At the Rolling Stone Ranch west of Ovando Sept. 26, area students participated in the Annual Farm Tour hosted by the Blackfoot Challenge. More than 100 Blackfoot Watershed students attended the ranching-themed event.
Camille Coughlin of the Blackfoot Valley Cattlewomen is showing a student how to shoot a vaccine dart. Coughlin's station was about Raising Healthy Calves.
Brad Weltzein and Joe Zimbric from Blackfoot Challenge led a station on soil health.
Potomac Rancher and Blackfoot Valley Cattlewomen member Jodi Wills gave a presentation on beef called 'The Well Rounded Meal.'
Cindy Meiler of the Blackfoot Valley Cattlewomen presenting her 'Raising Poultry' station at the Stone Ranch in Ovando.
OVANDO - More than 130 students from Bonner, Seeley, Helmville and in between participated in the annual Blackfoot Challenge (BC) Farm Tour Sept. 26. The event was held at the Stone Ranch in Ovando from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Event director and Education Coordinator for the BC Elaine Caton said, "We put on a Youth Field/Farm Day every year to give middle school students the opportunity to learn about their watershed."
Each year there is a different theme. This year the theme was ranching. Station topics included beef cattle, raising healthy beef, well rounded meals, irrigation, soil health, stream restoration and water conservation, raising poultry, horses and mules and coexisting with predators.
Presenters included representatives from the Blackfoot Valley Cattlewomen, Trout Unlimited, Blackfoot Challenge and area ranchers.
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