USTRICT TOINGS 



BEAVERHEAD 5^'£'D - Roy Forrester has talked to 

 Edith Palmer about the job of acting as District 

 Executive Secretary. He indicated that no defi- 

 nite description of the job had been outlined so 

 it was just a preliminary investigation. It was 

 suggested that Edith be asked to meet with the 

 Dtstrict' at the next meeting to discuss possibiL 

 ities of this job, 



A Range Award Trophy costing in the vicinity of 

 $15.00 was okayed on a motion by Dusty Sparrow. 

 The Kelly Dam Proposal was reviewed by the Su- 

 pervisors and Orville Sparrow volunteered to 

 check with the Forest Service about details of 

 construction specifications. 

 The next meeting will be held on July 2, 1965. 

 A special meeting will be held on July 9 to 

 learh more about the potential of the small di- 

 ameter saw mills in the area. 



BIG HORN COPirTY ^CD - The first order of busi- 

 ness was to get the weed trucks and insurance 

 responsibilities for Public Liability cared for, 

 Leo Kleffner was instructed to get the license 

 and sign the forms in the Treasurer's Office. 

 A letter from Bill Rogers offering four more 

 Government surplus units to the District was 

 read. The board members agreed to try and look 

 these units over on Friday, May, 7th. 

 Letters from the school teachers appl3d.ng for a 

 scholarship were read and checked. It was de- 

 cided to write each applicant and get a statement 

 from the institution they are attending to con- 

 firm their crecits. 



Only two youth had sent in applications for 

 attending Conservation Camp, Miss Mary 

 Blankenship was elected for first place and Miss 

 Karen Benzel was alternate. 



BLAINE COUNTY SWCD - There was a discussion on 

 water control and storage in the North Chinook 

 area. The East Fork drainage has 1143,000 acres 

 and according to the SCS personnel, has an aver- 

 age runoff of about 3,000 acre feet yearly. This 

 is just an average. Some years it could be tre- 

 mendously larger than this. This is one project 

 that is feasible and is worthy of further inter- 

 est and investigation. The Ifi-strict needs to 

 keep the door open to offer any help or assistance" 

 to the North Chinook water users. 



BOX ELIER SXD - Following the reading of the 



vation». The recipient of the scholarship must 

 refund the money if he graduates in a field un- 

 related to conservation. The refunded money will 

 be reused for some other student who is approved 

 for the use of the scholarship. Recipients must 

 be chosen by the Board of Supervisors. A motion 

 was made and carried that the Secretary contact 

 R. E. Huffman informing him of the Board's de- 

 cision and ask him to suggest details for the 

 establishment of such a scholarship, 



CHOUTEAU COUNTY SWCD - The Range Tour was brought 



minutes the Secretary read the letter from R, E. 

 Huffman, Montana State College Dean of Agricul- 

 ture, concerning the scholarship which the Dis- 

 trict plans on establishing. The suggestion of 

 Mr. Huffman's of paying the $150 scholarship's 

 $50 each quarter was approved. It was decided 

 that the college student can go to any college 

 he wants to as long as it is an accredited coll- 

 ege and he enrolls in a course related to conser- 



up and the date was set at the afternoon of June 



22, 1965, and is to take place at the ranch of 



Frank Rowe, 



Tree tour was discussed and the date was set at 



June 17, 18, and 19, 1965. Publicity will be 



needed. 



Fair Prograiji was read and it was decided to match 



the premium for the exhibits. Judges are to be 



contacted, 



IMIELS COUNTY SWCD - A report was received from 

 Bridger stating that it was felt that the Indian 

 Rice Grass that they have at this time was not 

 right for this area, but by the end of the year 

 they would have a new type of grass suitable for 

 here. 



Jack Sprague has been asked by the Boy Scout 

 Council to work with six boys on their Conserva- 

 tion Merit Badges. At this meeting he asked the 

 Board of Supervisors if any of them would be 

 willing to let the boys come out to their land and 

 do some actual farming. Chet Murphy gave Mr, 

 Sprague permission to use some of his land, 



FERGUS COUNTY SWCD - Frank Cirarhakl reported that 

 the job was completed on distribution of "Keep 

 Our Land Beautiful" pan^hlets to schools. Ken 

 Surber moved, seconded by Frank Cimrhakl that 

 bill of $72,21 for '^eep Our Land Beautiful" pam- 

 phlets be paid to Soil Conservation Society of 

 America, Motion carried. 



Garde Peterson, Jr. moved and seconded by Frank 

 Cimrhakl that District sponsor a watershed infor- 

 mation meeting for people in Lewistown area when 

 sufficient information is obtained. Motion 

 canried. 



GRANITE SItJCD - Range Dsferred Grazing is a prac- 

 tice carried out by ramchers to assist them in 

 obtaining proper range use while increasing for- 

 age production. Over-use of a pasture following 

 deferment does not accomplish the objective for 

 which the practice is carried out. The purpose of 

 deferred grazing is to promote natural revegeta- 

 tion, increase the vigor of the stand, and to per- 

 mit the better grasses to produce a seed crop, 

 Defeiment should be carried out from green-up 

 time in the spring xmtil seed maturity. 



