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



OFFICIAL NEWS BUL-LETIN i 



JUNE, 1967 



JUL 18 1967 



PETER V. JACKSON, PRESIDENT SEZ 



In our work in the vast field of Soil and 

 Water Conservation, it seems that all we see 

 is the foolishness of man. Wind erosion - 

 water erosion - thank goodness we haven't 

 thought of any more ways of destroying this 

 beautiful land. Somedays you would think we 

 are all bent on committing suicide by doing 

 away with all our natural resources. Period- 

 ically, it does us good to go out and look at 

 some of the work that has been done towards 

 improving the land. 



One such opportunity is coming up next month 

 when the American Society of Range Management 

 will be holding its annual tour. This year 

 they are traveling for two days in the Gravelly 

 Range south of Virginia City in Madison County. 



The Gravelly 's are famous as a summer grazing 

 area combined with some of the most spectacular 

 scenery in Montana. 



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DIRECTORS MEETING HAS GOOg ; ftfafMBANCE 



A good turnout of Directors of the Montana 

 Association of Soil and Water Conservation 

 Districts was in attendance June 2 and 3. Of 

 considerable interest was a presentation by 

 Soil Conservation Service personnel concerning 

 Total Resource Development. Charts showing the 

 status of various resources on a county-wide 

 basis were used. This has been done in 

 Broadwater County; and the results there were 

 shown, which included separate charts for their 

 water, soil, range, forest, and recreation 

 resources. By an examination of the resources, 

 certain alternatives, suggestions, and conclu- 

 sions could be arrived at for resource develop- 

 ment. This information can serve to promote 

 resource development on a community, district, 

 or county-wide basis and be implemented by 

 individual farm and ranch plans. Good dis- 

 cussions of economic justifications and manage- 

 ment procedures develop from these charts. 



President Jackson in his report said the ob- 

 jective is to improve the image of the Associa- 

 tion. He complimented Mons Teigen, State Land 

 Commissioner, for accepting a suggestion for 

 the betterment of state range lands. Frank 

 Dunkle, State Fish & Game Director, had invited 

 him to appear at a federal committee hearing. 



Jackson is very concerned that only 5Z of the 

 students at Western Montana College take con- 

 servation courses. 



He reported 15 attended the National Convention 

 in Cincinnati and all actively participated and 

 were effective. 



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