\C 1 ER SWCD HAS NEW. SUPERVISORS 



4-H CONSERVATION CAMP TO BE MEEK OF JULY 10 



A new Board of Supervisors was ulccccd to 

 chc Glacier Soil and Water Conservation Dis- 

 trict In January and were adoinietered the 

 oath of office by 0. M. Ueland, Executive Sec- 

 retary of the State Soil Conservation Comm- 

 ittee on February 9. They are Bill Newhouse, 

 Chalnnan, Fred Johnson, Elmer Berkran, Art 

 Dresen, and Paul Johnson. 



Tlio Board went rlglit to work and developed 

 their 1907 Plan of Work. Their March minutes 

 reflect tliat in one month they had contacted 

 their county conmissioners wlio were enthusi- 

 astic about the districts program and agreed 

 to help finance the district; contacted the 

 publisher of the Cut Bank Pioneer Press wlio 

 offered space for a district column twice 

 each Bonth; held a meeting with the Bureau 

 of Indian Affairs persoimel concerning leasing 

 arrangements; hired on operator for the tree 

 planter; contributed to the Liberty County 

 Sella Judging Team which will be travelling 

 Co Oklaboiu to participate In the national 

 conteat; set up a school tree planting pro- 

 gram; entered the Goodyear Contest; set up 

 revisions for deferred grazing criteria; 

 approved several cooperative agreements. 



Cotigratulations are extended to this new 

 Board for a fine rejuvenation of activity. 

 Ray Parker is their Work Unit Conservationist, 

 and Charles Egan is their secretary and County 

 Agent. 



Pictured above are members of the State Soil 

 Conservation Committee. Reading left to 

 right are A. B. Linford, State Conservationist, 

 SOS, William F. D'Ewart, Chairman, John 

 Schroeder, Dean A. Hanson, Vice-Chainnan, 

 Torllef Aasheim, Director, Montana Extension 

 Service, Oscar Hlppe, C. Lowell Purdy, 

 Cocnaiss loner of Agriculture, and Dr. J. A. 

 Asleson, Director, Montana Experiment Station. 



C. W. "Brick" Vaughn, state 4-H club leader, 

 has announced that the annual A-H Conservation 

 Camp will be conducted the week of July 10 «C 

 Camp Kiwanie near Havre, Montana. 



Soil and Water Conservation District Super- 

 visors are alerted to participate in this canp. 

 More adults are needed as cabin counselors and 

 supervisors are aakad to volunteer a week of 

 their time to thia worthy endeavor. Also, th« 

 Instruction that la given at these camps la 

 valuable to supervisors as it is to the children. 



Most soil and water conservation districts in 

 Montana sponsor one or two boys or girls by pay- 

 ing their transportation and other incidental 

 expenses. 



Please notify your County Agent of yout inten- 

 tions for 1967. 



Ole Ueland, Executive ; ,oil 



Conservation Committee, reviewing annual work 

 plan of the Hill County Soil & Water Conserva- 

 tion District with supervisors Dean Hanson, 

 Chairman and County Agent Russell Harris seated. 

 Standing are supervisors Walt Dion, Leo Morris, 

 Work Unit Conservationist Van Haderlie, and 

 supervisor Ray Patrick. 



Ueland is meeting with all district boards of 

 supervisors in the state to review their work 

 plans and offer assistance and guidance as to 



their mnktfun and usefulness.- 



