DATES TO NOTE 



A-H CONSERVATION CAMP 



Montana University Joint Water Resources Research 

 Center - Citizens Conferences on Water Resource 

 Development (Note changes of dates from previous 

 announcement) 



State ACP Development Meeting 



Federal Bldg. - Bozeman September 12 



Statewide Annual Recreation Conference 



University of Montana Station 



Flathead Lake September 15 & 16 



Council of Natural Resources 



September 20 



Woodland Council 

 Kalispell 



September 21 



State RAD Executive Committee 



September 27 



Montana Association of Soil & Water Con- 

 servation Districts Area Meetings 



Montana Weed Control Annual Conference 

 Billings October 11, 12 



College of Agriculture Annual Conference 

 Bozeman October 16-21 



Montana Farmers Union Convention 



Great Falls October 18-20 



Montana Water Development Association 

 Holiday Inn, Great Falls November 2-3 



Montana Association of Soil & Water 

 Conservation Districts 26th Annual Meeting 

 Butte November 8,9,10 



Montana Farm Bureau Federation Annual 

 Meeting - Great Falls November 13-15 



Montana Wool Growers Annual Meeting 

 Billings December 5-7 



Twenty-five of the Soil & Water Conservation 

 Districts in Montana helped to make it possible 

 for fifty-two boys and girls to attend the 

 Twenty-First Annual Montana 4-H Conservation 

 Camp. ThiR csL.p V7as held at Camp Kiwanis (south 

 of Havre) July 10-14. Camp registration fees for 

 this camp are provided by the Federal Cartridge 

 Company. Many of the SWCDs helped to provide 

 transportation to the camp. 



James Sargent, camp director, reports that 

 we had an extremely fine group of young people 

 at this year's camp. We had a water problem 

 during the early part of the camp. These young 

 people rose to the challenge and cooperated in 

 the necessary rationing of water. A real in- 

 convenience to all of us, of course, but it did 

 help illustrate a point to all - water is an 

 extremely valuable resource. You don't jreally 

 miss it until it is short or gone. I suspect 

 that many of these young people have an in- 

 creased interest of the water problems that 

 are now facing our state and our nation. 



This year, the campers took part in four 

 different workshops. There were seventeen 

 in the weeds group; nineteen in soils; twenty- 

 four in range; an.l twenty-six in wildlife. 

 These workshops were led by Les Sonder, 

 Extension Heed' Control Specialist; Don Ryeraoa, 

 Extension Range Scientist; Charles Smith, 

 Extension Soils Scientist; Lee Rovig, County 

 Extension Agent, Scobey; Eldon Smith, Extension 

 Wildlife Specialist; Roger Fliger, Montana Fish 

 & Game Department; and Jack Baringer, County 

 Extension Agent, Livingston. 



Pete Jackson, President of the Montana Soil 

 & Water Conservation Districts, did a fine job 

 in presenting his talk, "Conservation Is Big 

 Business", to the group. His easy-going, down- 

 to-earth approach held the delegates' attention 

 and their Interest. 



