DISTRICT DOINGS 



CARBON COUNTY SWCD - A letter from Governor Tim 

 Babcock was read stating that he will discuss 

 the budgeting for a Conservation Education Super- 

 visor in the Department of Public Instruction. 



Don Fraker wrote requesting the dues for the 

 State and National Association. The Board de- 

 cided to instruct the Treasurer to pay the State 

 and National dues. 



GARFIELD COUNTY SWCD - Chairman Coulter signed 

 memorandum of agreements for the District with 

 the Montana Fish and Game Department and the 

 Montana State Forestry Department. 



Max Stone of the Fish and Game Department and 

 Don Baldwin of the State Forester's office 

 reviewed what their respective departments had 

 to offer in the way of helping the local Soil 

 and Water Conservation District. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN SWCD - Three standard signs will 

 be purchased by the District which will read 

 Green Mountain Soil and Water Conservation Dis- 

 trict with "entering" on one side and "leaving" 

 on the other. These signs are to be placed at 

 the east and west ends of the district and also 

 on the Bull River Highway. 



Gary Hull suggested that a lifesize Conser- 

 vation Charley be obtained to use at the Fair 

 Booth this year and also to use on other programs 

 such as Conservation Day. 



JUDITH BASIN SWCD - Ed Morgan reported on affil- 

 iate memberships, there now being 25 paid-up 

 members. Ed thanked the Board for selling the 

 memberships. 



MADISON SWCD - The Schedule of Assistance from 

 the Soil Conservation Service for the current 

 fiscal year was reviewed as was the Madison 

 County ASC Committee's 1966 fiscal year annual 

 report to the District. 



McCONE SWCD - A letter from Dawson County Jr. 

 College was read informing the District that 

 Margaret Sorley had satisfactorily completed 

 the Conservation Education course. Also, a 

 letter from Eastern Montana College informing 

 the District that Elaine Garfield had satisfac- 

 torily completed course SC. 302, Conservation, 

 was read. 



The supervisors instructed Miss Metts to 

 write the above teachers commending them for 

 their interest in conservation and send them 

 their $50.00 scholarships. 



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"A town is saved, not more by the righteous men 

 in it than by the woods and swamps that surround 

 it .." 



- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1,862. 



MISSOULA COUNTY SUCD - Eimest Wills reported on 

 the meeting held June 30, 1966, by the Bureau of 

 Land Management on proposed disposition of pub- 

 lic domain lands. Most people at the meeting 

 felt that it was better for the community if 

 these lands remained in BLM ownership. 



ROSEBUD COPNTY SWCD - Don Baldwin discuss6d all 

 aspects of Forestry in Montana, including the 

 production of trees and shrubs for field shelter 

 belts and windbreaks. He urged more tree plan- 

 ting. Their stock is good this year and they 

 are now producing 14 million seedlings. 



A memorandum of understanding was signed bj* th| 

 Chairman of this group so as to strengthen 

 working relationships between Forest Service 

 and the District. 



STILLWATER SWCD - The business meeting wfis ad- 

 journed and the BLM representatives presented 

 an information program on their activities on 

 BLM land classification status in Stillwater 

 County. They have this county scheduled for 

 completion in 1968. They will review the data 

 with various groups, including the Stillwater 

 SWCD. 



TETON COUNTY SWCD - A letter was read regarding 

 the publication called "Soil Conservation" with 

 subscriptions costing $1.75 per year. The pub- 

 lication is available through the Superintendent 

 of Documents in Washington, D. C. After a brief 

 discussion, it was moved, seconded, and passed 

 that the District order 9 subscriptions to this 

 publication. The subscriptions are to be sent 

 to the five supervisors, the Dutton High School 

 Library, the Power High School Library, and the 

 High School Libraries at both Fairfield and 

 Choteau. 



Chairman Proff read a letter from Executive 

 Secretary, 0. M. Ueland of Butte to the Board 

 of Supervisors, recommending increased coopera- 

 tion between the Board of Supervisors and the 

 Board of County Commissioners. 



BITTERROOT SWCD - The Neighborhood Youth Corps 

 was discussed to some length and the Board felt 

 that the program may have more merit for girls 

 due to a shortage of farm labor. By and large, 

 the Neighborhood Youth Corps has been accepted 

 with a few exceptions in the county. 

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"He is the greatest patriot who stops the most 

 gullies," said Henry Clay in the early 19th 

 century. 



It has been estimated by Dr. Milton Elsenhower 

 that, from Colonial days until the, end of the 

 of the Dust Bowl, the average depth of 

 America's topsoil was reduced by half. 



