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after the sixth grade.
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I told him you guys could always come in
and just talk to the class about noxious

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weeds, so I'm on the spot for that.
This coming year, so we'll see what

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happens, but
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the Camp Creek fire knock on wood, I
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season that the rain
that's coming this week hopefully will

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put it out, but it
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come out
pretty ferocious if if they don't stop

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it soon, so
but it's still in the wilderness, so

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there's nothing you can do and it's um
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>> That's it.

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» Okay, thank you.
>> Rob?

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» I also got the uh
bugs for knapweed.

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I got five containers, put them out five
different sites, but it's

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pretty hard to get to to spray, so see
what happens and uh

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always always can use more bugs in my
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Appreciate that, for sure.
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don't have to go back up there next
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» They stay in the ground, don't they?
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» What roots?
>> Mhm.

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» They eat the root system and the old
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they will go over winter sometimes. If
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» Yeah, but generally speaking
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» That's it.
>> Okay, thank you. Space?

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» Just
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» This is usual. I mean, thank you guys.
It's been a a tough week here, for sure.

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» Okay.
>> Just got a notification that we're

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supposed to have a severe thunderstorm
warning. Now,

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» At
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» Marty,
>> nothing to report?

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» Okay.
>> So, I see you're on the agenda for the

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application for the next
>> Yeah, it's time for us to start thinking

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about whether we want to replace Lilly's
position with another intern

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and what we would like to have that
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while they're with us.
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bring in another intern and have them
work on following up on the educational

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programs.
Um Lilly's done a real good job getting

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stuff started. We actually have momentum
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and I think now if we have the right
person, we could actually get more

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people doing trailhead weed pulls, um
weed pulls around the city, um get more

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involved with the Boy Scouts so that we
are actually in their planning cycle

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so that they can start getting weed
pulls done by their troops.

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So, I'd like to open it up for
discussion so hear what everybody else

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has to say.
>> Yeah.

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What what's the cost for the other
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» Yeah, it's um 18,500
dollars. Um the application

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[clears throat] is currently open and I
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them by September 18th of this year.
>> So, there's September.

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» Yeah, there's both the Big Sky Watershed
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other services or other um

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member positions as well such as interns
which are shorter periods.

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Department of Agriculture.
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full-time member from January through
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is 8,000 or 8,400. Um, or you can hire a
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that AgriCorps members are not um,
college graduates.

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Um, but they seem to do all the same
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closely with a few of them this year,
Halley and Brooke. Um, and they're very

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tenacious individuals as well. Um, so
it's kind of fun to see that there's an

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alternative program that also works.
They didn't want to go to college and

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and are like more interested in just
like working and getting that work

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experience.
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different. Um, you send an application
to Jasmine Shafee um, and a outlining

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what you would like that person to do
and then they put that position on their

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website for people to apply to. Um, they
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a few positions going here for Helena
locally already, but some examples would

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be like a noxious weed specialist,
that's what they label it as, um, who do

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like education or outreach. Brooke
currently does mapping uh, invasive

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species for the state and then works
with landowners that way, whereas Halley

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does the more education side. Um, so
there are some options there within the

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program itself, but it just is
dependent on who you'd like to work with

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through and how much money you would
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» Okay.
When is the trust fund grants due?

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trust fund grant to at least pay for
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If we go through AmeriCorps group like
Who have.

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» Yeah, we could do.
I think we can afford

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I mean what's our budget and what's the
county reservation grants and that type

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of things that they
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the trust fund grant
falls in a weird cuz you start them in

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you they start in January.
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» We don't do the um
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And they don't get funding until
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So, it would be like you still have to
do that, but you would have to make sure

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that you have the money to cover the
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if you were to get the grant or approve
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Then it would you know you'd
reimburse yourself back is essentially

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what would happen. But I but yeah, don't
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that to pay for half. We'd still want to
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amount to pay for it if we don't get the
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what that's sort of like we're just in
like a that grant is sort of been a

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weird
place for us in time frame you know cuz

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like right now we're wanting to look at
doing this and then you go through that

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process, you hire them in January.
You know, so like you

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» You set up the process.
>> It's just everything It's just the way

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just the way the funding
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» But it can change back and that's who do
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workable?
If it's not workable, what good is it?

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» Have to be Department of Ag through the
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» Okay, that's where the change comes
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» Where the buck lies too. Well, they've
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the trust fund grants through the
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used to be due in like November.
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» Which was really hard for weed
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to apply for grants cuz, you know,
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got going on, you know, you're finishing
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then then all your reporting and then
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they tried to move it
move it back so that way you're not

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messing with federal
federal agreements and grants

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um
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trying to give you a little bit of that
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November, December you're able to work
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to apply for those. So,
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this one would probably be an easier one
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done before in the past cuz we're we're
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educational
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» person. So, I I don't see it being a
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versus trying to get somebody that wants
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an EA and
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» all that stuff. That becomes a very very
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that's that's
fun and stuff, but this one would be a

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little bit um I would say probably maybe
a little bit simpler just for asking

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for,
you know, help help educational outreach

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help.
That kind of thing. So,

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» So,
honest opinion, which one would you Do

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you think either one's better than the
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» I think they're pretty comparable and
I think it just lies in who you end up

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selecting for the position. Um I don't
know what the process is working through

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the Ag Corps program with the Department
of Agriculture. Um

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if they place the individual for you or
if you have a say in it.

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» Absolutely. I do.
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» Should you want to look into that? Just
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I mean, if we can
we can do 8,000 versus 18 and kind of

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get the same product, I'd be fine with
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But, if it's not going to be the same
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we need to
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how much money we'll have. Just Just on
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for the Department of Ag is pretty
impressive.

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» Yeah.
>> I'm just going to say that right now.

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They're all very
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it to like they're they do good stuff
and they, you know, they're always

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reaching out to us. We're We're sort of
lucky we have the ability to do a lot of

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the things, but, you know, we had emails
that they're going to come out and

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I mean, they were looking for stuff to
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were able to go out and help other

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counties that didn't have the kind of
resources. You know, not all counties

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are created equal in that in that
aspect. So, it sound like they did a

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really good job in helping build a map
weeds and stuff, you know, for whatever

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person they had hired. So,
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Well, let's take a look, I guess.
Take a look and

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deep dive into it a little bit more.
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» Um, deadline's the 18th of this month.
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» So, if we're going to apply for them, we
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couple weeks.
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still going to take them a process to
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» Worst case scenario, you could always
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that wouldn't be the end of the world.
It certainly is a a process to

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go through the whole sites.

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» Yeah, I guess we should probably go
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process just to make sure
>> for the next guy version.

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» Sure.
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end up not using it, we don't use it.
>> Yeah.

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» We might have to do this sometime, but
>> Do we have a deadline on the Department

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of Ag grant?
>> There or a person?

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» All the
>> The Ag Corps.

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» The Ag Corps, I don't know about I don't
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» They accept applications on a rolling
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» Okay.
>> Yeah. All that sort of things.

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» It'll help.
>> Mhm. [clears throat]

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» Okay. Let's do that then and see where
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» And we want to keep our focus on
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more community support
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a lot of time with the organizations
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» I mean, I think you could And Dave, I'm
asking you this.

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Regardless, we could still put in for
maybe put in for our trust fund grant.

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» Regardless of
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» which way you go with it.
>> Exactly.

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» It'll
hopefully help with costs.

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» Yeah.
>> So.

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» Yep.
>> I think I think those would be sort of

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sort of funny. We'd already sort of have
some of the process already. All the

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information's sort of gathered just with
the application process with both of

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» go through that to get a because those
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I I it's January something.
>> Yeah, I think so, too.

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» Yep. Yep.
>> I'm wondering if we ought to just

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automatically this year plan on applying
for that grant because if we can get one

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of the Ag Corps people on a rolling
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» Yeah.
>> you know, if we have the money, uh we

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know we can then we can
you know, bring in an $8,000

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>> Yeah.

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» I agree with that, I think.
Until the trust fund decides to say no

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to us, I think we keep doing that and
go that route. See where we go.

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» But
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so.
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» Did you want to talk about
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sharing some um
this person with

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uh like the uh weed commissioner Montana
NWCP

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Uh we talked about that just briefly.
>> Yes, so that is an option with Big Sky

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Watershed Corps. Um given the the cost,
a lot of nonprofits or the conservation

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district in the past or other
organizations

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find a partner organization that they're
comfortable with that maybe they overlap

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with a little bit in their mission. And
then there is opportunity to to share a

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member. Um you want to make sure that
your goals are aligned um and then also,

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right, you're setting really clear
expectations ahead of time with that

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partner and on A, what what's going to
happen, you know, as far as when do you

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have this member, what are they going to
work on

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for you versus them, time frames, etc.
But it that is an option to um

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to assist with the cost if if there is a
partner that you'd like to potentially

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reach out to.
>> Does um extension do that? Do you know?

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» Um
they they could. I mean, I they would

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they would certainly be a qualifying um
organization if they were interested and

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um
had the funds to do so.

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» Yeah.
>> I think too, just just one thing to

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throw out there for consideration as you
make the choice, um just thinking

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through what you intend to have this
member do, is that something that would

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be beneficial from a four-year degree or
not? Um and not that it necessarily

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would, but just something um
just a factor in, you know, or or is

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there something, you know, where
on-the-job experience or some of that

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stuff is is perfectly acceptable um from
an education perspective or outreach

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component.

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» Yeah.
Yeah, I think that'd be a good idea. I

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mean, we could probably look at some
other organizations, too, but

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it just seems to me that extension would
be a perfect fit if they could do

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something, but

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I guess as far as the weed district's
concerned, we go ahead and

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apply,
get things rolling.

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You should have everything at least for
the Big Sky watershed.

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Shouldn't be that difficult, I wouldn't
think, to redo what we just had last

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year, so
that seemed to work out pretty well, so

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>> I I I think I'm following it. So, like,

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would Would the conservation district be
a could be a partner or

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» Mhm.
>> They could. Yeah, absolutely.

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I think the conservation district in the
past, when I used to be involved with

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this program, um, teamed up with like
the Lake Helena watershed group, and I

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think there might have even been like a
trifecta, or something that like three

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people came in to to share one member.
Perfect, but that member was housed, I

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think, at the conservation district.
>> I could see the education I think they

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they'd like to pursue that, too.
>> Yeah.

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Yeah, I think so. I mean, there's
probably some more possibilities out

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there than we're thinking about, but I'm
not sure, so.

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Okay.
Okay. Um,

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so,
September 8th, um, UQC is meeting again,

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final time, I guess, um, supposedly.
Um, I just got this today before I came.

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I'll I'll send you guys a copy of it,
but this is the draft bill for

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um, what they've proposed to send in to
legislature, see if anybody's going to

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carry this bill. I
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UQC
will

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probably support that bill. Yeah.
We We're still working on the whole

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funding issue of it. Um
but that's going to be a separate one

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anyway. So, um

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Anyway, uh for right now, it's
changes quite a bit from the biggest

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change in there is that we wanted to
have the the commission shall

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um
fund a weed coordinator and

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we've got blowback from Mako one and
that. So, what we're going to do is keep

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it as a main
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A big change in there is for all of the
revegetation plans that if somebody's

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going to do a project that they have to
have the weed plan in pri- in hand

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before they get started on their
project.

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Which makes sense instead of doing after
the fact stuff.

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So, and
there's quite a quite a list of people

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that we've put into there that need to
have those.

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It's just not a generalization anymore.
It's specific to

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some specific people. So, hopefully
that'll

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um
So, that may increase workload a little

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bit, too, but
we'll see how it goes. Um

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but I'll send this out to you guys so
you can take a look at it.

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Um I think we're on like 3:00 on
next Tuesday afternoon, something like

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that. So,
we'll see where it ends up, but I

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» Did your um
draft include making her

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asking the counties to have a program in
each county, yes, even if it's shared?

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» Right.
>> Okay.

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» Yeah, just a little bit stronger
language than what it used to be because

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it said that they could
like two counties or counties could do

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could share a coordinator, anyway.
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we just strengthened that a little bit
to say that they

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they need to have some kind of program
in place because we've got three or

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three counties right now that don't have
any coordinator at all.

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Which is pretty sad. So,

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especially in some of those smaller
counties where they don't have such a

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big weed infestation anyway. If you get
somebody out there doing it, you won't

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have a big weed infestation instead of
waiting until

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all hell breaks loose and
then you got

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» Do you know how fortunate we are to live
in Lewis and Clark County

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and be efficient
people, the government, the way things

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are run. I'm just I talked to some of
the other county commissioners and then

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it's all like,
"Really? You guys do that? How do you?"

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And I'm just
>> Common sense, huh?

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» Well, one of the things we have is CIP,
you know?

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And
people are

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they don't have it in
in Cascade County. And so, their

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budget's always a mess.
Our budget is pretty darn predictable

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because
And so, just

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Thank you, God, for letting me live in
Lewis and Clark.

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» [laughter]

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» Yeah, I agree with you.
>> Yeah.

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» Okay, that's all I really had. I'll let
you guys know what happens on the night

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on the 8th, but
I'm pretty sure EQC is going to run with

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this draft.
And we'll see where it goes, but

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» Do you know who might carry it?
>> It'd be one of them out of there,

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probably Curdy or somebody like that, I
would imagine.

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Um, I did have a went to my 50th
high school reunion a couple weeks ago

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and
one of the

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women girl women that used to be a
schoolmate,

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she married Tom McGillvray, who is
Senator Tom McGillvray.

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Got to play golf with him for nine
holes. Got to see her. I had to bring my

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cart with me. So,
he's on board now.

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» [laughter]

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» So,
um actually he's supposed to come this

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month and play some golf with me. So,
that

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we'll stop more weeds. But,
>> Maybe taking getting a golf cart and do

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a weed
>> Yeah, weed tour. Yeah,

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I'm sure.
Okay,

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uh no public comment, no public here.
>> And um the one more discussion item.

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» Okay.
>> Um the after trail head?

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» Oh, yeah. I meant to say that.
>> Yeah, okay.

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» Yeah, Lily was tentatively planning it
for

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uh September 17th.
>> Yep, September.

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» And
yeah, and she was wondering if there was

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a specific time that might work best for
anyone that was um going to come out or

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could come out to it. Um
so, it would be

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two weeks from tomorrow.
Um I think we were thinking maybe later

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in the day, like around
3:00 to 5:00 or 3:00 to 4:00.

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Um but, just wondering if any time works
or anything specific.

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» Yeah, and we were we were working with
Jenny and Roger on doing a uh

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county countywide um email for
volunteers if anybody that might be

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interested in coming to help us pull
some weeds. So,

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um
Yeah, so we're working with with what

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» Earlier that day.
>> I I talked something about isn't

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something 4-H should get behind. And
during the fair, I talked to one of the

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ladies who works with 4-H. Oh, yeah, we
have program.

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But,
couldn't

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weed pulling be incorporated into their
program? Do they

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How would we get them to cooperate with
this?

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» We would work with the extension agent.
Um

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I don't recall if Alyssa is still there.
I haven't been on um

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the fairgrounds or the MSU extension's
website as of late.

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Uh but yeah, it's just working with her
cuz she oversees that local program.

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Um
so we can definitely get them involved.

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The Adopt-a-Trailhead is um
really geared towards the adoptees

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hosting and participating. Um and trying
to have community outreach by including

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other people. So yeah.
So the board adopted this trailhead

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along with um FWP and
um Bridger Creek Parkland Trust. Yeah,

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so last time a few people showed up with
Bridger Creek Parkland Trust and Montana

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Wild is right there. Um so we're hoping
that people will come out this time.

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» Could we get flyers out? There's a lot
of people that walk those trails. Yeah,

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if we could get flyers where they could
see it or get it on a radio spot or

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» Yeah, we do have um a flyer from last
time so we can just reprint it with the

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updated date. Um
and then it will go out in the September

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newsletter that Lily will be doing. Um
about 120 subscribers to that currently,

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I think.
Um and then we can have her post some

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flyers around as well.
>> What about the trail ends?

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» Mhm.
>> Needless

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» Yeah.
That's where they start.

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We actually
>> Go ahead, Mark.

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» We actually had several people talk to
us while we were

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um down on our knees crawling through
the

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to the weeds.
So

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» Yeah, there's some great um locations
out there to put some signage.

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» We were talking about we If we don't
have our spray crew to assist like we

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did last fall, um would an evening time
be more effective potentially to get

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other volunteers or
just gathering thoughts on what you all

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think about um what what the best time
would be for a fall pull.

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» I think later today is probably makes
more sense. It doesn't interfere as much

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with work because this is a the 17th is
what else? Thursday?

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» That's right. We're sort of thinking
like

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like to start the week like start
pulling weeds between, you know, 3:00,

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4:00, 5:00, you know, so you can find
5:00 to 6:00.

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You know, 4:00 5:00, something like
that. So that way people, you know,

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hopefully, you know, thinking of anybody
from the county wants to participate,

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they can sort of
you know, spend that time at the end of

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the day and then be able to go home
after that kind of kind of thing versus

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doing it on the lunch break or something
like that.

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» Is there a school that's
that we've been working with that we

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could drop with
probably not enough time for them to

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plan.

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» Yeah, that would be a whole
working with their superintendent, I

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would assume, and then working with the
teacher and then finding a bus and Yeah,

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that would
>> Do you realize that

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the county has a separate superintendent
than the city?

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And she is way more friendly to
our

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more country school situations.
>> And that woman is a problem-solving

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center.

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» So, have you contacted her?
>> No, each

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each school outside of here has their
own superintendent. So, we've reached

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out to Lincoln and Augusta in the past.
But yeah, not fully here yet.

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» Um Canyon Creek,
Warren,

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Wolf Creek. They're those are the
country schools and I'm thinking that

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those kids are more likely to be
aware of weeds than

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the city kids.
>> I think yes, I agree. Yeah. Working with

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the community locally,
um

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specific to Helena, since this is a
Helena trail, might be a little easier

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than trying to identify areas out there
like the kind of quick area.

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» Yes.
>> To then host a future pull your share

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event. It's a really good idea.
>> I think as we as we continue to host

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this, that's certainly something we
could consider for spring. Um we will

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with a little bit more time to plan and
and potentially get a an educator that

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might be
uh willing to do that.

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» How easy are the weeds to identify in
the spring?

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I mean, I identify them. I look at the
flower, but they don't flower

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in April.
>> Right.

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I mean, April. I think we we might just
need a little bit more time to try to

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pull it at school.
>> Okay.

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» Two weeks probably should be quite I
don't know.

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We can get there, I think, in the
future.

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» When I see Helena's time, I mean,
I think that's

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» Good.
>> It's a long

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» Yeah, probably.
>> Ooh, there it is.

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» Just got some flyers. I'll see if we can
keep I got the other one.

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Here we go. One. Yeah, we'll be talking
about it at the farmers market as well.

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Yes.
>> Hey, we can get the the school-age child

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care camp that runs in the summer.
>> Oh, yeah.

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» They got transportation. I think we just
bus all those kids down there and have

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them pull weeds.
>> We're having a school.

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» Yeah.
>> I'm going to

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» We need to get some We need to get some
fence.

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» Yeah.
>> Keep them out of the lake.

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» Right.
>> [laughter]

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» I'll have more Chevron.

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» Okay.
Where's Lillian, did you say?

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» She is on vacation visiting the family.
>> Got you.

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» Yeah, it's a back to Missouri today.
>> All right, we'll let her take a break.

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» [laughter]
>> But I will get flyers going.

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I think that I can start even
distributing some.

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» Okay.
>> Yes.

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» Okay.
Uh so, the next meeting is for the 16th

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at 3:00. Um
assuming that we have

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a quorum.
Yeah, check before that.

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You want to
>> Yeah, Mike already said he won't be

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there, so that's
So, that's one.

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» Um
I'm not sure. I'll make sure I reach out

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to Neil again. Turn on P has a class at
that time. I don't want to I think so I

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think he was at a conference at the last
one. So, something to do with the

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beginning of school
>> Right.

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» starting.
>> So,

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» Um anyways, yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah, see if we can

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put it together. If not,
Um right now, we only have two new

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cases.
Um we only have two new cases.

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Um but, that's
we still have a

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the three that we sent to that we'll be
sending on compliance to as well, so

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» Yeah.
>> Five five plus 18

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18, so I think that's six.
Six cases possibly on the next

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on the next board meeting.
>> Okay.

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So,

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the next meeting after that is October
7th, which you

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weed control association is going to
meet in Libby.

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And having a fall weed coordinator
meeting up there at that time, so

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It should be a I got to go to that, but
it should be able to get online and be

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here for 7:00.
>> I'm also a board member, but I'll see

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I'll see what we got.
>> Okay.

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» I'll see what I got going on.
And what we got going on here.

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» Okay. Uh any other thing for the next
meeting, anybody?

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Okay.
>> Um it'll be here again, and then mostly

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just non-compliant stuff, I suppose.
Okay.

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I need a motion to adjourn.
>> So moved.

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» And adjourned. Thanks, guys.

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» Did Nellie get a chance to go through my
edits?

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» She did, yes. She's done all of the
edits. And and she's sending out

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sections of it, including multiple
people on there, and but I didn't make

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corrections on this.
So, it's it appears that the the

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Department of Agriculture has sent that