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Shown above are members of the Choteau County 

 SWCD. Leland Cade is County Agent and 

 Secretary Lee Holstine, WUC, Bob Anderson, 

 Chairman, Other Members are Vade Hamma, 

 Vice Chairman, Fred Fishbaugh, Archie Sheperd, 

 Arnold Engellant, John McLean, Treasurer, Rae 

 Stevens, Associate, Roger Van Voast, Associate, 

 and Wes Lyons, Associate. Dave Pearson is 

 Engineers Aid. Also shown above at the right is 

 Vernon Glascock, ASC County Chairman, who 

 meets regularly with the board and gives a report. 

 This shows good relations. This board is another 

 '^excellent group. They use associate supervisors 

 -^to divide up the work load and get better repre- 

 sentation. Roadside grass seeding has been a 

 successful project in this district. This is a 

 cooperative effort involving the district, Weed 

 Board and County Commissioners. This district 

 at present has 386 cooperators out of a possible 

 668 farms. Of these 302 have conservation plans. 



MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH USDA 



Forms for Districts to use to execute a new 

 Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture will be sent to districts by 

 the State Soil Conservation Committee soon after 

 July 1. This will be in line with Secretary 

 freeman's suggestion that thie Memorandum of 

 -Understanding be revised to include additional 

 conservation services which USDA now provides 

 districts. 



MONTANA ASSOCIATION SWCD DIRECTORS TO 



MEET JUNE 23. 



The mid-year meeting of Directors of MASWCD 

 will be Saturday June 23 at Lewistown. The 

 meeting will commence at 10:00 a.m. Some 

 items scheduled for action are: Deciding what 

 the association policy should be on Financing of 

 Districts, how money should be raised, how much, 

 and what it should be used for. The directors 

 will hear reports from the President, the Women's 

 Auxiliary, Committee reports on Education, 

 Public Relations, Finance & Budget, Program & 

 Research, Legislative, Great Plains, Public Lands 

 & Watershed. 



Supervisors of districts should inform their area 

 directors of any special problem they want action 

 on. Directors are Area I Morris Billehus, 

 Flaxville, Oscar Hippe, Froid. Area n Kenneth 

 Edwards, Glendive, Harold Jensen, Baker. Area 

 in Wayne Proff, Dutton, Jack Tweedy, Cut Bank. 

 Area IV Elmer Eklund, Baker, Jerry Kolar, 

 Stanford, Area V Carl Johnson, Livingston, Leslie 

 Criswell, Hysham. Area VI Bill Kessler, Kalispell, 

 Ralph Tower, Poison. Area vn Pete Jackson, 

 Norris, Frank Thompson, Wolf Creek. 



The State Soil Conservation Committee will also 

 be meeting with the directors. Committee 

 members are Fred Sanborn, Great Falls, John 

 Schroeder, Lolo, Bill D'Ewart, Wilsall, Carl 

 Hunter, Fairview, Rorlief Aasheim, Bozeman, 

 Joe Asleson, Bozeman, C. Lowell Purdy, Helena, 

 Herschell Hurd, Bozeman. 



AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIPS RAISE MONEY FOR 

 DISTRICTS 



Flathead and Judith Basin Districts have recently 

 sold a number of affiliate memberships to raise 

 money for their district treasury. 



Montana Association SWCD Policy on Affiliate 

 Memberships is: 



1. That all funds from the sale of Affiliate 

 Memberships remain within the District. 



2. When Affiliate Memberships are sold, a 

 thorough explanation of a Soil and Water Conser- 

 vation Districts purpose and program should be 

 given to the prospective affiliate member, (a copy 

 of the districts Long Range Program and a copy of 

 the districts Annual Work Plan). 



3. That the Budget & Finance Committee of the 

 State Association sell memberships to large 

 companies operating within the state for a fee of 

 $5.00. 



Districts may obtain certificates to issue by 

 writing to the Secretary of the State Soil Conserva- 

 tion Committee, School of Mines, Butte. 



