Bitterroot Valley Resource Conservation and Development Leaders shown above are 

 standing Marvin Costello, Chairman, Bitterroot SWCD, Jack Iman, Vice Chairman, 

 Bitterroot SWCD, and Don Dickens, Ravalli County Agent. Seated are Armin Lucier, 

 Missoula County Commissioner, Thad Wojciechowski, Missoula County Agent, Charles Stahl 

 and John Schroeder, Missoula County SWCD supervisors, Shirley Jellison, Secretary 

 Program Committee of the RC & D, Clarence Popham, Bitterroot RC & D Chairman, and 

 Sam Hieronymus, Ravalli County Commissioner. 



"Ravalli County is very fortunate to have the leadership which is advancing the 

 Resource Conservation and Development program", said John Schroeder, member of the 

 Missoula County SWCD who outlined a year's progress at the annual meeting in Hamilton, 



In just one year projects started will provide 45 man years of employment and 

 $578,000 additional revenue in Ravalli and Missoula counties, Schroeder said. 



The Soil Conservation Service spent $80,000 in 1966 for RC&D activity, adding 20*5 

 man years of technical assistance. The Agricultural Conservation Program cost sharing 

 increased from $118,000 to $349,652 in 1966. The Extension Service workin with the 

 Montana Experiemnt Station, has intensified educational efforts. The Montana Fish and 

 Game Department, Forest Service, Farmers Home Administration, Montana Bureau of Mines 

 and Geology have provided technical aasistance. Economic Research Service made a study 

 of alternate agricultural crops. 



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