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day, but erosion and Teaching had robbed the
Southern soil and disabled their children's
bodies; while out here, most of the minerals
and vitamins are still intact.

Continued on Page II - Column I

KEEPING ABREAST OF CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
LEGISLATION

ILL KESLER, PRESIDENT SEZ:

Having just returned from the National Conven-
lon In New Orleans, Louisiana, I should be
aaded with Important events to relate, but It
eems the days at a convention are so busy and
0 much going on. It takes a week or two of re-
lection after getting home before one can re-
ember more than the highlights.

For me, one of the most Interesting meetings
f the whole convention was the banquet where
enator Allen El lender was the main speaker. Hi
as supposed to talk about Soil 4 Water Conser-
atlon, but this being an election year. It was
ery political. Of course, while talking to us,
e was talking a great deal for the Louisiana
ome folks and what he would do. For me, how-
ver. It is always Interesting to hear the
ther fellow's point of view.

To my eyes, the Southern people do seem a
ittle different. There Is no hurry; their way
f life Is, or seems, slower; their food Is
ifferent. It was brought out In the District
iperations Committee, of which I was a member,
hat during World War II, when men were being
examined for army duty, that In several of the
outhern states, 7 out of 10 men were rejected
ecause of bad eyes, bad teeth, heart, lungs,
one structure, etc. While In the Western
.tates, 7 out of 10 passed their physicals,
hey all filled their' stomachs three times a

The Legislative Subcommittee, studying the
need for Water Conservancy Districts at its
February 25 meeting In Helena, set up some
guidelines for Its staff to draft a proposed
bill. The thinking of the committee is that
Water Conservancy Dlstrlc#-s should be organized
by the courts as separate entities of state
government. They expect to have a rough draft
of a proposed tIJ I ready for the April 2 meeting

Proposals by the State Soil Conservation
Committee and the Montana Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Districts that Soil and
Water Conservation Districts could and do func-
tion as Conservancy Districts brought a reply
that SWCDs should not branch out In other fields
such as water development, range renewal, recrea'
tlon, and related resource development. The
development of uncommitted water supplies In
Montana need the best people, engineering ser-
vices, etc. A program of that scope shouldn't
be entrusted to SWCD Supervisors. The size of
the conservation of the state's water resources
requires greater efforts.

Expressions of encouragement were made thai
all concerns for water development were being
considered and that each meeting brings a
better concensus of opinion.

A study of NACD District Outlook Committee
shows that SWCDs throughout the United States
are moving toward a broader more active role in
resource development. They point out that
SWCDs are In a position to coordinate at the
local level the oncoming jnb of resource manage-
ment (planning, development, use, and conserva-
tion of renewable natural resources). SWCD
Leaders in Montana have expressed strong feelings
that they are willing to take on the job at the
local level and that existing agencies of
government should be strengthened to give
assistance to districts.

I

1

I

CONSERVATION CHARLEY by Harry Corry

Elizabeth tries to pull her fur coat a little
closer to her body. These winter winds sure
seep Into a girl's system.

Elizabeth's nose Is red and running. Shivers
race from her belly to her spine - and sprint
back again. Chills gallop up and down her back.
Her ankles are trim and eye-appealing - but who
can admire trim ankles when they're burieo in
eight inches of snow?

All In all, Elizabeth is a plump miserable
Hereford this morning. She turns to look at
Sally. Sal ly's plumb miserable, too.

"This weather Is for the birds," Elizabeth
remarks, " and I do mean penguins."

Liz and Sally are munching breakfast in the
middle of a snowy, windblown pasture. The
rest of Bill Perkin's cattle are scattered
around stuffing hay down their throats, too.
They're also shivering.

"What's with this Perkins-" asks Lizzie. "How
come he doesn't furnish us girls some protection
on glacial days I ike this?"

"Oh, Bill Is all right," replies Sally. "He
Just doesn't think that we need protection.
Guess he figures that we're tough and winter
hardy."

"Well, in my book. Perks Is a jerk," Lizzie
retorts. "If he'd give us some shelter from
this wind and cold he'd make us a lot more
comfortable - and make hirriself some money Sat
the same time."

"That doesn't figure," Sally says, "It's
kinda expensive building sheds and barns for
us. How's he going to make money that way?"

"Who needs sheds and barns?" snorts Liz.
"Trees and brush make some of the best - and
cheapest winter protection there Is. And
this clown. Perks, cleared several acres of
trees and brush down by the creek last summer.
I believe his thinking apparatus Is wired
backwards."

"Well, I gotta admit," Sally replies, "that
It was kInda warm and cozy down there In fhe
winter. But he probably figured he needed the
land for crop production. After all, he's
gotta make a living, too."

"For your Information - and his," Lizzie says,
"that brush was making him money just as It was.
The sclentlfical fellers have found In experi-
ments that a group of girls, like us, wintered
on a creek bottom with brush protection gained
35 pounds more per girl than another group
wintered with shed protection. And both
groups had the same kind and amounts of food."

"Course, that was in a mild winter," she
admits. "But these fellers also found that in
a severe winter the girls In the brush each
lost about eleven pounds less than the shedders
did."

Middle age is when you want to see how long your car
will last instead of how fast it will go.

"That brush wouldn't be a very good place for
a girl who was trying to lose weighty would if?
giggles Sal ly.

"Nope," agrees Liz. "On the other hand, It'd
be a mighty good place for Perkins to keep his
cows - unless, of course, he's trying to help
his bank roll lose weight;?

"Multiply those extra pounds by the price of
beef and he'd have a pretty good chunk of extra
income from his brush," she explains. "The
only other way that he can make up that extjPa
weight Is to put more food on the table - and
that costs extra money,"

"He's losing even more by wintering us out
here with no protection," she continues. "We
can't even keep up with the girls In the sheds.
We'll end up In worse shape than they did.
We're liable to be bags of bones by spring."

She shivers and adds, "Besides that, he's
created an erosion hazard by stripping the
creek bank. If ft goes on a rampage If Hilght
wash those extra acres right down Into the
Missouri River, Then he won't get anything
from them.

Now It's Sally's turn to shiver. Her teeth
want to chatter - but she hasn't got her upper
plate In,

*l wish I were down there In the brush
putting on weight right now," she sighs. "I
wish Perks would have gotten all of the facts
before he started to remodel fhat bottomland." i

SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK

Soil Stewardship Week sponsored by Soil and
Water Conservation Districts will be May 15
through 22, 1966,

"Crisis In the Countryside" Is the theme.

MONTANA CONSERVATION COUNCIL

The Montana Conservation Council Annual Meet"
Ing will be April 22, and 23 at the Rainbow
Hotel in Great Falls. The theme of the meetlqf
is "Land - Montana's Basic Economic Strength",

Don Tavenner, Deer Lodge, Is conference
Chairman.

"Conservation Week", sponsored by^the Montant
Conservation Council, will be April 24 - 30,

"I think he's got you whipped," said the manager in dis-
gust after the ninth round.

"Yeah," agreed the pugilist, gazing dizzily through near-
ly closed eyes. "I should have got him in the firtt round
when he was alone."

2,

RAD MEETING

Community Development and Water Resource De-
velopment was the theme of a recent Montana
Rural Area Development Committee Meeting held
in Bozeman. It was clearly evident that Mont-
ana communities need to awaken to the need for
more development of Its water to lay claim to
it ahead of users out-of-state. Dr. R. R.
Renne, Director, Office of Water Resources
Research, U. S. Department of Interior, told of
the increasing water demands across the nation.
He said federal programs are available which
provide Montana with a golden opportunity to
develop sound plans and embark on water and re-
lated resources development projects that will
be highly beneficial .

A panel on Local Participation brought state-
ments from I) Senator McGowan that Inability to
coordinate ^as been a problem, and there Is a
need for a better system of taxation; 2) Alex
McDermott who said we will not reach our poten-
tial until local people are concerned, rural
and urban; the human factor Is a major factor
holding up development; 3) Bob Cooney who said
the key Is to understand each others problems
and work together; 4) Ken Baldwin who stated
emphasis on recreation and wildlife Is current
and should be heeded, that recreation will share
the cost of Its development, and more research
and evaluation of benefit? Is needed; 5) Dean
Hanson speaking for John Schroeder told that
Soil and Water Conservation Districts are In a
good position at the local level to plan, coor-
dinate, and promote projects and otherwise take
on the objective of a Conservancy District. He
also stated that a million dollars a year appro-
priation by the state legislature to the Water
Conservation Board Is needed to match federal
monies to construct projects.

RAD Subcommittee reports were encouraging
showing plans and action. Jim Wempner stated
that good Range Management can add more do I lars
with less investment than any other industry
In Montana and with less smog. Hans Roffler
told of the high potential forestry has for
development and in manufacturing. The most im-
portant resource, people, is the concern of the
Manpower Development Committee and plans are
being considered to close the gap between high
school and college with adequate Vocational
Technical Education facilities.

Committees dealing with Soil Fertility and
Management and Hog Production are shaping up
and are pointing the way for big economic
developments potential in Montana.

Irate passenger oil New York commuter train to ticket
inspector: "What do I need a ticket for? According to
this timetable I'm home having dinner."

SSCC SETS WATERSHED PLANNING PRIORITIES

The State Soil Conservation Committee, after
making a tour of the state and meeting with
the steering committees of proposed active
watershed projects, have set the following
priorities for planning In 1966:

Investigation

1. Big Spring Creek In Fergus County

2. Carbon Hills In Custer County - Pending

3. KInsey Flats In Custer County

4. Beaver Creek In HI I I County

5. Sand Coulee In Cascade County

6. Fort Belknap In Paradise County

Work Plans

1. Sidney Water Users in Richland County

2. Racetrack Creek In Powell County

3. Boulder Creek In Jefferson Counfy

4. Valley Creek in Stillwater County

A big bottleneck In getting projects to the
construction stage seems to be In planning, as
wel I as organlzatfon.

Construction stage should be reached In 1966
on City of Shelby Watershed, Recreation facili-
ties on Box Elder at Plentywood and Jawbone
Creek at Harlowton.

Pictured above are members of the State Sol I
Conservation Committee - 0. M. Ueland, Oscar
Hippe, Torlief Aasheim, C. Lowell Purdy, John
Schroeder, Dean A. Hanson, William D'Ewart, and
Joe Asleson.

A Marine lieutenant, straight from a platoon leader
course, took over a battle-experienced outfit on the main
line of resistance in Viet Nam. On the f^rst night, as he
watched as his men began to dig in, he asked a sergeant,
"Where is my foxhole?"

Replied the sergeant: "You're standing on it, *ir. You
just have to move the dirt."

DISTRICT DOINGS

FLATHEAD SWCD - Board Endorsement was given for
the watershed application for a feasibifity
study of Cedar Creek drainage flood control pro-
ject for the city of Columbia Falls.

GALLATINL VALLEY SWCD - Harold Klump, representa-
tive of the City-County Planning Board, attended
the supervisors meeting to discuss the possibili
ties of a block-type standard soil survey
around the City of Bozeman. The City-County
Planning Board are updating their plan for city
expansion at present. It was thought that since
a standard soil survey will eventually cover
Gallatin County, that priority should be given
to about a 5 mile radius surrounding Bozeman.

DANIELS COUNTY SWCD - Jack Sprague was asked to
contact the Daniels County Leader about running
the "Conservation Charley" column. This would
inform the public of different types of conser-
vation practices.

A motion was made by Bill Kegel to pay $20.00
to each of the nine teachers registered for Lee
Rovig's conservation education course. Motion
carried.

MILE HIGH SWCD - Phil Judd and Francis McGan
have been appointed to the Board of Supervisors
as non-voting urban representatives. It is
hoped that this will bring about closer and
be+ter relationships between urban and rural
peoples.

A meeting was held on February 9 in regard to
the Brown's Gulch Watershed Project for those
people interested to get this project moving
again.

BROADWATER SWCD - Lee Hart discussed the conser-
vation talks to be held in connection with his
office. They are a series of talks conducted
by specialists. Each session will be about two
hours and Lee urges everyone to try and attend
some of these talks.

BEAVERHEAD SWCD - Roy Forrester reported on the
educational material which has been distributed
to the County Superintendent of Schools. He
also indicated that he will take additional mat-
erial to representatives of the District 10 for
their opinion on it's educational value. Roy
was authorized to spend up to $50.00 to obtain
this material at his discretion on the motion by
Orville Sparrow, seconded by Emmett Blomquist.

CARBON COUNTY SWCD - J . D. Dykstra reported on
the importance of improving the public image of
Soil & Water Conservation Districts and their
functioaa*

Hollywood has been described as the
town where halX the people are waiting
to be disco'Vered— and the othef half
are afraid they will be.

VALLEY COUNTY SWCD - The appi ication for the

Willow Creek Project north of Hinsdale was read
and plans made to meet with the Water Board on
January 25 to sign the application.

The Board approved the technicians starting a
series of articles for the local paper.

ROSEBUD COUNTY SWCD - The Conservation Resource

Needs Inventory was briefly discussed and It wa
requested to have four copies run off so other
agencies would have the inventory as a referenc
record.

EASTERN SANDERS COUNTY SWCD - A short discussio
was held concerning the consolidation of the
Hot Springs and Thompson Falls offices. The
hearing will be held at 1:00 P. M. tomorrow «
(February 3) at the courtroom in Thompson Falls
A. B. Linford, Doug Smith, and George Lackman
will probably be on hand.

After reading letters sent and received con-i
cerning getting a conservation coordinator ?n
Harriett Miller's office, the board passed a
motion to allocate $5.00 for that purpose and
participate In the project with Green Mountain
SWCD. Racicot will draw up the letters. It
is possible that the Grange might back this ide<
too, once it Is started.

RUBY VALLEY SWCD - Discussion was held on the
possibility of changing district boundaries to
correspond with school district boundaries for
possible tax purposes and monies to go to the
district.

Harold Smith read his workload analysis for
the year which definitely showed a shortage of
help for his office.

BIG HORN COUNTY SWCD - A. G. Slattery, Yugo
Nayematsu, and Wayne Nipple will prepare the
Annual Report. This report will be a 20 year
progress report.

LINCOLN SWCD - Reports from each agency assistfr
the District are to be included in the District
Annual Report for 1965.

PHILLIPS SWCD - Conservation Charley articles
were read and di cussed for possible use by
Phi I I ips News.

Monthly items of district news will be taken
to newspaper by supervisors Friday or Monday
following regular meetings.

MCCONE SWCD - Attendance at the Crop Production
School at Vida was discussed. At least two
supervisors plan to attend.

Ciiief of Police: "Got away, did lie? Were all the exits

guarded?"

Rookie Policeman : "Yes Sir, but we think he must have

left by one of the entrances. "

4,

INVENTORY RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS

Printed on following pages In this Issue of Treasure Acres are state summaries of planned
or estimated Resource Developments that are projected within Soil and Water Conservation
Districts. The figures were obtained by adding up those supplied by each Individual district.
Carrying out of these practices on non-federal lands Is largely dependent on the efforts and
investments of Individual farmers and ranchers. However, educational, technical, and financial
assistance is needed. Supervisors of individual districts are mal<Ing every effort to realize
the^e goals. A close analysis of these figures will give some Idea of the magnitude and
diversity of natural resource development with which Soil and Water Conservation Districts are
Involved. Cost-benefit studies for each of these practices show tremendous return and another
column would be desirable to show what this amounts to.

The private land figures were arrived at during a meeting of SWCD Supervisors, local resource
people (SCS, Extension, ASCS, Forest Service, BLM, BIA, FHA, SSCC, and others who were invited)
she figures are largely Judgement figures based on best InformatIp,n available, agency records,
ktc. BLM, Forest Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs at the state level reviewed the Form
2's for their respective agencies.

Inventory figures are necessary as a basis for conservation planning, which is a function of
SWCDs, There Is a continuing need to gather and accumulate this information, and it is .
necessary it be reviewed periodically.

The purpose of the NACB Public Lands Committee in conducting this inventory was for SWCD
Supervisors to get a better total picture of conservation needs (what exists, what remains,
what is planned, what It costs) on both public and private lands, to form a better basis for
planning and to Justify In their minds monetary appropriations. - Emphasis was meant to be
in the Judgement of the grassroots, the SWCD Supervisors.

This has been a challenge to supervisors and to agency people and a test of the use of
existing record keeping, and to point up what Is needed.

Your suggestions for future Inventories are welcome.

All use possible should be made of this Inventory in SWCD planning for use by state and
federal agencies, businesses, private organizations, legislators, congressmen, and publicity
purposes.

Individual district Inventories are available together with definitions of practices.

THIS IS CONSERVATION

A stream checked by brush on the banks ... providing fish habitat,

A grass waterway replacing an ecoded gully.

Dry land range reseeded to provide forage for more livestock, birds and game.

Stubble plowed into a field ro provide moisture-holding tilth and fertility.

Native grassland 'a I lowed to come back by skipping grazing a year or few months.

Irrigated pasture taking pressure off range ~ feeding 10 times as many head per acre.

Sprinkler Irrigation, doing more with half the water.

Timber harvesting to leave wildlife habitat and hold water.

Logging roads and skid trails seeded to prevent weeds and erosion.

Adequate dams or structures to allow measurement and to save water and labor.

Ditch and canal lining to halt erosion, wasting of water and water-logged land.

Drainage to reclaim unproductive land.

Leveling to save water and boost production.

5.

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Form #2— Standard Survey

NASCD— Public Lands
INVENTORY

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND. DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WITHIN SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN ELEVEN WESTERN PUBLIC LANDS STATES
AS OF JANUARY 1, 1965

Name of District

Wnntana Sunmary

.State Bontaiw.

This report covers land administered by_

Nnn-Farifiral

Unit*

CempMad

(•sisting)

li(lfi
wilt*)

•fhlfk

IMcJs (•

Management

Ac.

I6,li96,376

Pl.,6h2,7^9

7,^62,718

JtJi22JiSL

Erosion Control

Ac.

7,liQll,.\^6

6,li.^6,789

?,n71,liOli

9,?69,^it7

Detention or Retarding Dams

No.

-2li£

ll,?6fi

J^

l,liln,7QQ

Diversion Dams or Dikes

No,

_£^£Qd

ifl,5nii

3,6?S

3«?^?,6^Q

Reservoir and Stock
Watering Facilities

No.

l|3.1ll

3?,1S7

J.Q.97g

.£*S6l*12fi.

Seeding

Ac.

267,8it3

922,668

_iaMia.

?,8U>70Q

Fencing

Mi.

171,972

61.121

-1S*ISL

7>?.'^7,li6Q

8. Noxious Plant Control

It86..l57

?>.'^?li,.19Q

932.QQQ

12*5DQ^£Qa

9.
10.
11.

Management (timber)

Ac.

1,058,5.1.1

?,0.1.1,6)iQ

^9fi,97t;

3fi5,lino

Timber 8i Woodland Planting

Ac.

?,0?9

.lll6,fi?h

in»73n

g7i^,linn

Timber & Woodland Cultural
Treatment

Ac.

n6,l|05

i,nnn,)iS?

liO^ppt;

I,7li8.1i50

Windbreaks

Ac.

1fl,79J

7l|,.17n

Ji,in7

2.U12.600

Wildlife Habitat Improvement

51,3fi9

?35,n?}|

-^

j^znjim

Wildlife Stream Improvement

Mi.

330-

li,^68

JZfifl.

U88,2C>Q

Fish Ponds, Lakes and
Improvement s

No.

?,8)l?

.5,091|

l.PfiQ

1,11^.6^0

Standard Soil Surveys

Ac.

Rodent and Pest Control

Ac.

i,?53,?n5

)i6,l5li,96l

19,6ns,li!?1

?, 173.51^9

i,n?,li^g

9'^Q^t^B'^

Fire Control

37,37)1

?3l|,)l95

-SS*S^

^■\f^,h<o

Insect and Disease Control

Ac.

3,557^(00

fl,Sfi7,972

li,lili3,^??

6,310,?li?

Roads and Trails

Mi.

7,.151

5,ii75

JUS2S-

3»10)i,50Q

Outdoor Recreation Develop-
ments (camp and picnic)

Fa
Units

],?73

7,107

?,n99

i,n3?,i£:n

22.

Outdoor Recreation Develop-
ments (other)

Units

h»\m

-M51-

-1^2kk.

13i266,70(

Buildings and Physical
Facilities

No.

sr

31.

llU.SBt

Land Leveling

Irrigation (wells)

211,759

59mo

Storage Reservoirs

.231.

JSL

123.801

1,867

2,81?,

J=8k.

9,110,100

808.000

Ji6S_

6«9?Q,3.^Q

Reorganization of
Irrigation Systems

Pasture or Meadow Estab-

Hshment or Improvement

Terr;

No.

L,96[l

l6,6hQ

1,7??

8,395,100

ing_

J-^JJiZflSSu.

l,.^9fi,.?Rli

ifi3,.593

["ovement

5,181,^75

T;m7i

M50»28^

6,387,li56

)ili,7nn

Maintenance

stance Availabl,

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1 8,357, 73»

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I-orm #2- Standard Survey NASCD-Public Lands

INVENTORY
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND Dj:VELOPMENT NEEDS WITHIN SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN ELEVEN WESTERN PUBLIC LANDS STATES
AS OF JANUARY 1, 1965

.ame of District .State Siimniary

State Mnntana

rhis report covers land administered by TinT-op» r^r Tjinrt ManDg«ii»mt

B

Units
Compl<
(•xiating)

T«tal
Units

Priority
N«wU (In
unit*)

Estlmotad
tvtol cost
•f high
priority
noods (at
19«2 prieo
lovols)

Management

Z_

_3. Detention or Retarding Damj
_4
5

Ac.

11,099,127

)',7^o.^pt;

3,997,79]

633,fi73

Erosion Control

Ac.

lfi)|,^T3

li.'^6,61il

P??jl99

No.

-112

.236.

.2QH

^,7)i?,P2S-

Diversion Dams or Dikes

No.

JZ6

3,1 9fi

1„1Q6

337,300-

Reservoir and Stock
Watering Facilities
Seeding

No.

3.636

Ac.

1SUa23jl1.

3, mi

3iiIufi2L

1 ,3li3

L.722.kOO

n£a35

L.113-,^9'?

Fencing

Mi

9,.'^Q'^.k'?

i,2QQJiZ.

If62li»17

L,286>1Q0

8, Noxious Plant Control

?6,913

?.^fi,76)i

11.^,9.^8

352,650

Management (timber)

1.56,?l|g

.^6Q,9K

51,1x00

26,000

Timber fc Woodland Planting

jL^am

6,9»6

1,7?8

103,760

Timber & Woodland Cultural
Treatment

Ac.

?,1.5fi

1)i6,3Q6

1x1, 7k3

)ilJi,55Q

Windbreaks

. Wildlife Habitat Improvement

Ac.

12,1x6?

?,.569

^'i-i,'^^<

, Wildlife Stream Improvement

Mi.

?0,300

Fish Ponds, Lakes and
Improvements

^O.QQ^

6,000

Standard Soil Surveys

Ac.

2.658.3:7 U. 579.651

2.ti56,933

155,678

Rodent and Pest Control

Ac.

Ill, 230

3li,lxlxli

7,1x50

22.150-

Fire Control

5,078,li87

6,195,958

6,066,1x67

1^86,399

Insect and Disease Control

Ac.

211x,72Q

238,800

172,070

210,600

Roads and Trails

Mi.

6,875

%007

712.5

?, 722, 750

12.

Outdoor Recreation Develop-
ments (camp and picnic)

Fam.
Unit

J3Q-

_2*fllti

JSSu

1,125,000

23.

Outdoor Recreation Develop-
ments (other)

Units

Buildings and Physical
Facilities

JL2_

JLL

ii3-

36,500

JX

JiL

223,000

Land Leveling

Irrigation (wells)

No.

Storage Reservoirs

No.

Reorganization of
Irrigation Syste^ns

No.

Pasture or Meadow Estab-
lishment or Improvement

rTerracinf

Ac.

.20.

Soil In-iprovement
Total

Ac.

Ii05.5

1,165.7

28^.8

.20-

Maintenance

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12, 639, 299. H5 7,l|02,5.92il32 1 2,9?7,5ffi1?^7

U09.620

I6,.566,)i0.5.

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All Assistance Availoble in Obtaining Information

But Remember

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lorm #2-- Staxidard Survey NASCD-Public Lands

INVENTORY
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND -DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WITHIN SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS IN ELEVEN WESTERN PUBLIC LANDS STATES
AS OF JANUARY 1, 1965

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y U. S. Forest Service

A

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B

Unit

C

(oxisting)

D

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Unit.
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1,761,88]

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2. Erosion Control Rphabi Ti tatit

,^c.

) 61i),,8?l

2,260,00(

2,700,000

3. Detention or Retarding Dams

No.

)

4. Diversion Dams or Dikes

No.

)

5. Reservoir and Stock
Watering Facilities

No.

?,19^

^20

■^70.000

6. Seeding (Bangp. RftVRgp.tatinn)

Ac.

8=^,928

1,^00,00(

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7. Fencing

Mi.

?,^09

1,206

690.619

8. Noxious Plant Control

Ac.

1 ,(^09

^,860

1), 0,092

9. Management (timber)

Ac.

l,c; -^9,8)19

86,000

1,690,000

10. Timber & Woodland Planting

Ac.

i( ?9,nr)8

( 1,88,708

( 7,9^7,7^0

11. Timber & Woodland Cultural
Treatment

Ac.

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(

( 8^^,79J,

(
ri6,220,190

12. Windbreaks

Ac.

13. Wildlife Habitat Improvement

Ac.

1/79

21,000

271,816

14. Wildlife Stream Improvement

Mi.

1,0

1^^

61,91,2

15. Fish Ponds, Lakes and
Improvement s

No.

■"i

36

17.000

16. Standard Soil Surveys

Ac.

868. ^k§

1,U75.652

360.000

17. Rodent and Pest Control

Ac.

98.226

888.873

1.100.000

18. Fire Control

Ac.

1.83li.27ii

3iiii.ll0

3,537.U13

19. Insect and Disease Control

Ac.

1.87li.l';0

• 3.230.6';8

6.251.631

20. Roads and Trails

Mi.

21.06';

6.9';3

113.392.000

21. Outdoor Recreation Develop-
ments (camp and picnic)

Fam.
Units

^.022

ii.369

S.t^OO.OOO

22. Outdoor Recreation Develop-
ments (other)

Units

)i^8

27

8kO,000

23. Buildings and Physical
Facilities

No.

9?^

1,021

8,)j28,229

24. Land Leveling

Ac.

25. Irrigatidn (wells)

No.

,

26. Storage Reservoirs

No.

—

27. Reorganization of

Irrigation Systems

No.

28. Pasture or Meadow Estab-
lishment or Improvement

Ac.

29. -Terracine

Mi.

:5U, boil Improvement

Ac.

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ntory and District Decisions Are Needed

Many matters of great Importance to Soil and Water Conservation
Districts were discussed at the recent Montana Rural Areas Develop-
ment Committee Meeting at Bozeman. Among these was the proposed
Reichle Dam on the Big Hole River.

Since Resolution #6 of the Watershed Committee at the Havre Con-
vention of Soil and Water Conservation Districts asks that a study
be made of the Reichle Dam by the Headwaters Association and that a
report be made at a future date, this report will deal with the
writer's impressions of what appears to be the prevailing opinion In
regard to the project.

In a nutshell, Reichle Dam, an earth and rockflll structure, will
(according to the best estimates of the Bureau of Reclamation) store
530,000 acre feet of water on the Big Hole River, 15 miles upstream
ART CHRISTENSEN, Chairman of from Twin Bridges. The town of Glen and 8,500 acres of land would
Public Lands & Watersheds be Inundated. 10 miles of Blue Ribbon Trout stream would be lost.
Committee, MASWCD Water from the reservoir would be carried 135 miles to supply needs

along the way from Whitehall to a point near Canyon Ferry Dam. Some
of the water would be stored In MI I I Igan Reservoir near Three Tor ks.

64,000 acres of land In the Whitehall, Toston, and Townsend area would receive a full supply of
Irrigation water under the Jefferson-Whitehall Project. The economy of the area would be
strengthened and stabilized. Reichle and MI I I Igan reservoirs would provide recreational benefits.
The project would also provide flood control. $77,771,000.00 would be the cost and the cost
benefit ratio would be about 1.5 to I.

After attending the RAD meeting and sampling the opinion of the people from the Area,
conclude that the majority favor the project.

I would

Most, but not all, residents of the area to be Inundated are In strong opposition. The Montana
Fish and Game Department, along with trout fishermen from all over the United States, are In
opposition. Many people from all walks of life feel that as long as our government must expend
huge amounts of money to support farm prices and to curtail production. It Is premature to build
the project at this time.

The majority, however, feel that downstream Interests are eyeing Montana water and unless we
develop this resource, we may lose It. Farm surpluses are dwindling and may be a thing of the
past by the time the project can be completed. Almost no one denies that the project will be
needed someday. Some tax base will be lost In Beaverhead and Madison Counties, but this will
be offset many times by the economic growth in the downstream area. The project has widespread
support in the Townsend, Toston, and Whitehall area. It has been endorsed by the Governor and
the State Water Board.

Since the construction of this project is almost a foregone conclusion, the major concern of
districts ought to be on overall longtime planning. Shortcomings of other projects should not
be repeated here. The years ahead will serve as a real challenge to Soil and Water Conservation
District..

Standing in a line at the ticket of-
fice of a movie theater, an old gen-
tleman whispered to the person be-
hind him, 'Take a look at the little
character in front of me with the
poodle cut and the blue jeans. Is
it a boy or a girl ?"

"It's a girl," came the angry re-
ply. "I ought to know. It's my
daughter."

"Forgive me, sir!" apologized the
old fellow. "I never dreamed you
were her father."

"I'm not," said the slacks-clad
parent. "I'm her mother."

"I used my head to get him to
propose. I just put it on his
shoulder."

CARL JOHNSON, Chairman
Education Committee, MASWC
Director. MASWCD

Last week I had the very gratifying experience of attending tl|
rJACD Convention In New 0rlean5. While there. It was my good
fortune to meet with, and exchange Ideas with many people; to h^
first hand what conservationists were doing In other states.

Montana's delegation was not too large, but from the comments
received from other delegates, I think we were rather effective.
The remarks made at the Northern Plains Area V meeting by your
State President, Mr. WMIlaw Kester, cortcernlng the Public lma^«
of conservation, were met with a great deal of apprdval by repr*
sentatives of the several states that conrprtM Area V,

As your Education Committee Chairman, I confined myself primar
to education. I find that Montana supervisors are aimed In the
right direction. However, I think districts should do Mm "or#
advertising as to the availability of scholarships to teachers
where they are offered In their respective districts.

Many of the Units of the University of Montana are offering excellent courses In Oe*i«ervatI(i
I can speak with authority on this subject because I have Just completed a five crerflt ooyrse
on "Trends of Teaching Science" from Montana State University, and there Is a we»(th of Ifiter
esting conservation material taught in it. I'm sure ther* «fe Just as many offerings In the

other Units. THEREFORE SUPERVISORS, LET'S GET OUT AND ADVERTISE!

There Is another Item which I think should be of vital Interest to ft! supfPfvlsors^ It ms
brought to my attention by Mrs. Gladys Hippe, who is President of NACS's Ladles AuxfUirytt M
seems that there Is nothing in the Davis Memorial Library concerning the history of fH conser
vatlon movement of the State of Montana. If all local districts In Montana would sind In scm
thing along these lines to myself, Mrs. Hippe, or Ole Ueland, we might oame up with » *»nuscrl
of some worth and merit and have it placed in the library. We »ould appreciate any ccMMntS
adverse or otherwise, as to such an undertaking.

At our State Meeting In Havre, much was said about the public Image of conservation. We wh^
are engaged in agriculture know what we are doing, but I think we must do more to ac<jualnt
urban and metropolitan areas as to their part in the overall picture.

A bouquet of roses to all districts for what they have accomplished, but let's Intensify ou
efforts. Along the aforementioned Ijnes, I would like to quote from a letter sent out by NACC
Education Chairman David H. KIstner of Loganvi I le, Georgia: "Why Spend Millions to
Circumnavigate a Dead Earth I"

QUOTABLE QUOTE: "Harold L. Ickes, former Secretary of the Interior, in an address, February

27, 1939, said, 'Why do we not teach conservation in our schools? Is the

waste and pillage and threatenecj physical destruction of our country less

important than the names cf State cap I to Is?'"

assrooni session in conservation

Prtesident Sez - Continued from Page I

A paper written by W. L. Wilhite of San
Antonio, Texas was given to us and in this he
asks this question from the Scriptures: "Do
you believe the sins of the fathers are visited
upon th^ Children?" and then he answers it
this way: "Yes, when the Parents sin against
the Soil, that sin will be visited upon their
Chi Idren".

I feel that Montana had a good representation
there this year, but it was small compared with
some of the other States. Even so, we wore our
large yellow and blue "I'm from Montana" buttons
proudly. They got us Into many conversations
concerning Montana and the West.

I believe every member of the Montana delega-
tion was glad to return to the "Big Sky Country"
resolved to do a better Job of Soil & Water
Conservation.

BILL

GOVERNOR BABCOCK -APPOINTS OSCAR HIPPE TO SSCC

Oscar Hippe, a long time Soil & Water Conser-
vation District Supervisor and NACD Official,
from Frold was appointed for a four year term
to the State Soil Conservation Committee. He
replaces Carl Hunter of Fa I rv lew.

The State Soil Conservation Committee at Its
reof^anlzatlonal meeting held In Miles City
In January, re-elected John Schroeder, Lolo,
as Chairman, Bill D»Ewart, Wllsall, Vlce-
Chalrman. Ole Ueland of Butte was re-employed
as Executive Secretary.

SHOW - ME TRIP SCHEDULED

A "Show-Me trip to see Tree Plantings and
Shelterbelts In the state of North Dakota Is
planned for the week of June 6 and Is jointly
sponsored by the Montana Association of Soil and
Water Conservation Districts and the Montana
State Forester.

North Dakota SWCDs have had outstanding succes:
with their tree planting program. This trip
will provide an opportunity for Montana Super-
visors to see first hand what can be done. Each
SWCD in Montana is hereby notified to write to
R. W. Arnold, Assistant State Forester, 2705
Spurgin Road, Missoula, Montana, giving him the
name or number of persons from their District
who desires to make this trip.

The State Forester will provide bus transpor-
tation, and will arrange to pick up those going
along the way. This Information should be sub-
mitted by May I, 1966. Chouteau County District
have already Indicated they have a busload lined
up for this trip

Pictured above Is Governor Tim Babcock who
spoke at the Lewis and Clark Soil and Water Con-
servation District's Annual Meetlna on January
28, 1966.

Approximately 400 people were in attendance.
The Governor gave a brief talk and then showed
slides that were taken while he was on a tour
through the Orient last fall.

STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE - WATER

CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING

The State Soil Conservation Committee and
Montana Water Conservation Board Members met
jointly In Helena, February 15.

Members of the Joint University Water Research
Committee from Montana State University,
University of Montana, and Montana Tech gave a
report on water research underway.

A delegation from Valley County presented an
application for a proposed Watershed Project
which would be primarily for irrigation benefits.
The Water Conservation Board is co-sponsor. TlSe
State Soil Conservation Committee accepted the
application for investigation and feasibility
study under P. L. 566. No priority was given
at this time because of a backlog of other pro-
jects in the works, and a shortage of planning
funds.

The State Soil Conservation Committee and
Water Conservation Board Members discussed pro-
posed Conservancy District legislation and Soil
and Water Conservation Districts - Water Conser-
vation Board Memorandums of Understanding.

At this meeting. Chairman John Schroeder
suffered a slight heart disturbance "and was hos-
pitalized. Vice-Chai rman D'Ewart had also
suffered a slight heart attack a couple days
before and was hospitalized. We wi'sh these
gentlemen a complete recovery. No doubt, service
on these publ ic boards can be very hard on a
person.

II.

WES D'EWART STRESSES NEED FOR WISE USE OF WATER

"We must protect the present and future use
of water in Montana," Wesley D'Ewart told mem-
bers of the Park Soil and Water Conservation
District at their annual meeting.

Mr. D'Ewart is a former Congressman and U. S.
Secretary of Agriculture and is currently ser-
ving as Montana chairman of the Western States
Water Counci I .

He stressed the importance of the wise use
of water by federal, state and private groups.
It would be a tragedy, he stressed, if we would
a I low our water to be prior used before we
could use it in Montana. "Once it's gone," he
said, "we will never get it back."

Mr. D'Ewart said Public Law 566 is a great
aid to farmers and ranchers regarding the
building of" medium-sized dams and reservoirs.

He said it is necessary for Montana to have
a clear understanding of the need for use of
water today, 20 years from now and 50 years
from now. Other states have the same problem,
he said and we must work with them to find the
answer.

A Directory of Summer 1966 Workshops, Courses
and Adult Training Programs in Conservation
of Natural Resources is available from Dr.
W. F. Clark, Eastern Montana College, Billings,
Montana 59101.

DEER LODGE VALLEY''
SECOND PLACE IN NEWSlj

H POWELL SWCDs WIN
ER CONTEST

Congratulations to the Deer Lodge Valley Soil
and Water Conservation District and the North
Powell Soil and V/ater Conservation District.

These districts won $50.00 as the second
place winner In the Norther-n Plains Area of the
National Newsletter Contest.

Newsletters are scored on readability,
regularity, and conservation content.

SOIL CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA

The Montana (Bozeman) Chapter of the Soil
Conservation Society of America is soliciting
memberships. Mail your dues ($11.00) to
Anthony Gels, Route 2, Bozeman, Montana.

The Soil Conservation Society of America is
a national professional organization made up of
farmers, ranchers, businessmen, range special-
ists, soil scientists, economists, educators,
and many others to advance the science and art
of good land use.

A bi-monthly publication entitled "Journal
of Soil and Water Conservation" is well worth
the price of dues. If you aren't now a member.
Why not become one? '

Montana Association of Soil and

Water Conservation Districts

(Return postage guaranteed)

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O. M. Ueland, Editor, Montana Tech.

OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETIN S

MARCH - APRIL. 1966

estimated that annual expenditures for private
sanitation services (industry and the like) are
over $1 billion."

(The above figures were taken from a report by
the U. S. Public Health Service and Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare.)

Here in the Flathead area, we enjoy our lakes
and streams, but with the great increase of dis-
posable boxes, throwaway bottles and cans and
cartons containing convenience foods - quite an
amount of this is finding its way Into the
streams and lakes, also along our roads and
highways.

And the trash piles grow:

Twenty years ago, the average American dis-
carded about two pounds of refuse daily, accord
Ing to the U. S. Public Health Service. Today
there are far more Americans and each discards
about five pounds of trash daily.

Every minute of the day, the agency reports,
some 251 tons of garbage and rubbish are pro-
duced. A little arithmetic shows that piled
together at days end, it amounts to 362,000
tons and by the years end, it is a whopping
150 million ton mountain of trash.

The biggest problem seems to be in finding a
place for the rubbish once it has been collect-
ed. Current disposal methods In many communi-
ties are being pushed almost to the limit in
handling the Increased volume. At the same
time, available economic space for waste dis-
posal has dec I ined..

"The annual outlay by our communities for
public collection and disposal services In
1964," reports the Department of Health, Educa-
tion and V^elfare, "Was over $1.5 billion - ex-
ceeded only by community expenditures for
schools and roads. In addition. It has been

That's the problem - What's the solution!
CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS

Resolutions of the Montana Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Districts Education Corm-
Ittee reads "Districts offering scholarships
should notify the Director of Conservation Work-
shops at the following colleges:

Northern Montana OdI lege at Havre, Eastern
Montana College at Billings, University of
Montana at Missoula, Montana State University at
Bozeman, and Western Montana Col lege at DI I Ion.

The MASWCD also urge districts to, make scholar-
ships available for teachers who are interested
in taking further study on conservation at any
of our State institutions. All District Super-
visors should make special effort to have at
least one or more teachers attend these conserva-
tion workshops.

HAS YOUR DISTRICT TAKEN ACTION ON PROVIDING
SCH)LARSHIPS FOR TEACHER WORKSHOPS?

..TRIP MINING AND CONSERVATION

(Excerpts from an article by S. L. Groff, Chief
Ground Water & Mineral Fuels Division, Montana
Bureau of Mines & Geology)

Montana's coal resources and coal land lease
activity have been much in the news in recent
months. The nation's growing need for fossil
fuel energy sources has focused attention on the
vast Fort Union coal region of northern Wyoming,
eastern Montana, and western North Dakota. This
region contains the largest reserve of coal on
earth, and it is only natural that industry is
looking at Montana's coal and the necessary
water resources essential for production of
electric energy, liquid fuel, and coal gas.

The Conservation Issue

Many citizens view the spoil piles and debris
of a bygone mining era with apprehension and
fear that a new industrial mining program will
tear up the ea|;th and destroy its beauty and
usefulness. Some such citizens would favor
strong preventive measures prior to the initia-
tion of large scale mining. Some would insist
on complete surface restoration, and go so far
as to recommend and accept statutory measures
that would seriously impede, if not prohibit,
progress for the revital ization of the Montana
coal industry.

On the other hand, some segments of the in-
dustry. Itself, impelled by the profit motive,
might well be inclined to the practice of im-
proper conservation measures — or worse, to a
denial of the necessity of any conservation
practices at al I .

The conservation issue, by all reasonable
tenants, lies between these extremes. It will
require consultation and cooperation of the
various groups to achieve the "happy media" so
necessary to both citizens and industry.

It is the business of both the Coal Council,
which serves as the State's coal promotional
body, and the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geo id
gy to be familiar with coal and coal matters.
Therefore, both the Counci I and the Bureau are
interested in conservation practices following
coal extraction, and is preparing considered
rules and regulations for" the future.

Recommendations and Conclusions

Shortly after the State coal lands auction, o
May 27, the executive committee of the Coal
Council will meet for the purpose of creating
a joint committee to consider practical legisl
tlon pertinent to conservation practices in

Wonder what the skirt
designers will be up to next.

strip mining. The joint committee will be
formed of representatives from pertinent state
agencies (including SWCD), industry, interestec
citizens, and legislators.

It is anticipated that this committee can
provide the State Legislature with adequate,
equitable, and comprehensive recommendations
by the 1969 session. The realization that a
thorough study should precede the drafting of
legislation is a necessity. Preliminary
studies by the Bureau of Mines and Geology
show the inapplicability of laws now in effect
in the east and middle west. Conditions of
climate, soil, and- occurrence of water very
widely, and it is indicated that the semi-arid
western states will be forced to enact origlnar
statutes of their own.

Present thinking of technical persons are
along the lines that each case (each stripping
operation) has its own pecularlties, and must
be considered on an individual basis. The con-
cept of surface restoration is not tenable in
the great majority of the coal mining areas
of the Fort Union Region. The concept of
"restoration to a condition tn keeping with
the concept of best beneficial use" is believed
to be far more practical. This, for example,
involves considering to what use a particular
stripped area might be put. In one case, fish
ponds, seed grasses, trees, and game might be
considered as best; in another case, the area
may be amenable to irrigation, soil restoration
and agricultural pnactice.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Meeting of Supervieore tf NACD Northern Great
Plains Area - Jackson, Wyoming, June 12 - 14,

Meeting of Montana Association of Soil and
Water Conservation District Directors -
Bozeman, Montana - June 15.

Meeting of State Soil Conservation Cormittee
Members - Bozeman, Montana - the evening of
June 14, and June 15.

Montana Association of Soil and Water Conser-
vation Districts and State Forester "Show-Me
Trip" to North Dakota to observe tree planting
program of North Dakota Association and Distrio\
June 6-9.

Soil Stewardship Week - May 15 - 22.

Montana Stockgrowers Association Annual
Convention - May 19-21, Great Falls, Montana.

He : "You NEED me . "
She: "I need you like Richard
Burton needs a recreation room "

GORDON HOLTE
Director, MASWCD

It has long been said that research is the key to develop-
ment of any resource. It is equally true that research is
necessary merely to properly maintain and preserve our soil
and water assets. What have conservation districts been
doing to help research?

A summary of research activities of northeastern Montana
districts would probably be typical of most districts in
Montana. Starting in the 40's, there was high interest
among districts concerning research. They helped the Soil
Conservation Service at that time with arranging projects,
with moral support, and with making good useof all new
research findings. In the I950's, when conservation re-
search was turned over to the Agriculture Research Service,
district participation was greatly accelerated to include
direct financial assistance and the furnishing of district
owned land. Memorandums of Understanding have been used
for many years between districts and research agencies.
Districts- have always been outspoken about research needs,
and they have secured the cooperators land for field
projects.

It is estimated that districts in northeastern Montana have made direct financial contributions
of over $18,000 to aid research. These were cash outlays and includes not one cent for the
mileage, time,' effort, and work of district supervisors.

Districts have done a tremendous job in promoting soil and water conservation research. A
continuing program nedds to emphasize:

i. Secure funds for research. We are still losing soil and water faster than they are
being replaced.

2. Give direct help to agencies. Districts have the unique position of being close to the
problem. They can arrange for and encourage projects on cooperators f«nms.

3. Inform the public of the benefits of conservation research. Farmers and ranchers have
been quick to utilize new research findings, but does the public realize that such research is
for the public benefit? The taxpayer is inclined to think of research as something that will
increase production, rather than as an answer on how to use, improve, and conserve.

4. Make sure the most important research needs are given priority. Despite the demand for
increased attention to other parts of the district program, soil and water conservation is still
the primary objective of districts. Our land is still losing too much soiland water.

It seems all of this could be summed up by saying, get the money, give help, inform the public,
and establish priorities.

"WE ABE AMONG THE ELECT"

"Have you ever stopped to think how fortunate we
are to be District Supervisors? Most people do not
have such an opportunity to render worthwhile public
service as has been extended to us... We are among
the elect,"

"As a token of our appreciation for this wonderful
opportunity that is ours^. ..let's look at our jobs
with keen anticipation of the opportunities for ser-
vice ,they offer rather than as a dull duty that has
been imposed on us. " - - Sterlin Hurley ^ President,
Arh^nsar, Asrm.

I hope some of you fellow Supervisors have taken a
little time to study the recommendations of the Budget
Bureau that pertains to Soil and Water Conservation.

It appears to me that the Association and the District
Supervisors could well spend a little time to help some
of the agencies that are working with us and for us, to
retain some of the funds in the budget that will enable
them to do a complete and effective job.

Some of our friends who could stand a little help are:
. .aPKaa^^ Watershed planning. Watershed protection. Conservation

r ^^^jM ^ ^gl^B^ operations, and the Great Plains Conservation Program.

' ^^^^^^f ^^ ^^^^^^^H To break some of these down l^nto specific projects,
^^^^^H M ^^^^^^^^H appropriations for watershed planning could stand a
JIHmiB^III^HmiHHII substantial increase. There has been a sharp cut-back In
FRANK THOMPSON soil survey funds. This is one of the major needs of

Director, MASWCD landowners and operators and one of the vital tools In

farm and ranch planning. Technical assistance to Soil and
Water Conservation Districts could also use more help than we are now provided; many requests
for assistance now have to be passed over due to lack of manpower.

If you fellow Supervisors are Interested In one or more of these projects, it would be time
well spent to ny\1-e a letter or two to the proper persons, explaining your ideas and feelings on
these matters.

It Is my understanding that the money saved by the Budget cuts is earmarked to go Into the
Poverty Program.

"LEAFY SPURGE - INCH BY INCH"
by
BIN RFchter, County Extension Agent, Montana Extension Service, Butte, Montana

Concerns about the economy are grave by farmers and ranchers when prices for crops and live-
stock are down. These concerns are very noticeable at the end of the year when looking at the
balance sheet of gress Income that is low, and operating expenses that are high.

One problem that is more reserved on how it affects the income are weeds. They resemble what
we would call a hidden tax In that they take their tolls generally before the crops are harvested

A good example of weeds affecting income is leafy spurge infestation. The "direct effects of
leafy spurge are felt by low weaning weights on calves or lambs, and reduced numbers of livestock
that can be grazed on a section of land. The direct result of weed infestation on the range
is loss of grass for grazing. Land owners being of the nature they are, tend to say that "we
didn't get enough rainfall" or "it was a poor grass year", instead of investigating and finding
what the problem really is.

The infestation of weeds that are of a noxious nature will usually lower the range condition
class one grade. If the range condition classes are based on SCS method of classifying range as
excellent, good, fair, and poor, this means a range with a weed infestation of leafy spurge could
be classed no higher than fair condition, and a moderate to severe infestation would put the range
in poor condition class. Range condition is a basis of estimating the number of grazing units a
given range will carry and prevent deterioration.

Grass income can be compared among the various range condition classes as listed in the
fo I lowing table:

Range Condition A.U.M. per Section »*Total Lbs, of Beef *Gross Inecaw {W gectlon

Good 190 8100 $1944.00

'"a'r 156 7029 1686.00

Poor 64 2700 648.00

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:ONSERVATION CHARLEY by Harry Corry

Heaven's Nectar - Growing Juice - Rain, Snow,
Jieet and Fog - Water. Any way you speJ I it
/ou end up with one of our basic necessities of
life.

Perhaps we should all take a closer look at
)ur water resources occasionally. What do they
nean tp'us? What responsibility for the wise
and proper use of these resources do we have
to ourselves, to our companions on this little
sail we call the earth and to those who will
all it home in the centuries to come.

Charley was reading an article on the subject
t-his morning as he absorbed his breakfast
of fee. His wife wasn't getting much conversa-
tion out of him but he was getting some good
conservation out of the article. It was written
Dy the Soil Stewardship Advisory Committee to
the National Association of Soil Conservation
Districts.

This Is the article which Charley inhaled
with his second cup of Java:

I "In a world of many choices, you have no choioi
jabout water. Vou must have it. Water is the-
necessity of the hour and of the ages. It Is
'among the supreme gifts of the Lord and He has
iprovided no substitute for it.
i "Vital to all living things and immense in
!lts power, water conditions the course of
Inations and Influences the lives of each of us.
[It Is the artery of civilization and the con-
'stant challenge to man's resourcefulness. Here
land now It Is ps personal as your thirst.
1 "Our demands on this priceless resource are
multiplying; our responsibilities for it are
being compelled to invent and manage, sacrifice
and share. In order to lengthen the use of what
God has given us. There is enough - but only
Jf we are stewards of our limited supply, use
It with far greater care, and recognize the ur-
gency for new and concentrated efforts to meet
the oncoming needs.

"What we have today will not be enough in
the years ahead unless we act to halt the waste
of pollution, excessive evaporation, and need-
less flooding. We must learn to convert the
salt water of oceans to fresh water that' can be
used to nourish men and their plants and ani-
mals. We need to blunt the damaging effects of
violent rainstorms striking the earth and de-
velop better methods of recharging our under-
ground water supplies while they are in use.

"We must store more water in giant reservoirs
for the common good, harness it for power, and
develop it for recreation. We need to pro-
tect our streams and lakes for the fish and
wildlife that so often lack defenders.

"And across the landscape of thousands of
watersheds, there Is opportunity and even obli-

gation for the good soil steward to manage
water for his crops without damage to the land,
while capturing billions of raindrops" In the
giant reservoir of the soli. By his control of
the land and all the water falling on it as
rain and snow, the steward has a unique and
vital responsibility to God and man to serve as
first custodian of the stream of life."

Charley read the last period twice, glanced at
his watch, leaped from his chair, bussed his
better half as he galloped by and exclaimed,
"Holy Macaroni, Ma, I'm late. It was mighty
fine coffee and good-bye."

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Leafy Spurge - Inch by. Inch, Continued

*Based on calf price of $24.00

**Based on Calf gain of 1.5 pounds per day.

If weeds were the cause of range being in poor
condition, a rancher would lose a gross Income
of $1296.00 per section. This next question can
agriculture really afford the hidden tax?

Quite often the arguement is given that you
can't afford to control weeds because It costs
more than the land is worth. At the present time
It costs around $50.00 per acre to control leafy
spurge, considering methods and chemical avails
able at the present time. Range land, if It
could be bought separately would probably cost
somehwere around $30.00 to $45.00 per acre. This
argument doesn't hold water because we have
limited land resources available and the land-
owner Is confined to making a living on what he
has now. If weeds aren't controlled the weeds
still pose a threat to his neighbor's property
because they aren't confined to boundary lines,
or fence I ines.

One reason weeds seldom appear to be much of a
problem to the average land owner is that a
small patch usually spreads slowly at first but
speeds up as more land becomes infested. Experi-
mental work with the sprea<J of leafy spurge in
Canada indicates that the average annual increase
is four feet in diameter. Small patches of 7
square feet increase in size by 387 times in
five years, while large patches increase by only
30 times in five years. At these rates of In-
crease, landowners can't afford not to control
isolated patches of leafy spurge, or any other
noxious weeds.

Controlling weeds is a problem of grave con-
sideration. This problem breaks dow.n into two
parts: (I) the amount of money required; and
(2) actually doing something about them. All
too often the last problem prevails rather than
the first.

Fellow we know came back
from a trip, raving about how
he enjoyed the scenery. Seems^
his wife did the driving, and
all he had to do was steer the
car.

DISTRICT DOll.wj

BIG SANDY 5WCD - 1 1 was fnoved by W i I I i am S i bra ,
seconded by Joe Moravec that Kenneth Heen be
called to serve as associate board member to
represent non-farm residents in the District.
This will be a non-voting, advisory, and consul-
tive position.

CHOUTEAU COUNTY SWCD - Howard Axtman, local man-
ager of the Green Line Implement Company, has
been named associate supervisor to the Chouteau
County SWCD. Mr. Axtman wi I I represent the
urban people.

Joe Moorse, President, First Chouteau County
Bank, announced that a cash award of $50.00 will
be presented by the bank to the outstanding con-
servation farmer named by the local SWCD at their
annual meeting and banquet. The cash award will
be given in 196*7 in addition to the plaque pre-
sented by the district.

DAWSON COUNTY SWCD - Tom Baldwin suggested that
a contact be made with the surrounding supervisor
districts and t^at an interchange be suggested.
This would offer the opportunity of getting
acquainted with supervisors in the other dis-
tricts as well as learning what their problems
are and some of the things they are doing.

GREEN MOUNTAIN SWCD - A letter was read from A.
B. Linford giving the two Sanders County Soil
Conservation Districts the "Go Ahead" on a pro-
ject proposed by R. Racicot, The project is to
consist of mailing form letters to all SWCDs and
4-H clubs in Montana, requesting them to write
Harriet Miller's office with a suggestion for a
Conservation-Education coordinator, using Title
5 money from the 1965 Primary and Secondary
Education Act. The Board was in favor of Initi-
ating the action.

LITTLE BEAVER SWCD - Mr. Bob Irvine was present
and he brought up the fact that he thought
announcements should be made over the radio pre-
vious to each of the monthly meetings of the
SWCD. This way the public would know that the
supervisors are meeting and probably mor§ people
would attend the meetings.

LIBERTY COUNTY SWCD - 172,000 trees were pur-
chased from the State Forest Nursery In Missoula.
The District planting crew planted approximately
50,000 on various farms and ranches. Supervisor
Eugene Bjornstad used his truck to deliver bulk
trees to each farmstead.

NORTH POWELL SWCD - The Supervisors tour was
discussed. They decided that this tour should
be on weeds. Wendell Copenhgver suggested that

Every year, it takes less
imn to fly across the ocean,
Ki more time to drive to the

they should have something on Identification.
The County Agent should locate someone to con-
duct the tour. The tour will be held, sometime
between June I and 15. The primary purpose of
this tour is to stir interest In weed control.
Meeting will be in the Helmville vicinity.
Fresh samples of weeds and weeds that can't be
identified should be brought In.

PHILLIPS SWCD - The Board considered joining
the Malta Chamber of Commerce and alternating
supervisors would attend meetings. Chairman
Knudsen will contact Chamber of Commerce and
join if he so decides.

PONDERA SWCD - The teacher scholarship was dis-
cussed. It was felt that it was a very worth-
while program and should be continued in the
future. It was decided that each teacher In th^
county be sent a letter Informing them of the
scholarships available. Three scholarships of
$50.00 each will be made available in 1966 to
teachers of Pondera County.

A discussion was held regarding the Poster
Contest and Soil Stewardship Week, which Is
May 15-22. It is the wish of the Supervisors
that these posters be displayed during Soil
Stewardship Week, The District Supervisors
will be the judges for the poster contest.

ROSEBUD COUNTY SWCD - The Range Plant Identifi-
cation Contest was discussed. Merits of pro-
gram explained and It was decided by those
supervisors present to support this activity
as in the past, in conjunction with the Rosebud
County Fair.

One or two range tours will be planned this
year as these are felt to be worthwhile and
educational .

MISSOULA COUNTY SWCD - Cardon discussed the
audio-visual aids available that the District
might use to publicise conservation to urban
people. The cost of such equipment (18" by 24"
screen, suitable lens, and an automatic projectc
would be approximately $300.

DANIELS COUNTY SWCD - A motion to write to the
E. S. Gandrud Company in Owatonia, Minnesota, fc
information about a granular spreader which woul
mount onto the tree planter and would apply a
four foot band of granular weedicide was made by
Bill Kegel and seconded by Ray Garberg.

SWEET GRASS COUNTY SWCD - Range pitter and inter
seeder projects were briefly discussed. ASCS
are in favor of the projects and will cooperate
ful ly.

CASCADE COUNTY SWCD - Dick Golie moved, John
Zeller seconded that $10.00 be sent »to the Soil
Judging Team in accordance with Resolution #2
of the Education Committee of the MASWCO.

RECLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC LANDS

According to a recent letter from John 01 sen,
Chairman, NACD Public Lands Committee, Soil and
Water Conservation Districts have an opportunity
to assist the Bureau of Land Management in
recommending to what use and classification
(federal lands within their boundaries should be.

A review of the inventory of Conservation
[Needs on BLM lands would help to determine the
[classifications. In Montana, SWCDs can be par-
Iticularly helpful in assisting the Bureau in
ildentifying and classifying the uses of small
'acreage of intermingled federal lands.

RECREATION INVENTORY

Soil and Water Conservation Districts in
Montana, with the outstanding assistance of
Members of Local Technical Action Panels, have
nearly completed a review and updating of the
Income Producing Recreation Enterprises in each
of their counties. This information will be
used by the State Fish and Game Department In'
the State's recreation plan.

It also will be used by Districts in deter-
mining needs for additional recreational
enterprises and advising prospective recreation-
al developments.

CONSERVANCY DISTRICT LEGISLATION

Pete Jackson, Chairman of the Montana Associ-
ation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Legislative Committee and 0. M. Ueland of the
State Soil Conservation Committee continue to
neet with the Legislative Subcommittee to
draft proposed Conservancy District Legislation,
The last meeting was April 25 at which time

uggestions for a third draft were submitted.

rogress is encouraging; however, the recom-
nendations of the State Soil Conservation Comm-
ittee and the Montana Association of Soil and
flafer Conservation Districts that organiza-
tional procedures through the courts ba changed
las not been accepted.

Also, the recommendation that SWCDs may be
given. If they desire, additional authorities
3S proposed for a Conservancy District has
thus far not been accepted.

Another meeting will be called by Chairman
itcGowan near the end of May.

You have reached middle age
when the weight lifting you do,
consists of standing up.

If you've remembered what
they taught you in the history
hooks, you'll recall this
nation was founded largely to
avoid taxes.

STATE WATER USERS COf^MITTEE

A new water users organization is being set
up in Montana. Its objective is to get the
collective efforts of all organizations to work
together to develop Montana's remaining unclaimed
water, to put it to beneficial use before It is
lost. The proposed organization would set up a
Board of Directors from 12 Districts across
Montana.

The reaction of present organizations is that
this Is a duplication of their efforts and what
is needed is to make better use of present or-
ganizations instead of setting up a new one.
However, hopefully, no doubt, the present or-
ganizers feel that their efforts will, by com-
bining the efforts of present organizations,
come up with one effective organization.

Soil and Water Conservation Districts are
caught in this also as legal entities organized
at the local level to promote, develop, and
carry out water conservation programs.

In the last analysis, financing water develop-
ment projects is the problem.

MONTANA CONSERVATION COUNCIL

Land, Our Basic Resource was the theme of the
Annual Meeting of the Montana Conservation
Council held in Great Falls. Dick Fabrick of
Choteau gave an outstanding talk on "Land and
People". He emphasized the dangers of reappor-
tionment as recently enacted, which does not
give proper representation to the land.

Fred Ritchie, Director, Conservation and Land
Use Policy, ASCS, USDA, spoke on "Who Pays for
Conservation?". Over two billion dollars a
year is required to maintain conservation of
our resources. Less than one-half is presently
being done, and this mostly by farmers and
ranchers. On the brighter side, Ritchie stated,
however, much is being done and told of many ex-
amples.

NATIONAL 4-H CONSERVATION AWARDS PROGRAM

District Supervisors should talk the Conserva-
tion Awards Program over with their 4-H officials
and do whatever is possible to get 4-H boys and
girls to take part.

This program Is sponsored by the John Deere
Company.

People will believe anything,
if you whisper it.

We know a character who got
his somewhat reckless wife to
drive carefully. He told her If
she had an accident, the papers
would print her age.

"DISTRICT OUTLOOK"

A report of the special committee on District Outlook has been mailed to all SWCD Supervisors,
This is an enlightening and challenging report. It serves as good background and is timely to
districts in Montana, inasmuch as it can serve to recommend to the Legislative Council proposed
legislation for Conservation Districts In Montana.

The Committee has concluded that if districts are to grow and make their most effective contri-
bution to our society in the future, they must expand their programs to embrace new phases of
conservation and resource development.

If our analysis of potential resource requirements and the prospective limitations of districts
in meeting them is correct, there exists in America a need for organized legal bodies to:

1. Represent all the people and all community interests in ascertaining conservation
needs and responding to their desires.

2. Develop conservation and resource development programs for all of the people.

3. Involve all the people through appropriate representation in the decision-making
process relating to natural resource conservation and development.

4. Accept and carry out responsibilities ^ including the expenditures of local ^ state ^
and federal financial allocations on behalf of all the people, in connection with
resource programs and projects.

Bill Kesler, Pete Jackson, 0. M. Ueland, and A. B. Linford recently attended a seminar In
Kansas City^on District Outlook. Consideration of valuable guidelines for strengthening districtsi
were reviewed.

Many districts in Montana are to be congratulated for taking steps on the above for strength-
ening their districts, such as appointing associate members from outside agriculture, joining
their Chambers of Commerce, extending relations with other Conservation agencies through Memo-
randums of Understanding, and revising and updating their long-range programs and getting key
people to participate in their programs,

Montana Association ot Soil and Non-Prof it Org.

Water Conservation Districts U.S. Postage PD.

(Return postage guaranteed) Permit No.l71

Butte. Montana

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OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETINS

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BILL KESLER, PRESIDENT SEZ:

I have just returned from the Northern
'lains Area Meeting" at Jackson hole, U'yomin^T,

which Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North
)akota. South Dakota, and Vlyoraing all had rep-
esentation and took part. I can report that
lany ideas were exchanged.
Ideas are a most important ingredient required
the developnent of any program; good ideas
ind poor; all are needed. A point in mind is

hat many of the above mentioned States' Soil
md ^'atcr Conservation Districts have Memoran-
lums of Understanding with the Highvmy Coi'^-a-
Lssion because they have found the expense
)rohibitive to put a drain or an irrigation

ulvert under a four lane highv7ay once it is

uilt. Another is, there may be several places
•jhere a highway might be used for a dam for a
reservoir. IJith planning, it nay be that funds
for the extra cost could cone from P. L. 566
for rip rap and irrigation development or from
other sources if it is a recreation development
both.. This is not ne\7. It is already being
done in some states.

It \;as a privilege to meet and talk with the
:iational President, Sam Studebaker, and listen
to his observations. We. \iexc. also privileged
to hear a very moving address by the Governor

JUL ^^^966

IlASyCD DIRECTOR'S MEETING

tana As so

Directors of the Montana Association of Soil
and IJater Conservation Districts met in iJozenan,
June 15 and heard reports of progress of the
various committees.

Frank Dunkle, Director of Fish 6« Game Comm-
ission, Everett Darlinton, Deputy Director,
Water Conservation Board, and members of the
State Soil Conservation Committee were guests
for part of the meeting.

President Keslcr, in his report, suggested a
brpadening of the district's outlook. He stated
Conservancy District proposals are confusing and
must be clarified to get a law passed. Kesler
told of the pressures for increased demands for
water doxmstream calls for more upstream stor-
age. Also, the pressures for recreation are of
concern to districts; hov/ever, he v/arned not to
turn over large areas to recreation only. There
must be multiple use of projects. Kesler said
that better inventory of resources are needed;
better planning.

Dick Setterstron, I'tASWCD Secretary, in his
report, told of efforts of SWCDs in soil and
water conservation. IJe have recognized the pro-
blems as ours and have tried to do something
about them. Others have been v;illing to stand
and look and consider the problems as belonging
to someone else. Wow, some additional people
are beginning to recognize water as part of
their problems; how can we best help to direct
their efforts into useful channels? Setterstrom
again urged that one thing we should do is to
meet with other organizations in joint meetings
to get a better understanding of their goals
and objectives.

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nUXTOP.'S MIlLTI-iG - Continued

There was spirit jn on the subject

of the broadeiiin;-; v:. . .,^-,^..-ls and propo.sed
v;ater conservancy legislation. The Directors
voiced no strong support or non-support for
conservancy districts as presently proposed.
Rather, the feeling seemed to be to spend more
time on improving existing agencies to be in a
better position to get water development and
other resource prograns. Some expression was
made that SWCDs should have all needed authori-
ties. Several Directors suggested tliat county
commissioners are in a good position to help
districts and that districts should be working
closely with them. County commissioners present
aid to districts is working. This could be ex-
panded to include financing and sponsoring water
developments. Also, more realistic appropria-
tions by the legislature for watershed planning
and construction costs that could be proven as
benefiting the state as a v7hole, is needed.

The Directors took action to ask Districts to
cooperate in an inventory of "Services and Facil-
ities for the Development of Farm Forestry".

A proposal was agreed to for eventual consid-
eration by the State Land Board that lessees of
state land be allowed credit for improvements in
range condition the same as for fixed improve-
ments should the lessee lost his lease to com-
petitive bidding.

Conservation Education was chosen as the theme
of the Annual Meeting to be held in Glendive,
November 16-18, with Carl Johnson of Livingston
as Chairman.

Directors attending the meeting were Bill
Kesler, Frank Thompson, Pete Jackson, Bob
Anderson, Gordon llolte, Oscar Hippe, Milo
ililstad, Harold Jensen, and Carl Johnson.

Absent were Ralph Briggs, Art Osburnsen, Carl
Zinne, Clint McFarland, and Charles Lane.

Others present v/ere R, C. Setterstrom, Secre-
tary, and Art Christensen, Chainaan, Public
Lands & Watersheds Committee.

PRESIDENT SEZ. Continued

of Wyoming, Honorable Clifford P. Hanson, who
by the way is also a district cooperator. He
is also very concerned about the increasing
downstream competition for water.

Oscar Hippe, the Montana Councilman, has done
a lot of hard work in the Great Plains program
and deserves our thanks.

There were approximately 14 supervisors and
representatT""= f>--'" ''ontana, including State
Executive S^ Ueland, and State Con-

servationis: ..ford.

SSCC UAS A BUSY MEETING

The State Soil Conservation Committee spe
a long afternoon June 15 in Bozeman when re,
resentatives from five localities in Montana
presented applications for Watershed Projects.

The following were accepted for preliminary
planning, but no priority given at this time:

1. Cedar Creek in Flathead County
is sponsored by City of Columbia
Falls and Flathead SWCD. This is
primarily a flood control project.

2. First ilay Creek in Richland County
sponsored by Lower Yellowstone
Irrigation District, Richland
County SWCD, and endorsed by the
Richland County Natural Resource
Committee of the Community Develop-
ment Association. This is a com-
bination flood control, irrigation,
and recreation project.

3. Lower Deer Creek in S\/eetgrass County
sponsored by Sx^eetgrass SV7CD and
county commissioners. This is i?rim-
arily for irrigation witli some fioou
control and possible recreation
participation.

4. Alkali Creek in Yellowstone County
sponsored by Yellowstone SWCD, City
of Billings, and County commissioners
and endorsed by Yellowstone County
Fair Board and Billings Cliamber of
Commerce. This is primarily for
recreation and flood control, with
some possible irrigation participatior

5. Bpzeman Creek in Gallatin County
sponsored by Gallatin Valley SWCD
and City of Bozeman, and endorsed
by Bozeman Chamber of Commerce,
Montana State University, and a
dozen other organizations. This^is
a truly multi-purpose project for
municipal, recreation, irrigation,
and flood control.

The above projects show increased concern and
participation by county and city governments.
This may be a sign for future water development

A young actor came home arid
announced proudly that he had
been hired for his first role in a new
play. "I'm going to be a husband
who has been married for 25 years,"
he said.

"That's not bad for a start," his
father said. "Maybe in your next
play you'll get a speaking part."

Jin at iear oa

what such .
I could change my r the present, I believe

that we could benefit clear at the top; a

merger of the State Wa,,. .„„._ and the State Soil Con-
servation Committee. They might both be put Under a
Department of Natural Resources for Instance. We seem to
have some personality conflicts or jealousies at the
present and such a merger would eliminate the problem
of who is to oversee tlie nev/ Cojiservancy Districts.
In the Districts, we should have urban representation
on the governing board, not on a population basis, however.
Perhaps directors could be apportioned on the basis of
project-cost percentages. If recreation development inakes
ROBERT ANDERSON up 20% of the cost of a project, then 20% of the directors

Director, MASWCD should come from recreation interests and should be elected
by all voters in the district. Recreation development
should be paid for by taxing all property in the distxict.
Irrigation water should probably be paid for by taxing only agricultural property and the ^ower
to levy these taxes should rest solely with agricultural property ovmers. '''

The courts should be left out of routine organizational procedures, thereby eliminating many
delays. Conservancy Districts would need powers of taxation, eminent domain, condemnation, etc.
Individual rights are protected by the coi rts.

Many of our present day Soil & Water Conservation Districts would prefer to remain in the
role of a sponsoring agency only. This might be possible in some cases; however, it is also
possible that an entire district, or even two or three districts, v/ould be included in a new
Conservancy District. This leaves the fate of the present day district somewhat in question.

These points mentioned are only a few of the many encountered when trying to write legisla-
tion suitable to all. It is the duty of every Supervisor to study the problems and Inform
your legislators of your desires. Your Ideas may be different and better than mine.

It has been said that wlien the American people have a job to do, they will get it done,
maybe not in the best or most logical way, but the job will be done. A little forethought now
might help guide our footsteps in the future.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

We, as farmers, ranchers, and stockmen, should change our ways. We should as a group hire good
public relations men, advertise and let the rest of th^. people see a true picture of the way we
live and work, as well as our expenses and returns. Above all things, try to stop a lot of the
misinformation that is published.

Ue should as a group make a much greater effort to get acquainted and learn to know as well as
to educate the other side. Right now our relations with hunters and other people are just about
zero.

True, we all have had a lot of hunter problems. We will have a lot more, but I think we should
consider the over-all long time picture and atten4)t to meet these people half-way. I think we
could establish a much better relationship with all concerned and perhaps shov; a true picture of
ourselves instead of the one v;e have now. From the Judith Basin SWCD Newsletter - 5/2/66.

look:

listen:

Bu ihat is the b3rwor.d In our area at this

time of the year. If a busy person is a happy person, there
should be a lot of happy people around eastern Montana. This
likely holds true all over the state. With peak ranch and
farm work, coupled with graduation activities involving thou-
sands of people, everyone seems to be "on the go". In the
midst of all this rush, it would be well to .STOP !

To do what? To be grateful for the abundance which is
ours in this land; to analyze what we have done in the last
few years, or perhaps rather, what we should have done; to
resolve to revise our methods and practices where they need
revision; and conservation-wise, to be open to suggestion
for progressive soil and water conserving practices. Let's
STOP in the rush and do these things.

Let's LOOK! Look at what? We could urge looking well at
publications of value to us in our work, looking at methods
of successful neighbors, looking at many .positive and beauti-
ful things, but something else has continued to be woyth a
serious look. One only needs to take a short trip from most
toxins to notice the filth strewn along the roads — beer and
pop cans, bottles, empty carton^ and sacks. Some of this
is caused through thoughtlessness, but with campaigns and
advertising against littering, and despite legislation to prevent it, a great deal must still be
caused through deliberate littering. It is up to all of us to exert all Influence we can 6ti
those in our immediate families, and amongst our acquaintances to preach and practice cleanliness
where our roads and streams are concerned.

Let's listen! Listen to what? We have been hearing some wonderful sermons on Soil Stewardship,
some excellent commencement addresses, and various worthwhile bits of advice. If we are con-
cerned about the future of our area, state, and nation, we must not only listen, but have an
open mind. Concerning the preservation of our natural resources, the motives are still good
today which caused the organization of the Soil and Water Districts twenty-five years ago. Just
as this is commencement time for the schools, it is commencement time for Montana Soil and Water
Conservation Districts. We are commencing our second twenty-five years. It is appropriate
that the next state convention be held back in Glendive, the same city where the first meeting
was held. It is a good place to give some good ideas, and certainly a place to LISTEN to some.

MILO HILSTAD
Director. MASWCD

Mark on your calendar NOW the Stc

Glendive, November 16, 17, and 18, 1966.

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HOW ;- COST?

$603 for each acre lost, according tc
St t of the damage is the net loss in raari

call tl:c 'social productivity of capital" - $340. Tlie r
In local Government tax 'jase ($57) and income lost from ;:
($ 116). Thus, the total loss to the farmer and the coinr
of existence ... From National Wildlife Federation's ConservaLion

\ ' s E c onom i c Re s e ar ch
ction of what economi;:
St is made up of the loss
apital, labor, and management
3 for every acre eroded out

Did you hear about me latner
who fainted when his son asked for
the jraratre keys and came out with

There would be many more gen-
iuses in this world if people re-
tained as much of what they read
as of what they ate.

LZ IS nopea cnac cnese signs wiii n,-
scious to control their weeds before ti
hand and not gamble on letting them spi
and ranchers who have noxious weerl
weeds are costly and often throup
weeds do get started. It Is muri
costlier to correct the
than after it has had ;
of hand.

* * * *

MEETING OF McCONE AND DAWSON COUNTY SWCDs

Shown at the right is a picture of the com-
bined Dawson SWCD Board of Supervisors and the
McCone SWCD Board of Supervisors. The McCone
Supervisors were holding an exchange visit with
the Dawson County Supervisors to pronote and
develop better relationships.

Pictured left to right: Verle Jones, George
Rice, John Kubesh, Tom Baldwin, Vern Dillon,
(all from Dawson County) , Bob Brown, Wilbur
Eggebrecht, Stanley Robbins, and Milo Hilstad
(all from McCone County) .

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BLAINE COUNTY SWCD CONSERVATION TOUR

Shown above is a picture of the school children of Blaine County as they attended the 10th
Annual Conservation Tour. 175 children were in attendance. They toured the Bull Ilool project
for flood control and the Fresno Dam. The school children were accompanied by teachers and
drivers from the various schools. Students came from Turner, Zurich, Chinook and outlying rural
schools.

The tour is sponsored by County S'^
Blaine County SWCD. Tour arrangement
Herb DeVries, Blaine County Extension .........

5.

by Harry Corry

"Charley, you lop-eared son-
you been and whatcha been doin^
asks as he jabs a handful of fingers in Charley's
direction.

"Fair to middling and as little as possible,"
Chuck retorts as he massages Skinny 's gnarled-
and calloused paw. "And what have you been up
to lately, you elongated drink of diet juice?"

"Still wallowing in the same old rut," Skinny
sighs. "Chaperoning grain, grass, hay and
cattle doesn't leave a feller much time for mis-
chief — although I have been getting some con-
servation practices worked into my busy schedule
he hastens to reassure Charley.

That's the kind of conversation that Charley
thrives on. The grin on his face broadens until
it nibbles at each of his ears.

"By the way, have you heard any good stories
lately?" Skinny changes the subject - he thinks.

"Yeah, I was reading an article this morning
at breakfast," Chuck replies, "....and I just
happen to have a copy with me."

"....about conservation?" Skinny asks appre-
hensively.

"Yep," Chuck says enthusiastically. He ad-
justs his bifocals and starts reading:

"Conservation," according to Dr. F. Fraser
Darling, a distinghished British conservation-
ist, "is reaching forth to a larger concept than
caring in an earnest but rather hazy way for
animal species, for forests, soils or fresh
water; it is becoming the care of the human
habitat, which is the whole planet."
"l-rtiich means what?" Skinny interrupts.
"Don Williams, Administrator of the Soil Con-
servation Service, elaborates on that in this
article right here," Chuck replies as he jabs a
finger at the paragraph he starts to read:

"The care of the human habitat, which is the
whole planet, is precisely why we should all be
interested in conservation.

"....Not because poor soils yield poor crops
but because poor soils make poor people,

"....Not because of what soil erosion does to
land but because of what it does to men, women,
and children in our crowded cities as well as
in our developing rural areas.

"....Not because of what fire or flood can do
to the beauty and productivity of the forest or
valley but because of what they can do to hope
and dignity of human beings who live and work
there.

"....;.'ot because we need vanishing species of
wildlife for its meat or feathers, but because
we have no right to deprive future generations
of any of the fullness of the world as God
Created it.

A handicapped golfer is one who
plays with his boss.

"....Hot because we seek some ethereal har-
veen man and Nature, but because we
ce between man and man — a peace that
n large measure upon the conservation
and development of soil and water resources
from which people draw their sustenance in
every part of the world."

"Well, I'd kinda have to go along with that
thinking," Skinny agrees as Charley looks up
from the article.

"It makes sense, all right," Chuck says.
"Conservation of natural resources isn't for the
benefit of the resources but rather for the bene-
fit of people who need those resources for a
good and full life. If it weren't for people,
we wouldn't need conservation. Conservation is
man's solution to problems which nan created.
If v/e destroy the earth's natural resources,
K^ature will create more — in time — but the
human race night not be around to make use of
them."

"True," Skinny concedes, "and I reckon "I'd
better not be around here much longer. I've
got a heap of work waiting for me. It's been
nice seeing you again — and thanks for the
story," he sarcastically adds.

"You bet," Charley replies. "It's beenMBy
pleasure."

GOVERNOR BABCOCK ENDORSES BITTERROOT RC&D
PROJECT PLAN

Governor Tim Babcock on May 19 announced his
endorsement of the Bitterroot Valley Resource
Conservation and Development Project Plan.

John Schroeder, Chairman of the State Soli
Conservation Committee, Ave Linford, SCS State
Conservationist, Clarence Popham, RC&D Program
Committee Chairman, and Jack Iman, RC&D Program
Committee Vice-Chairman, submitted the first
copies to Governor Babcock for review on May 17.

"Sponsors are the Bitterroot and Missoula
County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, anc
Ravalli and Missoula County Commissioners,

To date, 44 project proposals have been re-
ceived. A unique feature of RC&D projects Is
that they are not a "one shot" and finalized
effort, but a continuing, growing and flexible
program. Project measure proposals are con-
tinually being received by the sponsors while
others are being completed.

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REMINDER - SWCD Supervisors are reminded to meet
with their county commissioners regarding their
budgets for the coming year.

BOX ELDER SWCD - A letter from the Carter County
Fair Board asking if the supervisors wanted an
ad in the premium book was read. A motion was
made by Bickerdyke and seconded by Teigen that
a $10.00 ad be placed in the book.

GARFIELD COUNTY SWCD - The Secretary was in-
structed to contact the Fish and Game Department
regarding a memorandum of understanding. The
District will be glad to discuss this at any of
their regular meetings.

JUDITH BASIN SWCD- The teachers scholarship was
discussed and John Metcalf moved and Carl Hill
seconded that the scholarship for conservation
workshops of $75.00 be offered again this year.
Motion carried.

They requested the Secretary to send a letter
to Dr. Wilson F. Clark for a single copy of the
1966 Directory of Summer Workshops, Courses and
Adult Training programs. It was decided a let-
ter be written to all Superintendents in the
county informing them of this scholarship and
that they be invited to the next board meeting
to give their views and further discuss this
program, along with the County Superintendent.

Joe Morris reported on his trip to Oklahoma
with the judging team and stated the team placed
11th out of 21.

LITTLE BEAVER SWCD - A check has been made on
the elevators, hospital. Doctor's offices, and
the Library concerning the subscription to the
Soil Conservation magazine. All of these or-
ganizations are receiving the magazine. It
was decided that this year the magazine would
be placed in the office of Dr. Weeks, Dr. Joyce,
Dr. Hogeboom, and the two High School libraries,

McCONE SWCD - There were two applicants for the
Conservation Scholarship for teachers in McCone
County. They were Elaine Garfield and Mrs. Roy
Sorely. There were no applicants last year, so
the scholarship was not used. Motion by R.
Brown that the 1965 and 1966 funds be used this
year and the awards given to both applicants
and seconded by J. Bieber. Motion passed.
Motion by J. Bieber to join the Circle
Chamber of Commerce was seconded by S. Robblns
and carried.

.0\m?. MUSSELSHELL SWCD - Gary Wetzsteon, Forest

Service, reviewed the mrmorandum of understandin
betveen the Board and the Forest Service. In
brief, the understanding authorizes the Forest
Service to work v;ith the Conservation Districts.
Tlie individual articles were read and discussed.

Just about the time you thi ^
you . all make ends meet, sonw-nr
mn\es the other end.

maps of the county showing ownerships to sell
for about $3.00 was discussed. These maps can
be made at large or as small as it possible to
read. More information was needed so the
secretary was instructed to write to the McCone
and Fallon County Districts. Information needed
would include how large can or should the maps
be; cost of preparation; printing cost, etc.
Sale of affiliate memberships to contractors
and businessmen is a possibility. The general
feeling of the Board is that they are opposed
to hitting up the businessmen who are hit up
every day already.

MISSOULA COUNTY SWCD - Cardon reported ttiat the
deadline for up-dating the Conservation Needs
Inventory is December 2, 1966, This inventory
is necessary to determine current soil series
by samples. The land capability units, land
use and treatment needs on 156 samples r^re-
senting 160 acres for each sample will be deter-
mined for Missoula and Mineral Counties.

CHOUTEAU COUNTY SWCD - The teachers scholarship
was discussed. Warren Elwood, local Jr. High
history teacher has applied and was accepted by
the Board. He will attend at Missoula. The
Board will pay $50.00 toward his expenses.

Fair exhibits were discussed. Everyone is
to encourage entries.

FLATHEAD SWCD - The annual 8th grade conservation
tour for all 8th graders in Flathead County was
held May 2, 3, and 4. 835 students were taken
on the tour. The Pomona Grange and the Flathead
SWCD financed the bus transportation.

The SCS, State Fish & Game, United States
Forest Service, Montana State Forestry Department
Extension Service, Supervisors, and Koenig
Brothers (Ranchers) were instructors.

Teachers supervised _the children and assisted
with the planning. Youngsters brought sack lunches
and Equity Supply fufhishe'd milk and ice cream
for everyone. Instructors and bus drivers were
provided dinner by local Grange ladies.

YELLOWSTONE SWCD - Earl Morrow, BIA» Leo Pipal,
WUC, SCS, and representatives of the Yellowstone
SWCD will tour the Pryor Creek area for the
possibilities of developing a watershed.

"Dad," Si

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mean:-

..CD ::orti:Lr:: plai::s aula heeting

■• large delegation of ilontana Soil and V/ater
:.scrvation District Supervisors and tlieir
ves attended tlie six state meeting of super-

ors of tlie Northern Plains area in Jackson
I'o, l.'yor.ing, June 13, 14.

Croup discussion covered a variety of sub-
j jcUs. An interesting observation in discuss-
ing district outlook showed that the supervi-
sors unanimously feel that they should broaden
the scope of their work and that the programs
of SUCU should be expanded. Supervisors were
unanimous in stating they were not able to
spend the necessary tine on district activities
Most supervisors were for including urban areas
v/ithin Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
On the other hand, supervisors were divided
and mostly against including non-lando\mers
on SWCD Boards, power of taxation, hiring a
manager or similar staff to do the work.

San Studebaker, IIACD President, spoke to the
group at the final session. lie told of his
concern to know the feelings of the grassroots.
He admonished the group of the need for con-
tinually keeping up on their long range plan-
ninti; and to have patience.

NORTH DAKOTA SHOW-ME TOUR

D. D. Baldwin, Assistant State Forester,
speaking for those v/ho took the show-me tour
to North Dakota to view tree plantings there,
said the group was very favorably impressed
with what they saw: 1) the hospitality of the
North Dakota people and the thorough prepara-
tions that had been made for the visit; 2)
the quantity and quality of the tree plantings;
3) the pride which farmers had for their tree
plantings. Our only regret is that more
supervisors did not make the trip.

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OPPOSES CUTS IN FUT^DS

The Petroleum County SWCD wishes to go on
record as opposing the cut in funds for prac-
tices C9, CIO, Cll, C13, and C14, as listed in
the ACP handbook.

In letters addressed to the Congress and
other officials, they state: "it is our
opinion that this restriction of these prac-
tices will work a particular hardship on
western irrigation areas".

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JULY - AUGUST. 1966

WILLIAM J. KESLER, PRESIDENT SEZ

Got a phone call today at noon from Ole Ueland
telling me to get something in for this column.
Haying season is pressing, and the past few days
has been threatening rain; a lot of hay down;
baler down and waiting for parts from Minneapolis;
hay crew waiting; thus my mind somehow doesn't come
up with a single inspiring thought for President
Sez.

The crops are good over here in the Flathead,
but we have a few worries too. Money is kind of
tight and interest getting higher etc.; however,
none of it is so serious that a cattle buyer
looking for heavy yearlings at about 24c and
26c per lb. couldn't cure.

I realize that many of you are having water
troubles and drought that look much bigger than
lack of cattle buyers, but hang tough, and maybe
it will all look different come convention time.
Fall is fast approaching and the time for the
Area Meetings is at hand. Ralph Briggs or my-
self plan to attend each of your meetings. In
these ever-changing times, we need good oppor-
tunities to review and set new policies and ob-
jectives. Each of us should make an effort to
do our part to fulfill our responsibilities as
upervisors.

NACD PUBLIC LANDS MEETING

At a recent meeting of the NACD PubLic Lands
Meeting held in Denver, new BLM-SWCD supplemen-
tal Memorandum of Agreement forms were intro-
duced. Copies of these forms are now available
from the Executive Secretary, State Soil Con-
servation Committee, and the State Director of •
the Bureau of Land Management.

A second item that came out of the Denver
meeting was that the NACD Public Lands Comm-
ittee will suggest and provide guidelines to
the Soil and Water Conservation Districts to
hold interagency planning meetings at the time
the SWCD formulates its yearly annual work
plan.

The idea is to recognize the proposed con-
servation programs and annual work plans of
the several agencies with conservation respon-
sibilities. This will give an opportunity
for the SWCD Supervisors to make suggestions
and approve or disapprove the various conser-
vation plans and to accept them as part of an
overall conservation plan for the Soil and
Water Conservation District. Also, the Conser-
vation Agencies will have an opportunity to
take part and be advised of the private sector
conservation plans.

This procedure should result in an overall
integrated, comprehensive, coordinated conser-
vation plan.

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SSCC MEETING

The State Soil Conservation Committee has
scheduled a meeting for Thursday, September 8
in Helena. Follow-up on watershed applications
and legislative matters will occupy most of the
meeting.

A joint meeting with the Water Conservation
Board is also planned.

CONSERVATION CHARLEY by Harry Corry

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Famine,
Pestilence, Death and Destruction - are a bunch
of ornery hombres. Singly and collectively
they gallop over the face of the earth. Their
contribution to tlie welfare of the world is
misery and grief.

There's also another mean and mangy varmint
slinking around, however. He didn't make the
first team but he's a bad one, nevertheless.
When it comes to dishing out desolation. Fire
can be every bit as bad as the other four.
He's a substitute for Eath and Destruction.
He leaves both in his wake.

We, here in the United State, probably
suffer less from the Four Horsemen than any
other country on earth. Fire, however, is not
so considerate. He delights in pillaging our
land. And, right now, we're in the middle
of one of his busiest seasons.

Spring has become a middle-aged woman.
That fresh, green blush of May and June is
gone. Time and the wear and tear of sun
and wind have taken their toll. The crops
in the fields and the grasses on pastures
and rangelands have matured - or will in the
near future. They're turning yellow — dry-
ing out. The trees of the forests are still
green but they too, are dry.

Fire has a malicious sneer on his face as
he thunders hither and yon. He rides a big
red stallion. His breath is hot. His nos-
trils belch smoke. He roars as he scours
the countryside for assistants.

Fire is impotent if he doesn't have help.
He can't start a racing prairie fire nor a
crackling forest conflagration. He needs
people to keep him in business. Smokers and
campers are high on his list of desirable
employees. But he can use any heedless human
— man or woman, boy or girl.

He's looking for you and I - and our cigar-
ettes, cigars, camp fires, matches and care-
less burning habits.

From now until the rains come or the snow
flies we live dangerously. Any vagrant spark
can start the flames jumping or the smoke
rolling.

"So what?" Walter asks. We have to expect
fires in summer. It's part of life. Besides,
the grass and trees will grow back again. So
we don't actually lose much, anyway."
Charley snorts.

"We lose a year's crop of grain and grass
or a hundred year's crop of lumber to begin
with," Chuck says. "And that's only the
beginning."

"Yeah?" replies Walt, "\^mat's the ending?"

"When grass and trees burn we lost the pro-
tection that they give the soil," Charley re-
torts. "\^e also lose the mulch of dead material
lying on tlie top of the ground. Raindrops can
then beat the earth into a lather. They seal
the surface. Rain and snow water can't get lij.
It runs off 'and we have erosion."

Walt interrupts. "You always manage to gee
back to soil and erosion in any conversation,
don't you?" he asks.

"Yeah," agrees Charley, "but only because
there's so many man-made opportunities."

He squirts snooze juice off to his right and
continues.

"The loss of crops and soil is the price we
pay for Fire's activities. But he also deals in
death."

"Well, I might as well get the full treatment,"
Walt replies. "I'/hat's the story on that?

Charley obliges.

"A good, hot fire," he explains is a ticket to
ovlivion for untold thousands of birds, fish,
deer, rabbits, squirrels and the rest of the folk
who live in fields and forests. Occasionally,
even some of us human critters are the victims.

"And there's gobs and gobs of worms, bugs, bac-
teria and the like who live in the soil. A lot
of them end up dead from heat and smoke. They're
necessary for a healthy soil. Their deaths must
also be included in the cost of fires."

"Can you sum this all up in a sentence or two?"
Walt asks. "I gotta date to play pool in a
couple of minutes."

"Yep," Charley says. "Be careful with fire-
making tools. The soil and crops and forests
you save may be your own."

"Well, it's been interesting, Charley," says
Walt. "You and that talking bear they call
Smokey ought to get along real good together."

As Walt walks off he takes a drag off of his
filter tip and thoughtlessly flips it into the
grass.

Charley sighs and disconsolately puts it out.
There's one potential fire that won't go any-
where.

But there's billions of others that might.
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KENNETH COULTER

Director, MASWCD

Chairman, Budget & Finance Connn.

tive agreements, supply retail sales,

soil districts have probably done it to raise funds.

"SOIL DISTRICTS HAVE COME OF AGE"

IJhen Soil Conservation Districts were first adopted
into the family of state government, they were treated sim-
ilar to the role of a poor in-law come to live with rich
relatives. We were given a privilege to exist, provided
moral support, but as for feeding or financing, well, that
was another matter.

These "poor in-laws" proved again the old adage, "It's nc
disgrace to be poor." Though not provided with finances,
the people sponsoring this movement were neither dumb nor
were they lazy. They were dedicated individuals who knew
their cause was morally right, nationally imperative, and
individually sole satisfying.

With determination and dedication, these newly organized
boards called on all of their resourcefulness and imagina-
tion to implement a conservation program within their area.
With no means of tax financing provided, various methods
of funding were explored and tried by local boards of
supervisors. This varied, depending on local opportuni-
ties and individual Initiatives, but included operating
large earth moving equipment, private contractor coopera-
raffles, carnivals, associate memberships, and you name it;

Sound absurd that such methods would have to be employed to conserve the soil and water re-
sources and therefore the food supply of our nation? Well, it is still being donel

While there is merit in the individual action and a greater independence in the spending of
funds so raised, should Boards of Supervisors time be spent pondering the various ramifications
which arise from raising funds in such various ways? Would our time be better spent managing
and promoting the many facets of soil and water conservation only? How long can we afford the
luxury of this financial independence at the expense of conservation activities?

The "Poor In-laws" have come of age. SWCDs are now beginning to receive the recognition,
which by a record of performance, they rightly deserve. At the 1963 session of state legislature,
we were granted financing of district activities by limited local tax funds, upon approval of the
Boards of County Commissioners. This is quite reasonable and long overdue. Our national govern-
ment provides technical assistance and cost-sharing on specific practices. Now our local govern-
ment provides support for local organization and administration. What about our state financial
support? We receive only a meager appropriation designed to assist in coordinating activities
among the numerous districts.

Are the fruits of a stabilized and productive economy, resulting from good conservation manage-
ment, limited to the confines of the local district borders? Do you purchase your supplies, sell
your products and even spend your recreation money only within your district? It would appear
there is a broader responsibility to support district activities than we are receiving at this
time.

If your district has all the funds It needs to organize, pay board members expenses, provide
an active education program, acquire the necessary publicity, pay state and national dues, assist
cooperators and conduct the administration of soil and water activities, then this would not apply
to you. Our district could use state funds on a dollar for dollar matching basis, for money
raised at the local level. This would help get the job done.

We now have organizations proven worthy of public support. We know how to apply practical
conservation practices to the land and water. As we drive down the roads, the tasks unfold be-
fore our very eyes. Many cooperators know enough about our program to acqua^n* us with thetr
needs. Let us, the once "POOR IN-LAWS" proceed with the job.

3.

PETER V. JACKSON

Director, MASWCD

Chairman, Legislative Committee

"OUR LEGISLATIVE IMAGE"

There is nothing more important to a person or organi-
zation than to have a reputation of honesty and sincerity.

Our Association has grown and matured until today we
are an influential group in many projects and movements,
that will change the lives and livelihood of both the
urban and rural area? of our state.

The time has. passed when our errors could be passed
off as the normal mistakes of a young and immature group.

I believe one of the most vitally important places for
us to show our true character is at our State Legislature.
At every session we have found ourselves going to Helena
with very important pieces of legislation that should be
passed. This load has increased every time until now we
have to work steadily between sessions, getting the next
workload ready.

After completing one session as Legislative Chairman,
I have learned one thing above all the many others. That
the members are always willing to listen and work in our behalf. To me it is amazing that
anything is accomplished with everyone nearly smothered in paper, bills for every purpose
possible. It keeps them on the defensive at all times to protect the people from the unjust,
let alone get the work ready for advancement.

This gets me to the gist of my article. Our "Image" at the Capitol is so important that
when we go to the Legislature with our bills, we want the reputation of being a group who
means business; that what we have in hand is important and needs their immediate attention
without the worry of chicanery being involved.

The point that I am trying to make is, let's make sure that before we get all wrought up
on a plan or problem, is it really important enough to take to Helena, or should we try to
work it out at home first before we make such an important step, as changing or creating a
new law.

So this fall, let's give our legislative work a good hard going over. It is much better
to only get three truly important bills passed than to try to get a dozen started and half or
more then killed. Then soon, our job will be much easier because we will be trusted and
respected as a group of people who bring only important legislation that needs to be passed.

GOODYEAR WINNER

Congratulations are extended to the Roosevelt County SWCD who this year have been named the
State's outstanding District in the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's annual Soil and Water
Conservation Awards Program. A committee of state agricultural and conservation authorities
made the selection after reviewing accomplishments of the various participating districts.

Fay Crusch, Balnville, selected as the outstanding • farmer-cooperator in the district, and
Harry Swank, Jr., Poplar, a member of the district's governing board, will be guests of the
rubber company in December on a four-day visit to Goodyear Farms, located near Phoenix, Arizona,
The two men, along with IDA others representing top districts throughout the country, will
observe conservation practices on the 1A,000 acre desert farm,

Goodyear 's Soil and Water Conservation A^^7ards Program, one of the oldest of its kind in the
world, has hosted over 1,600 farmers from every state and Puerto Rico since its beginning in
19A7.

The Stillwater Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded second place in the Goodyear
conservation program, with Ted Keating, Molt, named the outstanding farmer-cooperator.

"PUBLIC RELATIONS"

Public relations is a term that has many meanings to
many people. My idea of it will probably differ from
most of you. This is what it means to me as far as Soil
and Water Conservation Districts is concerned: To sell
the people not directly connected to the land and water
the idea of using our natural resources without abusing
them.

As a supervisor, there are many ways to accomplish this,
and most of them take time. Time, the one thing besides
money that we are all short of. We must use our time to
best advantage to sell our people on conservation. This
welling of intangibles is a slow, tedious process, as we
have to start by educating people to new concepts of
thinking and new terminology.

We have to get our message across to the majority of
the people in order to enlist their help. To do this, we
will have to turn to mass media (newspapers, television,
and radio) to reach them. This will cost money and time,
the two items we are all short of. The time is here to
start the job on a national, as well as local, level.

Good land Is fast disappearing to urban developments, and the water requirements rise every year.

Unless we let people know of the many problems in conserving and using our resources, they can't

help us solve the problem. By informing people of the problems, new ideas will be heard and

discussed at various meetings.

CHARLES LANE
Director, MASWCD
Chairman, Public Relations Comm.

By enlisting the help of all the people of our country, we will conserve our resources and
leave to our children's children the beauty of this great country for them to enjoy.

Public Relations means many things, but for us, let's make it mean — WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
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AREA MEETINGS

Following are the dates of upcoming area meetings of the Montana Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts:

Host District

September 28
September 29
September 30
October 5
October 6
October 7

Area III
Area V
Area VI
Area II
Area I
Area IV
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Havre
Missoula
Three Forks
Sidney
Glasgow
Billings
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Hill County SWCD
Bitterroot SWCD
Gallatin Valley SWCD
Richland County SWCD
Phillips SWCD
Treasure County SWCD
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MASWCD

ANNUAL MEETING

TO

BE

NOVEMBER 16, 17.

18,

JORDAN

HOTEL. GLENDIVE

Plans are being made for the 25th Annual Meeting of the Montana Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts. The meeting will be held at Glendive, Montana, which was the site of the
1st annual meeting of the Association held in December, 1942. At that time, W. L. Staggs of
Wibaux was elected first chairman of the Association. A feature of this year's meeting will ^e
to try to have as many of the past presidents as possible for a special program.

The theme of this year's meeting is "Conservation Education". The Dawson County SWCD are
hosts for the meeting. Supervisors and friends of Conservation should begin making plans now
Co attend to make this 23th Annual Meeting a huge success.

DISTRICT DOINGS

CARBON COUNTY SWCD - A letter from Governor Tim
Babcock was read stating that he will discuss
the budgeting for a Conservation Education Super-
visor in the Department of Public Instruction.

Don Fraker wrote requesting the dues for the
State and National Association. The Board de-
cided to instruct the Treasurer to pay the State
and National dues.

GARFIELD COUNTY SWCD - Chairman Coulter signed
memorandum of agreements for the District with
the Montana Fish and Game Department and the
Montana State Forestry Department.

Max Stone of the Fish and Game Department and
Don Baldwin of the State Forester's office
reviewed what their respective departments had
to offer in the way of helping the local Soil
and Water Conservation District.

GREEN MOUNTAIN SWCD - Three standard signs will
be purchased by the District which will read
Green Mountain Soil and Water Conservation Dis-
trict with "entering" on one side and "leaving"
on the other. These signs are to be placed at
the east and west ends of the district and also
on the Bull River Highway.

Gary Hull suggested that a lifesize Conser-
vation Charley be obtained to use at the Fair
Booth this year and also to use on other programs
such as Conservation Day.

JUDITH BASIN SWCD - Ed Morgan reported on affil-
iate memberships, there now being 25 paid-up
members. Ed thanked the Board for selling the
memberships.

MADISON SWCD - The Schedule of Assistance from
the Soil Conservation Service for the current
fiscal year was reviewed as was the Madison
County ASC Committee's 1966 fiscal year annual
report to the District.

McCONE SWCD - A letter from Dawson County Jr.
College was read informing the District that
Margaret Sorley had satisfactorily completed
the Conservation Education course. Also, a
letter from Eastern Montana College informing
the District that Elaine Garfield had satisfac-
torily completed course SC. 302, Conservation,
was read.

The supervisors instructed Miss Metts to
write the above teachers commending them for
their interest in conservation and send them
their $50.00 scholarships.

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"A town is saved, not more by the righteous men
in it than by the woods and swamps that surround
it .."

- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1,862.

MISSOULA COUNTY SUCD - Eimest Wills reported on
the meeting held June 30, 1966, by the Bureau of
Land Management on proposed disposition of pub-
lic domain lands. Most people at the meeting
felt that it was better for the community if
these lands remained in BLM ownership.

ROSEBUD COPNTY SWCD - Don Baldwin discuss6d all
aspects of Forestry in Montana, including the
production of trees and shrubs for field shelter
belts and windbreaks. He urged more tree plan-
ting. Their stock is good this year and they
are now producing 14 million seedlings.

A memorandum of understanding was signed bj* th|
Chairman of this group so as to strengthen
working relationships between Forest Service
and the District.

STILLWATER SWCD - The business meeting wfis ad-
journed and the BLM representatives presented
an information program on their activities on
BLM land classification status in Stillwater
County. They have this county scheduled for
completion in 1968. They will review the data
with various groups, including the Stillwater
SWCD.

TETON COUNTY SWCD - A letter was read regarding
the publication called "Soil Conservation" with
subscriptions costing $1.75 per year. The pub-
lication is available through the Superintendent
of Documents in Washington, D. C. After a brief
discussion, it was moved, seconded, and passed
that the District order 9 subscriptions to this
publication. The subscriptions are to be sent
to the five supervisors, the Dutton High School
Library, the Power High School Library, and the
High School Libraries at both Fairfield and
Choteau.

Chairman Proff read a letter from Executive
Secretary, 0. M. Ueland of Butte to the Board
of Supervisors, recommending increased coopera-
tion between the Board of Supervisors and the
Board of County Commissioners.

BITTERROOT SWCD - The Neighborhood Youth Corps
was discussed to some length and the Board felt
that the program may have more merit for girls
due to a shortage of farm labor. By and large,
the Neighborhood Youth Corps has been accepted
with a few exceptions in the county.
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"He is the greatest patriot who stops the most
gullies," said Henry Clay in the early 19th
century.

It has been estimated by Dr. Milton Elsenhower
that, from Colonial days until the, end of the
of the Dust Bowl, the average depth of
America's topsoil was reduced by half.

4-H Members attending Conservation Camp are out
in a field, looking over range conditions and
discussing best range management practices.

A-H CONSERVATION CAMP

poratlon through Mr. Charles Horn, President;
$131.25 contributed by Republic Steel Corpora-
tion; $50.00 from the Montana Assodfftlon of
Soil and Water Conservation Districts; along
with numerous contributions by local Soil Con-
servation Districts toward paying expenses of
delegates in traveling to and from the camp.

Since the young people came from most of the
counties of the state, all interested in conser-
vation might do well to contact their County
Extension Office and schedule talks on the
learnings of this program on the part of those
who actually represented their local counties
and who are in a position to come back to tell
of their experiences at the state camp.

Special staff included: Dr. Don Ryerson,
Extension Range Management Specialist - Range
Management; Eldon Smith, Extension Wildlife
Specialist - Fish and Wildlife; Charles E.
Peterson, Fir Control Officer, Lewis & Clark
National Forest; Robert Roush, Hill County Ex-
tension Agent, and Elbert Perkins, Bureau of
Indian Affairs - Forestry; Dr. Charles Smith,
Extension Soils Scientist, and Roger L. Wilson,
Liberty County Extension Agent - Soil and Water;
Les Sender, Extension Weed Control Specialist -
Weed Control.

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Thinking conservation, along with the know-
ledge of the need for conservation and what
should be done to promote good conservation,
were some of the areas of learning experienced
by 4-H members attending the 1966 state camp.
This was the 20th Montana 4-H Conservation
Camp, held this year at Camp Kiwanis in Hill
County, July 5-9, and attended by some 115
4-H members, staff and adult leaders. A staff
of specialists provided the conservation sub-
ject matter materials in the areas of soils,
weed control and prevention, forestry, range,
and wildlife management, and designed a program
for young people through lectures and instruc-
tion in actual field experiences, as well as
seeing movies, slides and actual conditions
within their workshop groups on field trips.

The concentrated week's experience, empha-
sizing the importance of conservation and what
young people could do about it, included the
best known educational techniques, as well as
a systematic and planned follow-up for those
participating in the camp.

Nearly 100 slide sets, which show conser-
vation practices or problems, were ordered by
the members to be used in helping dramatize
the story of conservation when they go back to
their home clubs and communities to tell others
about their learning and the real need for
spreading the word on conservation.

Tlie camp was again made possible through
$750 contributed by the Federal Cartridge Cor-

GOVERNOR BABCOCK TELLS OF PRESSURES ON MONTANA
WATER

Governor Tim Babcock says that the pressures
from interests outside of Montana for water
means that the state will need to take action
to develop and establish further rights on our
water faster than what might otherwise be the
opportune time.

The Governor visited with persons attending
a combined meeting of the Montana Reclamation
Association and Montana Water Users Association
in Butte, August 25-27.

A good attendance of representatives from
many organizations representing various water
uses showed a spirit of need for cooperation to
gain all beneficial uses of Montana water.

Reports were received from several agencies
and organizations which emphasized cooperation.

Wes D'Ewart, Director of the National Recla-
mation Association, told the group that it is
important that the State of Montana study and
develop a plan for further development of our
water.

Gordon McGowan, State Senator, gave a rundown
on proposed Water Conservancy District legisla-
tion. A fourth draft is about ready and will
be ready for review and suggestions from all
interested parties.

A highlight of the meeting was an all day tou^
of the proposed Jefferson-Whitehall Bureau of
Reclamation Project, better known as" the Reichle

Project,

Pictured above from left to right are: Russell
Boe, SCS, Don Warner, Neil McCurdy, and Ron
Talcott discussing the identification and uses
of some of the native grasses found during the
businessmen's tour.

A businessmen's tour was held in Powder River
County on June 8, It was sponsored by the Powder
River SWCD Board of Supervisors, with assistance
from the SCS staff.

The tour started out from Broadus at 9:00 A.
M. via of Stanley Damm's bus. The first stop was

a native range site where the group was shown
the many native plants found on Montana ranges.
Example- of stubble mulching tillage and wind
strip c copping were viewed next. One area that
had been burned by a prairie fire was observed
and it was pointed out how fire can completely
remove big sagebrush.

Bill and Jim Mlnow guided the tour through
their ranch where they looked at several
grassed waterways that have been constructed in
the cropland to carry excess run-off without
creating gullies. They also have all of the
cropland in strips which helps to reduce the
hazard of wind and water erosion.

The next ranch the tour stopped at was the
Sam Mlnow ranch. Here the group was shown a
waterspreading system, the diversion works,
water control structures, a proposed flood con-
trol dam site, sprayed big sagebrush, a cross-
fence constructed for grazing management, and a
stock water dam in the process of being con-
structed. Sam also has several grassed water-
ways and his cropland is stripped for erosion
control.

The last stop on the tour was on the Lew
Janssen ranch. Lew showed off his shelterbelt
which was planted in 1962 and has been set back
by hail, but showing good recovery.

The group on the tour represented many of the
businesses in Broadus by having people from the
Bank, Post Office, Newspaper, Propane Sales,
a car dealer, and a rancher.

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OFFICIAL NEWS B U L L E T I N I

NOVEMBER, 1966

KEN COULTER WROTE AN ARTICLE ENTITLED " SOIL DISTRICTS HAVE COME OF
AGE" IN THE JULY-AUGUST 1966 ISSUE OF TREASURE ACRES. THERE WAS MUCH
FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN THIS ARTICLE WHICH TIES IN WITH OUR 25th. ANNIVER-
SARY MEETING IN GLENDIVE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE 25 YEARS OLD? MOST OF YOU HAD
COMPLETED YOUR EDUCATION AND MANY HAD A FEW YEARS OF PRACT-
ICAL EXPERIENCE BEHIND YOU. YOU WERE READY TO GO OUT AND SET
THE WORLD ON FIRE. AS YOU OLDER SUPERVISORS WILL TESTIFY THE
WOOD WAS PRETTY DAMP AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND SETTING
THE WORLD ON FIRE WAS NOT AN EASY CHORE. LIKEWISE, IT HAS
BEEN A LONG HARD STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS WE NOW
ENJOY IN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN MONTANA. WE
HAVE CERTAINLY LEARNED THAT SUCCESS DOES NOT COME
EASILY AND CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE WILL
REQUIRE GREAT EFFORT. SOME OF THE OLDER SUPER-
VISORS WHO HAVE SERVED SO FAITHFULLY FOR 15, 20
and 25 YEARS WILL BE STEPPING ASIDE TO TURN THE
REINS OVER TO YOUNGER MEN. TO THESE YOUNGER
MEN WE GIVE SOME WORDS OF WISDOM. THE JOB
AHEAD DURING THE NEXT 25 YEARS IS OF GREAT-
ER IMPORTANCE THAN DURING THE LAST 2 5
YEARS. WHY? ? THE FIRST 25 YEARS HAVE
BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY FOOD SURPLUSES
IN OUR COUNTRY. THE NEXT 25 YEARS
WILL VERY LIKELY BE CHARACTERIZED
BY A STRUGGLE TO PRODUCE SUFFICI-
ENT FOOD. PREDICTIONS ARE THAT
FOR EVERY 100 PEOPLE ON EARTH
TODAY THERE WILL BE 216 BY THE
YEAR 2000, WHICH IS ONLY 34
YEARS FROM NOW. PEOPLE
MUST BE EDUCATED TO THE
NEED AND VALUE OF SOIL
AND WATER CONSERVA-
TION TO MEET THE
CHALLENGE DURInG
THE NEXT QUARTER
CENTURY OF FEED-
ING AN EXPLOD-
ING POPULATION.

25
YEARS
LATE/?

REABY

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WEDNKSUAY, NOVEMBER 16

10:40 A.M. -

Continue with Committee Sessions

2:00 P.M.
3:30 P.M.

- 5:00 P.M. - Registration -Jordan Hotel
Tour of Crisafulli Irrigation Pump

12:00 P.M. -

Keynote Luncheon

Master of Ceremonies — George Rice,

Jr., Local Supervisor

Invocation— Rev. H. E. Meyer, Our

Co.

Savior Lutheran Church

Color Ceremony— Glendive Boy Scout

5:30 P.M.

- Social Hour— Jordan Hotel

Troop No. 130

Courtesy of Caterpillar Dealers of

Mayor's Welcome— Honorable Mayor

Montana

Phil Auble

Central Machine Co., Havre, Great

County Commissioner's Welcome —

Falls and Lewistown

Don Gibson, Dawson County Chairman

Tractor and Equipment Co., Billings

Keynote Luncheon Address— Mrs.

and Sidney

Elnora Wright. Montana State

Westmont Tractor Co., Kalispell and

University, "Conservation Education

Missoula

In A Changing World"

AFTERNOON SESSION

6:30 P.M

Smorgasbord— Jordan Hotel

Master of Ceremonies — Stanley Robins,

Wm. Kesler, Presiding

McCone County Supervisor

2:00 P.M. -

Address— Don 0. Fraker, NACD Great j

Entertainment— Bob Yarger, Vocalist;

Plains Area Director, Belfry, Mont.—

Fred Hayne, Vocalist; Mrs. Bill Peace,

"Conservation Education— What Must

Indian Religious Interpretation-

Be Done"

Courtesy of McCone SWCD.

Address— A. H. Harris, Bureau of

2:45 P.M. -

Coffee Break— Courtesy of Exchange

Indian Affairs

State B.ink of Glendive

8:30 P.M.

- Legislative Committee meets as
Resolutions Committee

3:00 P.M. -

PANEL-"WHAT IS BEING DONE IN
CONSERVATION EDUCATION"
Moderator— Carl H. Johnson, Chairman,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Education Committee, MASWCD— This
panel will include: Louis W. Hagener,
Dean, Basic Curricula Division, North-

8:00 A.M.

- Registration— Jordan Hotel

em Montana College; Clark Fowler,
State Department of Public Instruction;

8:30 A.M.

. Movie— "The Real Security"— Jordan
Hotel Banquet Room

Hugh J. Murphy, Jr.. Mile High SWCD
Supervisor; Eugene R. Hoff, County
Extension Agent, Baker; Dr. Hayden
Ferguson, Plant & Soil Science, Dept.,

9:00 A.M.

- Opening Session— Ralph Briggs,

Montana State University and Mrs.

Presiding

Gladys Hippe, NACD AuxiUary Presi-

Area Meetings -Jordan Banquet Room

dent.

9:30 A.M.

Committee Meetings-
Public Relations— Charles Lane-

5:30 P.M. -

Social Hour— Courtesy of Elk River
Concrete Products Co., Billings, Helena
and Great Falls

Hospitality Room, First National Bank

Program & Research— Ralph Briggs—
Exhibit Room, Jordan Hotel
Public Lands & Watersheds— Art
Cristensen— Community Room of the

6:30 P.M. -

"Awards, Banquet
Master of Ceremonies— Dick Starr,
Dean, Dawson Junior College
Invocation— Rev. Kenneth Biel, First

Courthouse

Education— Carl Johnson— Banquet

Congregational Church
Entertainment— Bob Kinton, Hypnotist

Room, Jordan Hotel

Budget & Finance— Ken Coulter-

Address— Dave Unger, Assistant Ex-
ecutive Secretary National Association

Room No. 230, Jordan

Great Plains— Oscar Hippe— Room

No. 222, Jordan

Conservation District, Washington, D.
C— "The Next Twenty-Five Years"
Awards—

10:30 A.M.

Coffee Break— Courtesy of First

Goodyear Awards— D. E. Roberts,

National Bank of Glendive

Billings

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7:00 A.M.

8:00 A.M

8:30 A.M

9:30 A.M.

10:00 A.M.
10:15 A.M.

Newsletter Awards— Charles Lane,

Maxville

Supervisor Awards— Gordon Holte,

Plentywood

County Agent Award— Milo Hilstad,

Circle

Work Unit Conservationist Award— Bob

Anderson, Fort Benton

Recognition of Past Presidents

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Director's Breakfast — Jordan Hotel
Courtesy of Glendive Chamber of Com-
merce, Ralph Briggs, Presiding

Lewis & Clark District Slide
Presentation

Talk by Burl Winchester, Extension
Specialist, Montana State University,
"How Do We Communicate?"

Contractor— District Agreements— Talk
by Frank Thompson, Lewis & Clark
SWCD

Coffee Break— Courtesy of Production
Credit Associations of Montana

President's Report— William J. Keder
Ladies Auxiliary Report— Mrs. Harold
Jensen, President

Secretary's Report— R. C. Setterstrom
Treasurer's Report— Wendell Martinell

Business Session
Action on Resolutions
Select 1967 Convention Site
Other

Luncheon

Master of Ceremonies — John Kubesh,

Local Supervisor

Invocation— Rev. M. J. Burke. Sacred

Heart Catholic Church

Talk by Dr. Wilson Clark, President,

Conservation Education Association,

"Conservation Education— How Do We

Do It?"

Drawing for Door Prizes

ADJOURNMENT

WILLIAM J. KESLER, PRESIDENT SEZ

Our needs for soil and water are both increas-
ing rapidly. Every morning when we sit down to
breakfast, we have almost 9,000 new mouths to
feed. Just a few years ago the rate of Increase
was only 8,000 per day.

With this increase in population, did you know
that highways, airports, schools, housing, etc.,
are taking more than 3,000 acres of good farm
land out of production each day - 365 days of the
year? We have more acres in golf courses than
there are in the entire state of Maryland,

Experiment Stations, Extension Service, Fer-
tilizer, Chemical, and Implement Companies, Soil
Conservation Service, etc., have done a wonder-
ful job in Increasing the yield per acre; but,
do you realize that everything they recommend
requires "more water"?

Did you know It takes about 4,000 gallons of
water to put one pound of beef on your table?
It takes 15,000 gallons of water to produce one
barrel of gasoline; it takes 37 gallons of water
to produce one slice of bread; It takes about
5,500 gallons of water to produce one sack of
sugar; it takes 40 gallons of water to produce
one pound of paper pulp. Weigh your Sunday
paper and see how much water it too to pro-
duce it. I should add that according to reports
it takes about 17 million gallons per man each
year in our chemical plants.

The Science Committee in our Congress made this
report - "It is likely that the United States will
be the first civilized nation to find Itself In
difficulty due to fresh water shortage. This
shortage will be felt in 1970".

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the
Annual Soil and Water Conservation Districts
meetings. To celebrate the occasion, the site
of the meeting this year is in the same city
as It was 25 years ago - "Glendive". I sin-
cerely hope you will find it possible to attend.
Bill Kesler

A1 ASIA/ CD COmMT/ON SPEAKERS

ELNORA A. UTIIGHT

Professor

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

Topic: "Conservation Education

In A Changing World"

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DON 0. FRAKER
Great Plains Area Director, flACD
Menber, Education & Public Lands

Cominittees, NACD
Ranclier, Montana-Wyoming Border

Belfry, Montana
Topic: "Conservation Education -
\ifhat Must Be Done"

DAVID G. UNGER
Asst. Executive Secretary, NACD
Engaged in V/atershed Development,
Soil Conservation and Natural Re-
source Education Programs for
over 12 years
Falls Church, Virginia
Topic: "The Next 25 Years"

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BURL WINCHESTER

Assistant Director

Montana Extension Service

I'ontana State University

Bozeman, Montana

Tonic: "How Do "e Communicate?'

DR. WILSON F. CLARK
President
Conservation Education Association
Participated in Wliite House Confer-
ence on Conservation in 1962
Topic: "Conservation Education -
Row Do We Do It?"

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RALPH BRIGGS

Area III Director, MASWCD

Chairman, Program & Research Comm.

"PROGRAM AND RESEARCH"

The Triangle Area Meeting was well attended at Havre,
Registration was above last year with fifty registered.
The Hill County Soil and Water Conservation District
Board did a fine job of programming.

As your Vice-President, I gave the Association report
in the absence of youx President, Bill Kesler.

The program was arranged a little different than pre-
vious ones, which helped to create some new interest.
Upon registering, your name was written on a name tag
of one of three different colors. These colors repre-
sented the group you were to attend. Discussions were held
in each group and recommendations were made. As usual,
time was a premium; and many thought that additional time
was needed.

The topic which seemed to have been discussed most was
the Conservancy District bill and its various alternatives.
Senator Gordon McGowan spoke on the present bill as drafted
and said that, due to objections by various agencies, it
would be necessary to change the bill and a new one drawn
up for consideration.

In my book. Conservancy Districts should be handled by the local Soil and Water Conservation
District supervisors when there is necessity for creating a Conservancy District within a Soil
and Water Conservation District. Today, there is much duplication in governmental and state
responsibilities, which make additional work when certain machinery to accomplish the same goal
is already in motion.

Now for a few thoughts I have on Research. It seems that research on the part of our state
and federal people moves at a pace which sometimes becomes out of date before it is published.
In this day of fast technological advances, it becomes necessary for us to take inventory on
the progress of research. We must assume the space age race of acceleration if we are to be
prepared for the future demands that the world will make on agriculture.

there has been many Instances when private industry has proven that they can solve a problem
with less expense and routine paper work. Research Centers over the nation must be in a posi-
tion to take the initiative on conservation problems. Implement and fertilizer companies, to
list only two, are publishing material which, in most cases, iS of value to the farmer. Suffi-
cient money is being spent by these companies to do an outstanding job. Why do I mention
these examples? It is because unless research appropriations are made more available to the
centers, we are going to be behind in making recommendations for solving the future problems
of agriculture.

Research is at the cross roads with private companies.

Well, Convention time is not far off, November 16, 17, and 18 in Glendlve. I hope it will be
possible for you to attend.

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Teacher : "Do you know why we
-call our language the 'Mother
Tongue?'"

Pupil: "Because father never
gets a chance to use it."

"Well," sighed the weary trav-
eler, "have you ever spent two
weeks in a station wagon with
those you thought you loved best?'

Conservation Education

By Donald A. Williams

In the Classroom and Afield

RESPONSIBILITY for soil and
water and related resource
conservation bears more heavily on
every succeeding generation as our
population mounts and our land
and water problems multiply. Thus
it is the sober obligation of the cur-
i-ent generation to prepare the next
so well that it will discharge its
conservation responsibilities more
wisely and effectively than any of
its predecessors.

That means instilling in today's
young people a basic undei'standing
of what these life-supporting re-
sources are, a true appreciation of
their real values, and some prac-
tical knowledge of conservation
principles and actions.

The first step is to teach conser-
vation in the Nation's classrooms,
from kindergarten through college.
Incorporating conservation sub-
jects in the school curriculum at
any level is appropriate; for soil,
water, plant, and wildlife conserva-
tion is part and parcel of conven-
tional subjects such as elementary
science, biology, nature study, ge-
ography, health and nutrition, and
other sciences and social studies.

To confine teaching an "agricul-
tural" subject such as soil and
water conservation to rural areas
no longer suffices. The conserva-
tion and wise use of these and
allied natural resources affects
every one of our 186. million people
— from the farmer and rancher who
produces our food and fiber crops
to the youngest city consumer of
milk from his nursing bottle. It
equally concerns the fast-growing
ranks of rurban and other land
users and city people who must
have ample water for household,

industrial, and recreational uses.

Fortunately for the soil and
water conservation movement, re-
source use and conservation has
come to be recognized in its proper
perspective by thousands of teach-
ers and other educators. For they,
more than an^'one else, will shape
the attitudes of tomorrow's gener-
ations toward the renewable nat-
ural resources by which we live.
Many science and social studies
teachers and others have found
they can strengthen the subject
content of their courses by relating
them to local resources, their use,
and conservation. Many more
should do so if our ever-improving
conservation technologies are to be
applied to the fullest needed extent.

Conservation education has made
great forward strides. There is in-
creasing conservation preparation
in teacher training colleges. More
than 100 conservation workshops
are held each summer for teachers.
A growing variety of classroom
texts and other materials on natural
resources and conservation are be-
coming available to teachers and
students.

About 20 colleges and universi-
ties now offer undergraduate de-
grees with soil and water conserva-
tion majors. Thirty-one States have
conservation advisory committees
or councils, on which State depart-
ments of education, colleges, and
universities usually are repre-
sented.

Formal resoui-ce education in
schools also is supplemented sub-
stantially by educational activities
of the Federal-State Extension
Services, Forest Service, and by
conservation programs in school-

age youth organizations such as the
Boy and Girl Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls, Junior Audubon Clubs, Fu-
ture Farmers of America, and 4-H
Clubs. These major youth groups
alone include more than 11 million
boys and girls from farms and
cities, plus several million dedi-
cated adult leaders.

The Soil Conservation Service
provides information on .soil and
water conservation to all of these
educational interests and youth
groups, and to textbook writers and
producers of other educational ma-
terials. It also similarly serves or-
ganizations such as the Conserva-
tion Education Association, ]
tional Science Teachers Associa-
tion, American Association of
School Administrators, Joint Coun-
cil on Economic Education, Amer-
ican Nature Study Society', and the
National Association of Biology
Teachers. It works with specialists
of the U. S. Office of Education on
conservation teaching materials.

The SCS is not in the teaching
business, any more than it is in
the farming business; but, just as
providing technical help to land
users is our responsibility, so is
providing aid to conservation edu-
cation our responsibility. This as-
sistance ranges from supplying
teachers with requested basic con-
servation information to partici-
pating in field tours for school and
youth groups.

The Soil Conservation Service
holds conservation education to be
of highest importance, for onlj- a
conservation-minded people can
safeguard and improve our remain-
ing heritage of renewable natural
resources in the future.

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"THE RIG DAiM ISSUE"
by
Frank H. Dunkle, Director
Montana Fish and Game Departinent

Fish and p,ame interests are not opposed to v;ater storage dams, per se. In fact, the >fontana
Fish and Game Departinent has financed or helped finance several small dams which serve as fishing
lakes. Other state fish and p.ame departments have impounded water to augment downstream flows to
benefit fish. This idea has merit; however, our one trial in Montana has been a failure.

In this instance, the Montana Fish and Game Department, the 1,'estern Montana Fish and Game Assoc-
iation (Missoula), and the Ravalli Gounty Fish and Wildlife Association (Hamilton) contributed
$104,900., $5,000., and §500. respectively, to purchase water from the Montana VJater Conservatioa
Board's Painted Rock Reservoir on the West Fork of the Bitterroot River. The purchase was to pro-
vide 5,000 acre-feet of water each year for tlie life of this water storage project. The water was
to be delivered to any specified point down to the mouth of the Bitterroot River. Our purpose in
buying it was, of course, to improve the flow in the Bitterroot during periods when irrigators
have depleted it in certain areas.

To make a long story short, we have called for water releases, but have never been able to con-
clusively demonstrate that our water reached its destination. We spent a couple thousand dollars
having the U. S. Geological Survey gauge the river, but still are unable to prevent sections of It
from going bone dry.

So you ask, "VJhy don't you do your fishing in lakes and reservoirs?"

Actually, we are proud of Montana's lake and reservoir fishing. We can rank Georgeto^^m and
Flathead Lakes among the finest in the country.

The Bureau of Reclamation's Canyon Ferry Reservoir provides a lot of water-based recreation, but
in spite of expenditures up to $35,000 a year for trout from state and federal fish hatcheries,
fishing in Canyon Ferry cannot be called good. Yes, there are period, particularly in the early
spring, when Canyon Ferry fishing is "red hot". The fish are nice - rainbows average a pound and
a half - but month to month fishing is slow. A check of over 5,000 fishermen in May and June of
1965 revealed they fish an average of 10 to 12 hours to catch one trout I Fisliing is considerably
better in unimpounded stretches of the Missouri River above Great Falls.

Wliat we are saying, then, is that simply building a dam does not guarantee good fishing. We
will agree that standing water will provide water-based recreation - boating, water-skiing, and
swimming - but providing good fishing in reservoirs is often difficult and expensive. In fact,
we haven't yet devised a method of keeping fisli in some reservoirs, particularly those vjith ex-
treme water level fluctuations and those referred to as "run of the river" reservoirs.

Then, there is the effect of dams on the streams below. Proponents of dams often talk of bene-
fitting fish populations by eliminating spring high water flows. Actually, spring flooding is
part of the natural cycle that benefits aquatic life by flushing sediment downstream. Fish, too,
have attuned their lives to normal flow fluctuations and many have their spawning migrations
triggered by spring freshets. Eliminating spring flows can harm,, rather than benefit, aquatic
life.

There are other problems, too, in streams below dams. For example. Fort Peck Dam, in common
with other dams, acts as a silt trap. The water released is much cleaner than it was prior to
impoundment. It is hungry for sediment. As a result, the river bed downstream from the dam is
widei^ing to the detriment of fish habitat.

Another example is Clark Canyon Dam. Water releases during the irrigation season are so high
that the Beaverhead River is up in the brush along its banks, and hard to fish from the dam to
Barratts Diversion. The cold water releases from Hungry Horse Reservoir are still another prob-
lem. The fish population in the five miles of the South Fork of Flathead River downstream from
the dam has been decimated by violent fluctuation in flow releases accompanied by extreme changes
in water temperatures. We have recorded a change of 58 degrees Fahrenheit, from maximum to mini-
mum and back to maximum, in 24 hours. Even the main Flathead River is affected.

Uliat I am saying is that the Montana Fish and Game Department is not flatly against big dams or
little dams. Each proposal must be judged on its own merits - on its effects on fish and wildlife.
For instance, we would prefer a series of small dams on the headwaters of the Big Hole River to
Reichle Dam, whicli would impound the heart of the "Blue Ribbon" stretch of this river. But, at
the same time, we would prefer a large dam on the lower, warm-water portion of the Yellowstone to
a series of smaller dams on its upstream trout waters.

How much water do you eat?

Wiat is plant food?

Will we always have crop surpluses?

IiTliat causes erosion?

V/hat happens to eroded soil?

l^fhat is soil protection?

Wiat V7ill your land look like fifty years from now?

How do plants grov;?

What do plants live on during the winter?

'Jliy does a girdled tree die?

Miat happens when a tree is girdled near the top?

What is a rain fence?

Wiat prevents erosion?

VHiat happened to the goose that laid the golden eggs

l/liy living mulches?

Wiat develops good soil structure?

l-Jhat makes good compost?

What roles do rainfall and evaporation play?

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc?

How about food for tomorrow?

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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER, 1966

PETER V. JACKSON, PRESIDENT SEZ

Times have certainly changed. This old say-
ing can be heard most every day. And it is so
true in the relationship between rural and
urban people.

In fact, today, I an at a loss to decide the
difference between rural, urban, city, or
county people. I have relatives in town who
have to drive longer to get from their homes to
the stores or businesses than we have to from
our rural home. For example, we live 10 min-
untes from our local stores, and we can drive
to Butte or Bozeman in an hour. Compare this
to nearly any person living on the outskirts
of Chicago or Salt Lake City, and we are
farther away from town than they are.

This peculiar situation of the times applies
to conservation as well as travel. We are one
large community who have to face the same big
problems. We can no longer be expected to
carry all the load of conservation alone. The
time lias come when the so-called city people
have just got to shoulder their share of the
burden of soil and water conservation.

TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING A SUCCESS

A good turnout of approximately 250 super-
visors and their guests attended the 25th
annual convention at Glendive, November 16-18.
Glendive was the site of the first meeting of
district supervisors when 18 supervisors met
and organized.

"Conservation Education" was the theme of the
1966 meeting and good presentations were made
by a good cross-section of persons concerned
and working in this area. Supervisors are
grateful for the efforts of districts, many
educators, agency people, and other organiza-
tions that contribute to Conservation Education.

Quoting from "Terrain", Extension Service
Newsletter, modem concepts of resource conser-
vation have changed: "Programs in resource
development, conservation and use have taken
on new and wider concepts and intensity during
the past decade. Today, we find ourselves no
longer dwelling solely on the conservation prob-
lems of soil and water, but also, on the associ-
ated interrelated problems of other renewable
natural resource areas - fish and wildlife, the
forests, and our grasslands areas. Furthermore,
the circle of our clientele has widened consid-
erably. No longer can we work solely with the
landowners and operators; our attentive efforts
must be directed more and more to the general
public as well. For if our affluent society
wishes to maintain the standard of living that
almost all enjoy today, the nation's renewable
natural resource base must be effectively man-
aged for an enduring productivity for all uses
- whether for food, fiber, or shelter or for
scenic and recreational enjoyment."

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President Sez, Continued

Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting, Continued

No longer can they stay off our Boards of
Supervisors and acting committees. We should
be patient, though, for this may be new to
them. Our experienced supervisors will still
have to make the heavy decision and vote on the
crucial issues, but the urban members will have
to do their share until they become experienced
enough to want to guide and decide as we have
had to do for so many years.

This is not a one-way street; we can't com-
placently sit by and say we're not interested
in matters of the town. It is our responsibili-
ty to join the urban civic organizations, such as
the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis, and
Toastmaster and thus learn the problems besetting
the people of cities so that we may be more able
to work, more closely and intelligently as we
work on our Joint problems of conservation.

With these thoughts in mind, I am asking all
our Boards of Supervisors to turn to the task
of getting your urban members appointed to
your Boards and, in a like manner, join the
civic organizations. For to put it bluntly,
fellows, times a-wastin. and the job is big.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish
each and every one of you a VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY
SEASON.

Pete

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GOODYEAR AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15. 1967

Score sheets for the Goodyear 1966 Soil
Conservation Awards Program, which ends
December 31, 1966, must be in the hands of
the judging committee by February 15, 1966.
Montana districts should mail their score
sheets to 0. M. Ueland, Montana Tech, Butte,
Montana 59701.

Roosevelt County SWCD won in 1965 with
Stillwater SWCD as the runnerup. Partici-
pation in the contest gives districts a won-
derful opportunity to review their activi-
ties in Planning, Organizing, Measuring,
and Giving Service. Also, the contest pro-
vides for the board to name an Outstanding
Farmer-Rancher Conservationist in the
district to receive a special certificate
of merit. A supervisor and the outstanding
farmer-rancher of the winning district
receives an all expense paid trip to Goodyear
Farms in Arizona.

Much valuable information presented by the
speakers and panelists will be reproduced in th«
minutes, which will be mailed to each supervisoi

One would get the impression from the meeting
that there is much good conservation being
taught and good plans or guidelines established,
However, it also was brought out that consider-
able more needs to be done. Perhaps of first con-
cern of district supervisors is the need for a
full time Conservation Education Coordinator in
the Department of Public Instruction to follow
through on guidelines which hnve been set up,
and to integrate conservation in the curriculums
of the schools.

Principle speakers talking on Conservation
Education were Mrs. Elnora Wright, Wilson F.
Clark, Louis Hagener, Clark Fowler, Hugh. Murphy,
Jr., Gene Hoff, Hayden Ferguson, and Mrs. Gladys
Hippc.

Ave Linford, SCS State Conservationist, sub-
stituting for Dave Unger of NACD, told of
accomplishments of the past 25 years and of the
broader opportunities and importance of district
for the next 25 years.

Very good attendance and interest was shown at
all committee sessions, which included Educa-
tion, Program & Research, Water Resources,
Public Lands, Public Relations, Legislative,
Budget & Finance, and Great Plains.

Increased state appropriations for water
developments, soil fertility promotion, conser-
vation education, were urged. A Farm Forestry
Committee was established. Re-affirmation of
many past policies and resolutions were voted.

Holdover and newly elected directors of the
Association are: Gordon Holte, Plentywood;
Oscar Hippe, Froid; Mil© Hilstad, Circle;
Harold Jensen, Baker; Ralph Briggs, Great Falls;
Robert Anderson, Fort Benton; Carl Zinne,
Ryegate; Ken Coulter, Brusett; Carl Johnson,
Livingston; Clint McFarland, Molt; Charles Lane,
Maxville; William J. Kesler, Kalispell; Pete
Jackson, Harrison; and Frank Thompson, Wolf
Creek.

The directors elected Pete Jackson, Harrison,
and Carl Johnson, Livingston, as the new
President and Vice-President of the Montana
Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts. Dick Setterstrom and Wendell
Martinell of Butte were retained as secretary
and treasurer.

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1966 MASWCD RECOGNITIONS

Outstanding V.'ork Unit Conservationists for 1966
Left to right: Joe Uirak, Arnold Quale, Bill
Cardon, Leo Pipal, Orval Erwin, and Ken Harman.

Outstanding Supervisors for 1966 - Left to right:
Les Criswell, Clarence Popham, Lawrence Jeffers,
ICnud Kaae, and Mile Hilstad. Missing was Vade
Harama.

Outstanding County Agents for 1966 - Left to
right: Eldon E. Rice, Lee Rovig, and Dale
Bergland. Missing were Thad Wojcieshowski,
Dana Schrupp, and Tony Sundsted.

Past Presidents of the MASWCD - Front Row:
Alfred Anderson, Frank Thompson, and Gordon
McGowan. - Back Row: Les Criswell, Bill Kesler,
Oscar Hippe, and Clarence Popham.

Ten Year Supervisors: Left to Right
Lawrence Jeffers and Harold Jensen.

Fifteen Year Supervisors - Left to Right:

Jack Greenwood, A. G. Slattery, and Bill Kesler.

Twenty Year Supervisors not pictured are:
Charles Stalil, Allen IL^rcure, Ernest Wills,
John 'A, Schroeder, and Leslie Criswell.

One 25 Year Award was given to Stanley Nelson
of Wibaux.

HIPPE
MASWCD

MASWCD ANNUAL MEETING AND WATERSHED PROGRAM

The Annual Convention held at Glendive can be termed - A
Hugh Success. A great deal of credit is due the Supervisors
and those who planned the program to include speakers that
gave us guidance and food for thought and the excellent
entertainment. Also, credit is due to the Companies serving
the Community for the many courtesies extended to us.

I would like to stress the Watershed Program. This pro-
gram has been carried out as fast as the limited state funds
would allow, so only a small part of the P. L. 566 funds
have been used because of the limited mon6y available for
the planning of such programs. Thus, 'the federal money is
lost, and we are not preserving our water fast enough.

The projects that have been built are serving a very use-
ful purpose in flood control, recreation, and irrigation.
These projects have been built on tributaries to the major
rivers, which, if one hundred could be built in Montana,
it would cut down floods on the major rivers to a minimum
with less land used or land taken off the tax roll.

Kansas and North Dakota, in cooperation with the highway
departments, have several projects completed that are prov-
ing quite successful. These projects are dams built where a highway crosses a creek with a high
enough fill. The only additional expense here would be a little more blackslope and a draw down
tube attached to the culvert. Nebraska plans to start a similar program in 1967.

The State Soil Conservation Committee is requesting more money at the next legislative session
for planning these watershed projects. Approximately forty applications have been made for
watershed projects. You could help by talking with your legislators to inform them of the im-
portance of these projects and the urgent need for more money to complete these and future pro-
jects to help keep our water in Montana, as well as the beneficial use to the people involved.

STUDENT WORK-STUDY PROGRAM

PETE JACKSON NAMED SOIL CONSERVATIONIST OF YEAR

Soil and Water Conservation Districts in
Montana will have an opportunity to employ
students who are enrolled in Montana Coll-
eges or have graduated from high school
and have been accepted at one of the nine
colleges.

Field work assistants, county agricul-
tural aids, clerical, and others may be
available.

The state or district pays a small part
of their salary and the balance is paid
out of federally allocated funds.

Questionnaires have been sent to secretaries
of all Soil and Water Conservation Districts
by the Montana Department of Labor and
Industry. Tliey will handle the administra-
tion of this program, together with the
University of Montana.

Peter V. Jackson III of Harrison was named
Soil Conservationist of the year and was presentee
a prairie chicken statuette by Governor Tim
Babcock at the second annual Governor's Recogni-
tion Dinner. The event is sponsored by the
Montana Wildlife Federation and the Sears Roebuck
Foundation.

Our congratulations go to Pete. He is also
the newly elected President of the Montana Assoc-
iation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

At the suggestion box, the boss
said: "I wish employes would be
specific. What kind of kite? What
lake?"

CO:iSERVATIO.\ C1LA.RLEY by Harry Corry

Earl Warren, Governor of California, looked
out over his great and sovereign State one
sunshiny day several years ago. The face of
the land bore scars left by the ravages of
erosion. He multiplied what he saw that day
by forty-seven other great and sovereign
states and remarked:

STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE BIEbfNIAL
REPORT SHOWS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION WORK
IN MONTAI'^A - A BIG BUSINESS

The biennial report of the Montana State Soil
Conservation Committee to the Governor has been
published and copies distributed to legislators,
conservation agencies, and Soil and Water Con-
servation Districts,

"For more than a century of our national
existence, the woodman's axe, the hunter's
rifle, the farmer's straight furrow, the
overgrazing of our rangelands and the diss-
ipation of our minerals, started us on the
road to the same decadence that has destroyed
many nations and even civilizations of the
past.

"The thing that has destroyed these na-
tions more than any other thing is that in
each Instance their soil was abused and
neglected. In their cases it was not due
merely to indolence and ruthlessness. It
wa£ due to ignorance and to a decadence
that spread over the land slowly through
many centuries — so imperceptibly that the
people of any one generation could scarcely
see what was happening.

"But with us, fortunately, the situation
is different. Most of the spoliation has
occurred within the lives of some people who
are still in being. We can see the results of
bad practices and, fortunately, we now know
how to preserve land for the unmeasured fu-
ture. We cannot claim ignorance, because
the findings of good conservation practices
have been made. They are available to farm
and city folks alike. We can see in many
places, side by side, distinct evidence
both of neglect and good husbandry.

"What right have we in America to assume
that if we do not heed the warning of history,
if we do not correct the erosion here at
home, that we can escape what has been the
inevitable end of other improvident nations?"

Because of the increased scope of activities of
Soil and Water Conservation Districts and addi-
tional responsibilities of the State Soil Con-
servation Committee in Watershed Projects and
Resource Conservation and Development Projects,
this report shows significant progress that has
been made, together with and certain data as to
the basic resource development needs of Montana's
future.

All Soil and Water Conservation Distriot Super-
visors and cooperating agency people are encour-
aged to read this report.

$8,321,915 were paid out for materials and
work for soil and water conservation practices
in fiscal 1965. Some accoraplislunents were 808
farm ponds, cost $1,600,000; 29 irrigation stor-
age dams, cost $366,000; 123 sprinkler systems,
cost $423,500; 349 wells, cost $592,000;
118,914 feet of streambank protection, cost
$474,000; 13,427 acres of land leveling, cost
$1,006,725, plus many others.

$39,487,900 is shown in total increase in net
return as a result of proper range use, conser-
vation cropping systems, drainage, water manage-
ment, and others. These figures indicate the
magnitude and the impact of soil and water con-
servation and development upon the economy of
Montana. Cooperating Conservation farmers and
ranchers of Montana are to be complimented for
these achievements, together with fine assistance
of conservation agencies and organizations.

This increased production means jobs and a
higher standard of living for us all.

Ceorge Rice, Cliaiman, Dawson SWCD
introducing Dr. Elnora Krij^ht
at MASWCD Convention of 1966

Mrs. Bill Peace
giving Indian Religious Interpretations
Glendive, November 16, 1966

Bill Peaces addressing 1961) :'a\SU'CD
Convention, Glendive
on Indian Lore and Conservation

Dr. Klnora VJright, Montana State University

Professor

speaking on "Conservation Education In A

Changing World"

Glendive, November 17, 1966

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FLYING CLASSROOM WILL TAKE liAVRE STUDENTS

The first "Flying Classroori" of the Havre Public Schools took place on Monday, November 21,
1966.

Robert Brigham, of 010 7tli Street, is the school districts World Geography Instructor. One
of the units studied in World Geography has to do with conservation of natural resources,
which includes population distribution, areas affected by glaciers, erosion, the per cent in
pastures, wiieat farming and so forth that our land is composed of.

A month ago Mr. Brigham heard through the Department of Education News Release that such a
"Flying Classroom" is offered in llontana. He submitted an application and recently heard
that our school had been selected as a participant.

So Monday morning with parental consent, thirty students from the geography class boarded
four planes at the Havre Airport for a one and a half hour trip in the air. Mr. Van K.
Haderlie, of the soil conservation office, has already devoted many hours of instruction to
tiie pupils on items that they are to be aware of. He also has been meeting evenings with
the class to fauiliarize them x.'ith air photos.

Ir. Charles Adams, Supervisor of Aviation Education of the Montana Aeronautics Commission
witi, the cooperation of the State UcDartnent of Public Instruction, was in charge of the tour.

1960 CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

Don Fraker, NACD Director
Northern Great Plains
Speaking on "Conservation Education
Wliat Must Be Done"
Glendive - November 17, 1966

Ladies Auxiliary Officers for 1967
Montana Association of SWCDs
Mrs. Eugene Larsen, Culbertson, President
Mrs. Dean Hanson, Gildford, Vice-President
Mrs. Edward Morgan, Stanford, Sec. -Treasurer

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Dr. Wilson Clark
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Addressing tL'vSUCD-Convention, Glendive
"How Do U'e Do It"
Also sho\m are: Auxiliary President Lila Larsen
President Bill Kesler
Councilman Oscar Hippe
President-Llect Pete Jackson
V-Prcsident-Elect Carl Johnson

Conservation Education Panel
"\-lhat Is Being Done" - Glendive, 1966
Left to Right Standing:
Carl Johnson, Moderator
Hugh Murphy, SWCD Supervisor
Gene Hoff, County Agent
Dr. Hayden Ferguson, Plant & Soil Science, MSU
Seated: Gladys Hippe, NACD Auxiliary President
Clark Fowler, Dept. of Public Instruction
Dr. Louis Hagener, Northern Montana College

SOIL AND RANGE JUDGING CONTEST WINNERS

Winners of the state soil judging contest for
1966 in the 4-H division was the Liberty County
team comprised of Janet Good, Irma Jean Brown,
Mary C0I9, and Gary Thieltges. Their coach was
Roger Wilson.

The Fairfield FFA chapter soil judging team
won first place in their division. They were
Dale Hensley, David Andre, Steve Anderson,
and Henry Huntsinger. This same team won
first honors in the FFA Range judging. The
Fairfield FFA is coached by William Armstrong.

The Cascade County A-H Range judging team
were first in their division in the state.
This team consisted of Rodney Tribble, Mike
Stevenson, and Terry Reerdon. Their coach
was Bill Chiesa.

Each of the above teams received $50.00
from the Montana Association of Soil and
Water Conservation Districts. Sincere con-
gratulations are extended to these fine com-
petitors.

DISTRICT DOINGS

Planning

Highlighting district doings this time of
year is the making of annual reports and
annual work plans. People never plan to fail,
but people often fail to plan. So it is with
some Soil and Water Conservation Districts. New
guidelines have been recommended, for compre-
hensive, integrated, conservation planning.

Legislation

Also receiving much action by Soil and Water
Conservation Districts recently are meetings
with legislators and county commissioners to
acquaint them with legislative proposals and
needs. Many fine meetings have been reported.

JOHN SCHROEDER REAPPOINTED

As we go to press, it has been learned that
Governor Tim Babcock has reappointed John M.
Schroeder of LoLo to a new four year term on
the State Soil Conservation Committee.

Congratulations, John.

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Water Conservation Districts

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