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O. M. Ueland, Editor, Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology, Butte, Montana 

 JULY - AUGUST. 1967 



PETER V. JACKSON, PRESIDENT SEZ: 



The supervisors of our Soil & Water Conserva- 

 tion Districts have an important responsibility 

 to the cooperators of their districts to keep 

 abreast of all current programs of concern in 

 the Agricultural Industry. 



One such movement or program is being con- 

 ducted by the Montana Water Resources Research 

 Center headed up by Dr. Roy Huffman, Vice- 

 President of Montana State University. They 

 are planning to conduct several important meet- 

 ings to educate the general public of the 

 emergency that we are facing, or are about to 

 face, in the field of Water Conservation. 



I feel that we as supervisors should attend 

 these meetings wherever possible in our own 

 location about the state to show these people 

 that we are interested and ready to work In 

 this field. 



I'm sure that Dr. Huffman's program will be 

 highly educational to us as individuals in our 

 own personal operations. We can't get too 



NACD NORTHERK PLAINS AREA MEETING 



Your President, Peter Jackson, 0. M. Ualand, 

 Executive Secretary of the State Soil Conserva- 

 tion Committee, Leslie Criswell, Chairman of 

 Wildlife & Recreation Committee, and myself, 

 Carl Johnson, have just returned from Omaha where 

 we attended a meeting of the NACD Northern Plains 

 Area. The following is a report to all super- 

 visors as to what was discussed at that meeting. 

 It is hoped that it will give insight as to what 

 has been done and what we, as supervisors, have 

 to do in the future. 



A somewhat new approach was used, wherein all 

 in attendance were divided into three groups 

 with several topics to be discussed and acted 

 upon. Each was given a number of key issues ana 

 also encouraged to bring up new issues or ideas 

 that would prove helpful in getting a good pro- 

 gram of conservation. Perhaps the main issue 

 was District Outlook. It was felt that in these 

 rapidly changing times, districts must do some 

 re-organizing from a long range point of view as 

 well as the immediate present. All groups felt 

 that we needed permissive or enabling legislation 

 in order to do our job more effectively, espe- 

 cially from the standpoint of financing. A 

 great deal of emphasis was placed on how to 

 coordinate our work with other existing resource 

 groups. 



On new key issues, your delegation presented 

 the following: 



A. GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM 



1. Resolved that the $5,000 limitation on 

 water spreading in GPCP contracts be in- 

 creased to $7,500 and be retroactive to 

 existing contracts. 



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