WESTERN STATES MEETING OF STATE SOIL 

 CONSERVATION COMMITTEES. COMMISSIONS. BOARDS 



The annual meeting of the eleven western states 

 Soil Conservation Committees, Commissions, and 

 Boards was hosted by Utah this year at Park 

 City, Utah. All states were represented. 



A highly informative program was presented. 

 Byron Mock, Vice-Chairman of the Public Land 

 Law Review Commission gave a report of progress 

 and special studies going on relative to 

 public lands. Mr. Mock stated that the 

 Commission notes that Soil and Water Conserva- 

 tion Districts are active all over the United 

 States and that coordination is typical. They 

 have noticed a harnessing of self-interests 

 in which the goal of conservation is possible 

 this way. The Commission is concerned with 

 method, that there is a need for give and take. 

 They have noticed an emerging pattern of 

 cooperation of agencies and interests through 

 Soil and Water Conservation Districts. How- 

 ever, the SWCD program is less known, and 

 should be better known. 



Speakers from the national level gave val- 

 uable information regarding classification 

 of public lands, the ASCS program, the 

 Economic Development Act, the NACD, River 

 Basin Planning and River Basin Studies. 



Also, many good suggestions were made and 

 discussed for ways and means to improve 

 correlation of various agency responsibilities 

 with State Soil Conservation Commissions. 



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EVERETT DARLINTON NEW WATER RESOURCES 

 BOARD DIRECTOR 



Governor Tim Babcock has appointed Everett 

 Darlinton Director of the Water Resources 

 Board. He replaces Alex McDermott who was 

 Director of the Water Conservation Board 

 and, by act of the last legislature, now 

 named the Water Resources Board. The new 

 Water Resources Board, in addition to the 

 responsibilities of the old Water Conserva- 

 tion Board, is now charged with the develop- 

 ment of a state water plan. The membership 

 remains the same. 



The State Soil Conservation Committee and 

 Soil and Water Conservation Districts will 

 have occasion to work closely with this 

 Board to correlate water planning functions. 



Just about the time a woman 

 thinks that her work is done, she 

 becomes a grandmother. 



CONSERVATION PRACTICES PAY DIVIDENDS 



Farming and ranching is becoming more and 

 more a scientific business requiring conserva- 

 tion practices which improve yield and land 

 condition. Various conservation practices do 

 pay dividends, it was pointed out on the 

 conservation tour held in Lincoln County SWCD 

 recently. 



A spring development was observed at the 

 Lenarz place; also, it was noted that fer- 

 tilizer is a paying proposition. A siphon 

 project was seen at the Quirk place, fish 

 pond developments at the Bob Craft and Lenarz- 

 Cliff Wogsland places, various grass plantings 

 at the Chet Apeland and Earl Wagner places 



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WORK-STUDY PROGRAM 



Several college bound boys and girls have 

 worked in Soil and Water Conservation Districts 

 this past summer under the work-study program. 

 This program permits eligible students to earn 

 funds so that they have assisted in doing 

 much good work. 



Also of great concern to districts is that 

 these students have become acquainted with 

 the importance of conservation and that many 

 opportunities await them in this field if they 

 so choose to enter it as a career. 



We were informed that two of the boys work- 

 ing under this program have decided to change 

 their majors in college so that they can make 

 conservation work their careers. 



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SCS PERSONNEL CHANGES 



SCS Personnel changes are as follows: 



NAME 



Oscar Peder^on 



Myron Baylor 



Wm. M. Ochs 



Chas. E. Hitch 



Leland Holstine 

 Roy House r 



Van Haderlie 



Ray Grossman 

 Robert Fleege 



TO 



Chouteau SWCD 



Little Beaver 



SWCD 

 Powder River 



SWCD 

 Box Elder SWCD Bitterroot 



SWCD 

 Hill SWCD Chouteau " 

 Rosebud SWCD Little Beave 

 SWCD 

 Lewis & Clark Hill SWCD 



SWCD 

 Broadwater SWCD Rosebud SWCD 

 Judith Basin " Jefferson 



Valley SWCD 

 Jefferson Valley Broadwater 

 SWCD SWCD 



