4-H Members attending Conservation Camp are out 

 in a field, looking over range conditions and 

 discussing best range management practices. 



A-H CONSERVATION CAMP 



poratlon through Mr. Charles Horn, President; 

 $131.25 contributed by Republic Steel Corpora- 

 tion; $50.00 from the Montana Assodfftlon of 

 Soil and Water Conservation Districts; along 

 with numerous contributions by local Soil Con- 

 servation Districts toward paying expenses of 

 delegates in traveling to and from the camp. 



Since the young people came from most of the 

 counties of the state, all interested in conser- 

 vation might do well to contact their County 

 Extension Office and schedule talks on the 

 learnings of this program on the part of those 

 who actually represented their local counties 

 and who are in a position to come back to tell 

 of their experiences at the state camp. 



Special staff included: Dr. Don Ryerson, 

 Extension Range Management Specialist - Range 

 Management; Eldon Smith, Extension Wildlife 

 Specialist - Fish and Wildlife; Charles E. 

 Peterson, Fir Control Officer, Lewis & Clark 

 National Forest; Robert Roush, Hill County Ex- 

 tension Agent, and Elbert Perkins, Bureau of 

 Indian Affairs - Forestry; Dr. Charles Smith, 

 Extension Soils Scientist, and Roger L. Wilson, 

 Liberty County Extension Agent - Soil and Water; 

 Les Sender, Extension Weed Control Specialist - 

 Weed Control. 



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Thinking conservation, along with the know- 

 ledge of the need for conservation and what 

 should be done to promote good conservation, 

 were some of the areas of learning experienced 

 by 4-H members attending the 1966 state camp. 

 This was the 20th Montana 4-H Conservation 

 Camp, held this year at Camp Kiwanis in Hill 

 County, July 5-9, and attended by some 115 

 4-H members, staff and adult leaders. A staff 

 of specialists provided the conservation sub- 

 ject matter materials in the areas of soils, 

 weed control and prevention, forestry, range, 

 and wildlife management, and designed a program 

 for young people through lectures and instruc- 

 tion in actual field experiences, as well as 

 seeing movies, slides and actual conditions 

 within their workshop groups on field trips. 



The concentrated week's experience, empha- 

 sizing the importance of conservation and what 

 young people could do about it, included the 

 best known educational techniques, as well as 

 a systematic and planned follow-up for those 

 participating in the camp. 



Nearly 100 slide sets, which show conser- 

 vation practices or problems, were ordered by 

 the members to be used in helping dramatize 

 the story of conservation when they go back to 

 their home clubs and communities to tell others 

 about their learning and the real need for 

 spreading the word on conservation. 



Tlie camp was again made possible through 

 $750 contributed by the Federal Cartridge Cor- 



GOVERNOR BABCOCK TELLS OF PRESSURES ON MONTANA 

 WATER 



Governor Tim Babcock says that the pressures 

 from interests outside of Montana for water 

 means that the state will need to take action 

 to develop and establish further rights on our 

 water faster than what might otherwise be the 

 opportune time. 



The Governor visited with persons attending 

 a combined meeting of the Montana Reclamation 

 Association and Montana Water Users Association 

 in Butte, August 25-27. 



A good attendance of representatives from 

 many organizations representing various water 

 uses showed a spirit of need for cooperation to 

 gain all beneficial uses of Montana water. 



Reports were received from several agencies 

 and organizations which emphasized cooperation. 



Wes D'Ewart, Director of the National Recla- 

 mation Association, told the group that it is 

 important that the State of Montana study and 

 develop a plan for further development of our 

 water. 



Gordon McGowan, State Senator, gave a rundown 

 on proposed Water Conservancy District legisla- 

 tion. A fourth draft is about ready and will 

 be ready for review and suggestions from all 

 interested parties. 



A highlight of the meeting was an all day tou^ 

 of the proposed Jefferson-Whitehall Bureau of 

 Reclamation Project, better known as" the Reichle 



Project, 



