Montana Range Tour
Join us June 18, 2025 in Winifred, Montana for the 406 Montana Range Tour!
This educational event will feature Guest Speaker Byron Shelton from the Savory Institute
and a tour of the 2024 Leopold Conservation Award winners, Wickens Salt Creek Ranch.
The Montana Range Tour is an educational field day for ranchers desiring to learn from others who are leaders in implementing innovative on-the-ground grazing and agricultural practices. Registration is $65 per person and includes the tour, presentations, banquet breakfast, and lunch.
Transportation from Lewistown to Winifred is also provided.
*Accommodations can be made at: B&B Motel, Calvert or Yogo Inn - Use RangeTour for group discount.
Tour cost is $65 per person
406 Grazing Academy:
The Next Bite
Join us August 19-21, 2025 in
Lewistown/Stanford, Montana for the 406: The Next Bite!
Have you attended the Level I Grazing Academy?
If so, The Next Bite is for you! This advanced level of 406 Grazing Academy will give participants the opportunity to take a deeper dive into grazing systems, water developments, plant ecology and economics of grazing. Time will be spent teaching participants to implement new techniques and knowledge learned into on the ground practices for their operations.
Cost is $150 and includes 3 lunches & 2 dinners, classroom materials, and travel to field sites from Lewistown. Lodging and transportation costs are the responsibility of the participant; accommodations can be made at the Calvert Hotel in Lewistown, (406) 535-5411. Use code: DRNC Range Tour for the group discount.
Rangeland Resources Program
Rangelands and grasslands reflect a growing interest for the ecosystem goods and services that these lands provide, the relationship of humans to these landscapes, and the efforts required to keep these lands sustainable. Interest exists to maintain a healthy and biodiverse ecosystem that provides water availability, clean air, and wildlife populations while supporting agriculture, energy and minerals production. The RRP focuses on building relationships among diverse groups to share perspectives and ideas that foster healthy, sustainable rangelands.
70% of Montana (68,000,000 acres)
is rangeland .
Rangelands provide habitat for wildlife, forage for livestock, and a host of ecosystem goods and services for the state.
Rangelands provide watershed services worth $14/acre, including groundwater filtration and aquifer recharge
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