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c. Give greater emphasis to deferred 

 grazing. More liberal with ACP 

 cost sharing for deferred grazing. 

 (Maybe we have been wrong in stressing 

 incentive payments for permanent type 

 practices rather than management, 

 let's look at this again. ) 



d. Costs sharing for any practice by 

 allowed only to those who follow a 

 proper stocking rate, management 

 ranch plan. 



e. Grazing Districts. Where individual 

 units are small, may be opportunity 

 for better range management by con- 

 solidation, especially if public lands 

 or absentee ownership lands are 

 involved and these agencies can't give 

 proper long term leases or supervision 

 as regards Soil & Water Conservation, 

 stocking rates, etc. 



f. Land use Regulations! Might be con- 

 sidered under a strictly 100% volun- 

 tary cooperative agreement in connec- 

 tion with a grazing District. 



Next in priority as a major conservation pro- 

 blem is Irrigation Water Management. Here 

 again probably only about 10% of the farmers are 

 handling their water correctly for greatest 

 production of crops, fish, wildlife, recreation'. 



A majority of the farmers practice good farming 

 practices as evidenced by better yields as com- 

 pared to previous years. But there is a large 

 minority who still need to practice contour 

 farming, strip cropping, stubble mulching, 

 grass waterways, etc. , to prevent extensive 

 gully and sheet erosion & wind erosion still 

 occurring in Montana. 



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Public Relations & Information 



a. Exchange information with stookgrowers 



organizations. Invite them to serve on 



SWCD Committees. 



b. Get our repeated articles and bulletins 

 on range management to all stockmen. 



c. Recognize all people who practice good 

 range management. Get their name in 

 the paper, give awards, etc. 



d. Keep legislators, governor informed, 

 planning boards, other public figures. 

 Get them to talk conservation, range 

 management benefits, water manage- 

 ment benefits, profits realized from 

 good land use. We ourselves should 

 be more vocal'. 



4. Legislative 



a. Make clear to legislators the impact 

 good range management has on the 

 states economy, that dollars invested 

 in promoting good range management, 

 thru our schools, our SWCD's, will 

 repay many times over. 



b. Invite legislators to SWCD Committee 

 meetings or to serve on district legis- 



p lative committees. 



Pictured above are members of the Hill County 

 SWCD, Walter Dion, Raymond Patrick, Robert 

 Hockett, Chairman, holding a copy of their 

 recently published conservation Needs Inventory, 

 Leo Morse, Herman Krause, Area Conserva- 

 tionist, Doug Smith, County Agent and Secretary, 

 Metro Karaffa, Work Unit Conservationist, and 

 Bob Rasmus sen, County Agent Supervisor. 



This board meets on time, the chairman conducts 

 a good meeting and all the members respond 

 enthusiastically. This district has an extensive 

 tree planting operation going on. The WUC 

 makes a report, the County Agent makes a 

 report. Of significance is the interest the 

 County Agent Supervisor and the Area Conser- 

 vationist give districts as shown by their 

 presence here. 



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the figures for questions on private lands. 



Care should be exercised in making these 

 figures as accurate as possible. This informa- 

 tion will prove valuable to supervisors, tech- 

 nicians, County Agents, Research people, 

 schools, etc. , and your association in planning 

 and carrying out the Soil and Water Conserva- 

 tion job. These facts are needed at all levels of 

 government. They will make your job easier. 



