CONSERVATION NEEDS INVENTORY BEING 

 PUBLISHED BY MANY DISTRICTS 



Publication of the facts found by a Soil and Water 

 Conservation Needs Inventory of non-federal 

 lands which was beguniin 1957 is being accom- 

 plished by many of Montana's Soil and Water 

 Conservation Districts. Most districts have 

 these bulletins printed locally and financed by 

 local banks, service clubs, or other interested 

 organizations. Some are mimeographed. Most 

 of these bulletins contain six pages. Pictures 

 of conservation problems and accomplishments 

 are shown. Facts and figures concerning Grass- 

 lands, Woodlands, Dry Croplands, Irrigated 

 Croplands, Watersheds and Wildlife are given. 



Districts by publishing and distributing these 

 facts provide valuable information to supervisors 

 and conservationists in planning district programs 

 of work. They give a good picture of the Soil 

 and Water Conservation job to be done. Farmer, 

 rancher, legislators, realtors, banks, 

 businesses will find this information valuable in 

 planning their operations inasmuch as they con- 

 cern our basic resource of Soil and Water which 

 properly cared for and developed mean much to 

 the economy of any community. Students in high 

 school and college will find this information 

 valuable reference material. Copies of these 

 publications can be had by writing to the local 

 Soil and Water Conservation District, County 

 Extension Agent for their county. The Soil 

 Conservation Service, Box 855 Bozeman, Montana 

 has a publication giving a composite of the Con- 

 servation needs for the state as a whole. The 

 state publication is titled "Montana Soil and 

 Water Conservation Needs Inventory" January- 



1962. 



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MONTANA CONSERVATION COUNCIL 



"Time's a wasting'. Has your district bought 

 complimentary memberships in the Montana 

 Conservation Council for outstanding citizens in 

 your district? If you haven't, you've missed an 

 opportunity and failed to take advantage of a 

 bargain. These complimentary memberships 

 cost only $1. 00. The person for whom you pur- 

 chase it gets a year's membership in the 

 Montana Conservation Council and a year's sub- 

 scription to its newsletter ■ You may send in as 

 many names as you wish at $1. 00 each. Each 

 person whose name you send in will be sent a 

 letter from the Council explaining that your 

 district has bought him a complimentary mem- 

 bership. He will also be sent literature concerning 

 the Council. 



"If ya haven't done it yet, why not do it now?" 



MONTANA CONSERVATION COUNCIL URGES 

 STUDY OF MONTANA'S RECREATIONAL 

 POTENTIAL 



Members of Montana Conservation Council met 

 in Butte April 13-14 for a very successful annual 

 meeting. The theme "How can Montana achieve its 

 Recreation Potential" brought many interesting 

 discussions concerning recreation development 

 on public lands and private lands and financing of 

 same. 



The Council agreed that a further study should 

 be made of all the aspects of'Outdoor Recreation" 

 for its development in Montana, expecially as 

 concerns private lands. Montana has many 

 uncommitted recreation resources. There are 

 proposals of federal and state acquiring recrea- 

 tional land, and possibly directing it Irom its 

 present use. An inventory of available resources 

 or potentials on private lands is desired. Pro- 

 blems of development such as use fees, liabili- 

 ties, tax credits, access rights, land exchange, 

 lease of recreation rights, recreation districts, 

 policing, etc. , should be resolved. 



JUDITH BASIN SWCD APPOINTS WUC TO HEAD 

 GRASS SEEDING ON MISSILE CABLE LINES 



Edward C. Morgan, WUC, has been appointed by 

 Henry Evans, chairman of Judith Basin SWCD, 

 to head the Districts efforts in encouraging land 4 

 owners to seed disturbed areas on Missile Base 

 Cable lines to grass. Morgan is working with 

 a representative of General Goldsworthy's 

 command at Malmstrom Air Force Base on such 

 things as acquiring information of land occupiers 

 concerned and amounts of land needing attention 

 and time to do the work. Extension service is 

 also cooperating in informing the ranchers. 



GOODYEAR AWARDS FOR 1960-1961 



Score Sheets from several districts for the 

 Goodyear Awards program ending April 30, 1962 

 have been received at the State Soil Conservation 

 Committee office in Butte. These will be turned 

 over th the judging committee June 5 for judging 

 and winners awarded at the State Convention in 

 November. 



All districts should re-enroll in this worthwhile 

 program. Any district that enrolls and submits 

 a score sheet is sure to at least be given an 

 award for their outstanding cooperator for that 

 year. The State Committee reminds every dis- 

 trict if they haven't already submitted their 

 enrollment card for this year they can still do so 

 and receive the necessary materials to fill out a M 

 score card. Do it NOW! You Secretary's , 

 Chairman'. 



