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OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETIN! 



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JULY - AUGUST. 1966 



WILLIAM J. KESLER, PRESIDENT SEZ 



Got a phone call today at noon from Ole Ueland 

 telling me to get something in for this column. 

 Haying season is pressing, and the past few days 

 has been threatening rain; a lot of hay down; 

 baler down and waiting for parts from Minneapolis; 

 hay crew waiting; thus my mind somehow doesn't come 

 up with a single inspiring thought for President 

 Sez. 



The crops are good over here in the Flathead, 

 but we have a few worries too. Money is kind of 

 tight and interest getting higher etc.; however, 

 none of it is so serious that a cattle buyer 

 looking for heavy yearlings at about 24c and 

 26c per lb. couldn't cure. 



I realize that many of you are having water 

 troubles and drought that look much bigger than 

 lack of cattle buyers, but hang tough, and maybe 

 it will all look different come convention time. 

 Fall is fast approaching and the time for the 

 Area Meetings is at hand. Ralph Briggs or my- 

 self plan to attend each of your meetings. In 

 these ever-changing times, we need good oppor- 

 tunities to review and set new policies and ob- 

 jectives. Each of us should make an effort to 

 do our part to fulfill our responsibilities as 

 upervisors. 



NACD PUBLIC LANDS MEETING 



At a recent meeting of the NACD PubLic Lands 

 Meeting held in Denver, new BLM-SWCD supplemen- 

 tal Memorandum of Agreement forms were intro- 

 duced. Copies of these forms are now available 

 from the Executive Secretary, State Soil Con- 

 servation Committee, and the State Director of • 

 the Bureau of Land Management. 



A second item that came out of the Denver 

 meeting was that the NACD Public Lands Comm- 

 ittee will suggest and provide guidelines to 

 the Soil and Water Conservation Districts to 

 hold interagency planning meetings at the time 

 the SWCD formulates its yearly annual work 

 plan. 



The idea is to recognize the proposed con- 

 servation programs and annual work plans of 

 the several agencies with conservation respon- 

 sibilities. This will give an opportunity 

 for the SWCD Supervisors to make suggestions 

 and approve or disapprove the various conser- 

 vation plans and to accept them as part of an 

 overall conservation plan for the Soil and 

 Water Conservation District. Also, the Conser- 

 vation Agencies will have an opportunity to 

 take part and be advised of the private sector 

 conservation plans. 



This procedure should result in an overall 

 integrated, comprehensive, coordinated conser- 

 vation plan. 



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SSCC MEETING 



The State Soil Conservation Committee has 

 scheduled a meeting for Thursday, September 8 

 in Helena. Follow-up on watershed applications 

 and legislative matters will occupy most of the 

 meeting. 



A joint meeting with the Water Conservation 

 Board is also planned. 



