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." 



