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Nili^iyine I- 



STATE DOCUMENTS 



RECEIVED 



MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY 



O. M.Ueland, Editor. School of Mines, Butte, Montana LIBRARY 



OFFICIAL -NEWS BULLETIN 



September-October, 1963 



Your Association President Sez: 



I will be attending all area meetings of the Assoc- 

 iation except at Pablo in Western Montana. Bill 

 Kesler will attend for me there. Mrs. Thompson 

 will accompany me the first week. 



I will give a report on some of the follow up work 

 your association has done the past year, also I will 

 be anxious to hear first hand your problems. 



We have a vei^r important function to perform. We 

 should express ourselves on all land and water use 

 problems confronting us and seek proper help and 

 legislation. 



I would like to see an extra good turn out at your 

 area meeting, I'll be there. 



MONTANA ASSOCIATION 

 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT 

 AREA MEETINGS 



Supervisors throughout Montana will be attending 

 area meetings during October as follows: 



Wolf Point - October 1 

 Glendive - October 2 

 Billings - October 3 

 Lewistown - October 4 

 Big Sandy - October 8 

 Three Forks - October 10 

 Pablo - October 12 



Various Conservation Topics will be talked , res- 

 olutions considered for State Convention, and some 

 goals set up. Directors will make reports and spur 

 their fellow supervisors on. Agency people will be 

 on hand to answer questions. 



STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE 

 STATE WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 

 DISCUSS B,L, 566 Projects 



The State Soil Conservation Committee met with 

 Governor Babcock and members of the State Water 

 Conservation Board September 5 to present infor- 

 mation on progress of P.L. 566 projects in Mont- 



Chairman Fred Sanborn told the board that the state 

 committee has a number of Watershed applications 

 but it will take five to six years at present rates to 

 get planning on the latest ones. Fred explained 

 that irrigation water development is a major part 

 of most of these projects and is needed in Montana 

 to expand her economy, that here is a good oppor- 

 tunity for the state to provide funds for a planning 

 party so as to speed up getting these Watershed 

 applications planned and in the construction stage. 

 Fred Sanborn also explained that SCS can keep only 

 one planning party in the field and do about three 

 projects a year. If the state could provide a plan- 

 ning party, production could be doubled. 

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