STATE SOIL CONSEHVATION C0MMIT1EE MEETING 



The next meeting of the State Soil Conserva- 

 tion Committee is set for June 29 and 30 at the 

 Togo Inn in Lewistown, Chairman John Schroeder 

 has announced. 



The meeting promises to be a busy one with a 

 delegation from the Bitterroot Valley in Western 

 Montana scheduled to present an application for 

 planning assistance for a Resource Conservation 

 and Development Project, 



Also, representatives from Chouteau County 

 will present an application for a Watershed Pro- 

 ject on Highwood Creek, 



The Sidney V/ater Users Association will seek 

 to present an application for a Watershed Project! 

 to replace a previous one to include some lands 

 in North Ifekota which a preliminary investigatior 

 shows would be feasible to develop. 



As a result of recent legislation, the SSCC 

 will have $30,CX)0.00 of funds to supplement Soil 

 Conservation Service funds in planning watershed 

 developments in the next two years. Also, the 

 prospects of working more closely with the 

 Montana Water Conservation Board, which the leg- 

 islature gave broader powers to include in addi- 

 tion to irrigation, flood control, recreation, 

 and other benefits, in its projects, and the 

 power to be a local sponsor of a P, L, 566 V/ater- 

 shed Project along with Soil and Water Conserva- 

 tion Districts, 



RECREATION IN7ENTCRY NEARLY COMPLETE 



All but one Soil & Water Conservation District 

 across Montana have reported back on the recent 

 inventory of Private Recreation Businesses, En- 

 terprises, and Activities which was initiated by 

 the Recreation and midlife Committee of NACD, 



The Technical Action Panel of each County can 

 be given credit for a fine job in assisting the 

 Ifi.stricts in this. 



The Fish and Game Department is compiling the 

 figures on the Public Recreation part of the 

 Inventory, These are in the process of being 

 summarized at the state level. 



Many districts have mixed feelings or feelings 

 against the idea of promoting recreation activi 

 ties. However, much recreation involves land 

 use and the demands are getting greater. It 

 must be reckoned with. 



NOTEr A word of caution. regarding machine plant- 

 ing. Even vrith a tree planting machine working 

 properly and an experienced crew, it is better 

 to plant fe\-jeT trees and plant them well, than 

 to set a speed record and later find less than 

 half of them alive, because of a poor job of 

 ha n ruling and plantinp, 



A fine is a tax for doing 

 wrong. A tax is a fine for g 



doing all right. 



AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RANGE MANAGEMENT SUMMER 



FIELD TRIP PLANNED 



The American Society of Range Management is 

 planning a summer field trip to remember on the 

 dates of July 15, 16, and 17. 



On Wednesday, July lU, registration will be 

 held at the Fort Benton Museum from 6:00 P. M, 

 to 8r00 P, M. 



On Thursday, July 15, between 7r30 and 8i30 

 A, M,, they will assemble and register at the 

 Fort Benton Museum and then proceed to Stanford, 

 Montana and will Ivinch at the Fairgrounds in 

 Stanford, They will arrive at the Diy Wolf 

 Campground at 5:00 P, M. and will have a steak 

 dinner at 6:30 P, M, 



On Friday, July 16, the trip will continue to 

 the Moccasin Experiment Station. Lunch will be 

 served hers and right afterward they will tour 

 the Experf-Hient Station. They will then leave 

 the Moccasin Station and proceed to the Sussell 

 Point Campground. Everyone will have dinner 

 here and at 8:00 P, M, the Charley Russell. 

 Stoiy will be presented. 



On Saturday, July 17, the group will have, 

 breakfast and leave the Russell Point Campgrwmd, 

 The tour will end at U:00 P, M, on Kings Hilt" 

 on Highway 89, 



During this tour, a total of eleven stops will 

 be made, which will include talks on Badlands 

 Range T^e, Plant Identification, Leafy Qptucg* 

 Infestation, Foothill Native Range, Spring 

 Creek Range Enclosure and the State Game Rang** 

 It will also include a Bull Sale and Livestock: 

 Breeding Program and a Plant Judging Contest* 



Anyone who may be interested in this trip, 

 please contact George F, Roskie, Forest Super- 

 visor, Box 871, Great Falls, Montana, 



They ask that you bring your bedroll and what- 

 ever tentage or shelter you will need. All 

 food and utensils will be furnished on the tour. 



They have requested that you make your reser- 

 vations before July 5 so they will know how many 

 steaks to buy and how much hot cake batter to mix. 



LOUISIANA FARt^ER-BANKER CONSERVATION TOUR 



The Louisiana Bankers Association and Louisiana 

 Association of Soil andWater Conservation DLs- 

 tri-cts will be touring Montana, Idaho, Oregon, 

 and Washington next month. 



The tour in Ifentana will be by bus from Butte 

 to ^fi.ssoula by bus. The tour will include stops 

 at the Weed Concentrator, Anaconda Company Waste 

 Treatment Ponds, Anaconda Reduction Works, 

 Georgetown Lake, Ernie Wight ranch near Philips- 

 burg and the Lower Willow Creek VJatershed Pro- 

 ject near Hall. Various other stops will be 

 made also. 



The purpose of the tour is to view '.Vater 

 Pollution Control, multi-purpose water develop- 

 ment, rangeland conservation and Small Water- 

 shed Project Itevelopment at Lower VJillow Creek, 



