warmer or colder winter were about even — in the short range, Weather Service predicted a slight chance of snow through last weekend, again with colder temperatures. The Weather Channel also expected a slight chance of snow over the weekend, with another shot later this week. AccuWeather also expected some precipitation last weekend and this week, predicting, along with The Weather Channel, a warming trend late this week. AccuWeather further predicted highs back into the 50s by the second week of March.

Snowpack is high, streamflows expected to mirror that The levels of snowpack in the region, and much of the state, also bodes well for streamflows and irrigators, if the snowmelt occurs at normal rates and levels. A Feb. 25 NRCS report shows reporting sites in Montana recording levels of snow-

pack ranging from 90 percent to 110 percent of normal up to 125 percent to 150 percent of normal in some areas. The reservoirs in the Milk River Project that supplies water to irrigators — and some communities — in the Milk River Valley also were above normal levels last month. Lake Sherburne at the start of the St. Mary Diversion in the Rocky Mountains on Feb. 25 was 49 percent full at 33,677 acre feet of water. The 30-year average on that date is 30,104 acre feet. Sherburne stores water that is diverted through a series of dams, canals and siphons into the Milk River, providing about half of the water in the Milk in normal years and more than 90 percent in some drought years. Fresno Reservoir west of Havre, a flood control and irrigation storage facility of the Milk River Project, was 61 percent full Feb. 21 with 56,176 acre feet of water. The 30-year average for that date is 35,308 acre feet.

What will spring bring But a major question remains: What will the rest of the year see? In the last few years, late spring storms have dumped precipitation in north-central Montana, and brought flood disaster in three of four years — 2010, 2011 and 2013. In the fall of 2012, parts of the state espe-

cially along the southern tier were in drought or near drought conditions. Precipitation improved the water levels in some areas, but by spring, some regions were again starting to dry out. Conditions were better on the northern tier from the Golden Triangle east, although precipitation also was dropping off later in the winter. For Havre, the reporting station at the airport, recorded 2.73 inches of rain by May 1, nearly three-quarters of an inch above the norm for that day. Then the downpours hit. By June 1, Weather Service recorded nearly 5 inches more precipitation at the airport, bringing the year’s total to 7.32 inches. That compares to a total on that date of 6.81 inches in 2012, and nearly double the norm for that date of 3.8 inches. By June 25, the airport — which appar-

ently missed a half-inch of rain the night before — station reported 11.21 inches for the year, compared with 8.33 inches in 2012 and more than double the norm of 5.43 inches. By that day, the airport station had received its entire year’s worth of normal precipitation, 11.19 inches. From May 15 through the first week of June, Beaver Creek Park received more than a foot of rain — 13.5 inches. While the downpour brought devastation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency back to the area, farmers over the summer said it also helped with crops. T h e N a t i o n a l O c e a n o g ra p h i c a n d Atmospheric Administration’s long-range forecasts, linked to the U.S. Drought Monitor, predicts about normal precipitation and temperatures for Montana from March through June.

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“Despite the dominating dry spell, snowp a c k f i g u r e s o n l y s h owe d a s l i g h t decrease,” said Brian Domonkos, NRCS water supply specialist for Montana. “Montana is seeing its best snowpack since 2011 and the fourth-best snowpack of the last 10 years.”

Near-record precipitation — and flood disasters That follows a nearly record year for precipitation in the area, with the Havre reporting station for National Weather Service recording its third-highest annual precipitation since the recordkeeping started in 1880. Between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013, the reporting station at the City-County Airport west of Havre recorded 19.16 inches of rain in a year that, once again, included a presidential disaster declaration for the region due to flooding in the spring. Flooding in 2010 and 2011 also led to disaster declarations for the region. The second-highest year of moisture in Havre saw 20.69 inches in 1916 while the record was in 1884 with 25.67 inches of rain, Weather Service reports. And the recent high levels were spread throughout the region last year. Chinook saw 19.55 inches of precipitation in 2013, just an inch short of its record amount of 21.55 inches in 1927 — also the first year of records for the community.

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A stubble field south of Havre holds a dusting of snow in its rows Tuesday afternoon.

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Winter moisture: Consistently variable Continued from page 5 The records for Big Sandy, which started measuring in 1921, show 16.77 inches in 2013 with the record set in 1975 at 20.91 inches. Chester saw 17.33 inches of precipitation in 2013, with the record in 2010 at 19.22 inches. Records start there in 1900. Kremlin, which started keeping records in 1914, just missed setting a new record. The station there reported 18.14 inches of precipitation in 2013, with the record 18.91 inches in 1993. The recording stations for Rudyard, 19 miles south of town and 21 miles north, both of which started keeping records in 2000, saw in 2013 10.54 inches and 10.93 inches, respectively. The records for the north and south stations are 13.47 inches in 2010 and 25.48 inches in 2002, respectively.

Looking like a white winter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; once in a while The snow has been hit-and-miss through the winter in the Golden Triangle, with some areas receiving several inches in storms that miss or just drop a dusting in other areas, and many days with no precipitation. But the level, as in the mountain snowpack, has accumulated, though nowhere near record levels. The amount of snow has varied significantly throughout the county and the region.

For Havre, the reporting station recorded 4.5 inches of snowfall for the month by Feb. 24, just short of its normal level of 5 inches. January saw 7.2 inches of snow fall at the reporting station, just over of the normal value of 7.1 inches. By Feb. 24, the Havre station reported 31.6 inches since Dec. 1 and 37.4 inches since July 1.

Precipitation continues to fall The water value of the snowfall also continues to accumulate. By Jan. 31, the Havre station reported .42 inches of precipitation since the first of the year, a little more than the normal value of .33 inches. By Feb. 24, that crept up to .66 inches of precipitation, still above the normal level of .57 inches for that date. The levels for the water year, measured from Oct. 1 through Sept. 31, are even more above normal. By Jan. 31, the Havre station saw 2.43 inches for the water year, compared to the normal level of 1.74 inches for that date.

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