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DIRECTORS TO MEET IH LEWISTOWN JUNE 3 



Pete Jackson, President of the State Aseocia- 

 tioh of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, 

 has called a meeting of the Directors of his 

 Association for June 2 and 3 in Lewlstown. 



The Directors will hear reports from the 

 various committees and will follow up on reso- 

 lutions of the November Convention. Certain to 

 be of interest will be a report of recent state 

 legislation and action to be taken in this re- 

 gard as well as consideration of various fed- 

 eral legislation. 



"COWS DON'T GRAZE ON PARKING LOTS 



Com doesn't grow well on rooftops, and 

 gutters are no substitute for water courses. 

 Yet the ever- increasing population that creates 

 the demand fot all the construction must have 

 milk and beef and bread and water. "Someone, 

 some group, .has got to take the initiative . 

 Somehow, the few people who are aware of these 

 problems have got to convince most of the 

 people who aren't that Americans can't continue 

 to have it both ways without harmful results." 

 Daniel A. Poole, Georgia Newsletter. 



Final plans will also be made for area meet- 

 ings and the MASWCD Annual Meeting, which will 

 b& held in Butte, November 8-10. 



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COMING EVENTS 



State Soil Conservation Committee 

 Yogo Inn - Lewlstown - June 2 and 3 . 



Montana Association of Soil & Water Conser- 

 vation Districts 

 Yogo Inn - Lewlstown - June 2 and 3. 



Soil Conservation Society of America 



Montana Chapter 

 Lewlstown - July 23-25 . 



American Society of Range Management 



Intermountaln Section 

 Ennls - Gravelly Range -July 22 . 



Northern Plains NACD Area V 



Omaha, Nebraska - August 20-22. 



A-H Conservation Camp 



Havre - July 9-15. 



Montana Wildlife Federation 

 Great Falls - June 2- 



Montana Stockgrower's Association 

 Billings - May 25-27. 



Soil Stewardship Week - April 30-May 7 . 



Public Land Law Review Commission 



hearing 

 Billings - July 13. lA. 15 . 



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First Subtraction 



Even back In the stone age, when wom- 

 en wrote down their ages, they were 



—The Aluston (Canada) herald 



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Seasunal Hazard 



A bird in the bush Is worth a dozen In 

 your hand— If the game warden happens 

 along. 



^The spabta (III.) Newb-plaindealeb 



WATER RIGHT^ 



May a Soil and Water Conservation District 

 establish a policy to limit the expenditure of 

 funds to be utilized for the construction by an 

 individual of run-off water impoundment devices 

 because they designate a watershed fully de- 

 veloped until a yield and present use study can 

 be proven otherwise? 



This question has ariseir in Garfield County 

 relative to individual water rights relative to 

 a series of water Impoundment and water spread- 

 ing systems on a couple of streams. 



The Attorney General has ruled that if it is 

 within the judgement of the supervisors that 

 sound soil and water conservation practices dic- 

 tate that no more water impoundment devices 

 should be. constructed on a stream or watershed, 

 it is within their discretion to deny use of 

 district funds for such structures. The 

 Attorney General further states there are no 

 state agencies that have overall authority to 

 determine whether or not a watershed or stream 

 is fully developed. 



He further states that the results of appro- 

 priation of water rights under Montana law, 

 and the adjudication of a stream is a court 

 decree which determines the extent of develop- 

 ment of water rights in a stream. In a sense, 

 then, the courts determine whether or not the 

 water of a stream is completely developed by 

 appropriation. The determinations are based 

 solely on water rights law and without regard to 

 overall watershed soil and water conservation 

 development. 



These and other questions concerning water 

 rights are in need of research and Aeteia^xiaxttfnt 



