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O. M. Ueland, Editor, Montana Tech. 



OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETINS 



UIMIVERSITV OF MON 



MAY - JUNE, 1966 



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 



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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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