Fifty-five boys and fifty-seven girls attended 

 the 1965 Montana 4-H Conservation Camp held in 

 •the Hill County Soil & Water Conservation Dis- 

 trict. 



Dean Hanson, Hill County SWCD Chairman, and 

 member oi the State Soil Conservation Committee, 

 welcomed the group and told them in part: 



"The soil and water and natural resources you 

 will be taught to conserve in the next few days 

 will be invaluable, if not vital, to the welfare 

 of our nation tomorrow. Soil, Water, and Nat- 

 ural Resource Conservation is a must if we are 

 to keep this a land of plenty." 



"The State Committee as well as all of the 

 Soil and Water Conservation Districts are very 

 interested in Conservation Education and feel 

 that the more conservation studies and projects 

 we can encourage our youth to take part In, the 

 more certain we are that Conservation will be - 

 come a way of Life in their future lives and 



-H CONSERVATION CAMP 



the lives of their children to come.' 



The Extension Service and Paul Moore, State 

 A-H Club Leader, is to be congratulated on the 

 fine training of these youngsters in the job of 

 selling conservation. 



WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS 



The Legislative Council Subcommittee to study 

 Water Conservancy Districts has appointed a task 

 force to assist them in answering questions. 

 They are Albert Stone, Professor of Law, Univer- 

 sity of Montana, Arnold Bolle, Dean of School of 

 Forestry, University of Montana, Richard 

 Sheridan, Professor of Government, Montana State 

 University, and Roy Huffman, Vice President for 

 Research, Montana State University. 



The subcommittee consists of Senator Gordon 

 McGowan, Chairman, Rep. Norrls Nichols, Vice- _ 

 Chairman, Representatives Virgil L. Hanks, 

 Hubert E. Woodard, Ray M. Loman, Senators C. R. 

 Thiessen, Jerry W. Breen, and William A. Groff. 



The subcommittee agreed that the major ques- 

 tions to be answered by the study are: 



1. Is there a need for the services that con- 

 servancy districts could provide? 



2. If a need exists, does the special dis- 

 trict provide the best governmental unit for pro- 

 viding the service? 



3. Could existing agencies perform the ser- 

 vices with certain statutory changes? 



4. Are there alternatives such as county 

 subordinate special tax^ug areas that could be 

 used to meet any demons crated need? 



LOUISIANA SOTT. f, WATF.R CONSERVAT IONI STS f, BANKERS 

 VISIT IN MONTANA 



On July 26, about AC Montana Bankers & Conser- 

 vation people joined a special tralnload (209) 

 of Louisiana Farmers, Bankers, and other agricul- 

 ture leaders to tour the Mile High, Granite 

 County and Missoula County SWCD's, Lower Willow 

 Creek Drainage District, Water Pollution Control, 

 and operations of the Anaconda Company. 



Typical comments of the visitors were: "Is 

 that snow up in those hills?" (mountains) "Do 

 cattle eat that grass?" "How can they produce 

 400-500 lb. calves on that stuff?" "We've 

 traveled all day and haven't seen a colored 

 person." "Those are sure big hills, I wonder if 

 I could walk up one of them?" "You Montana peo- 

 ple sure are friendly. Thanks for being so kind 

 to us." 



Each year the Louisiana Bankers sponsor a tour 

 of this type to some part of the United States 

 with Soil & Water Conservation District people. 

 This year the tour Included the states of 

 Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. 



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