DISTRICT DOINGS 



The JEFFERSON VALLEY SWCD AND THE MOUNT ^ HOLLOW- 

 TOP 4-H CLUB sponsored a Range Trail Ride for 

 60 Madison & Jefferson A- 



-H Members and Leaders. 

 The tour stopped to study various forms of rare 

 plants, range ecology, and condition. The 4-H 

 members were required to correctly identify at 

 least 10 plants during this tour. Bob Ross, 

 Mitch Bokun, and Bob Fleege served as instruct- 

 ors. 



McCONE SWCD - There were 2A,550 trees planted in 

 the District this year. The gross income from 

 the tree planting was $327.00 and the expenses 

 were $218.75, leaving a net income of $308.25. 



PONDERA SWCD - Mrs. Sweitzer was recipient of 

 the district's teacher conservation scholarship 

 for 1965. The following is her report to the 

 Board. She attended Northern Montana College 

 Conservation Workshop. 



Costs - $40 tuition for 5 credits, $10 for in- 

 surance, plus costs of room and board. 

 Attendance - 40 to 45, 5-6 men, balance women. 

 Two other women teachers from Pondera County 

 attended. Neither was aware of SWCD's scholar- 

 ship. 



Classes - Field trips and Classroom lectures. 

 Conservation of water should be of great concern 

 to all of us. Water is becoming short in some 

 areas of the United States. Water is being used 

 over and over again. As an example, water from 

 Milk River is used two or more times from Havre 

 to Harlem. 



Soil and Water Conservation was a problem dur- 

 ing Abraham Lincoln's time. Children were 

 taught conservation practices. When they grew 

 up they began using these practices. Much the 

 same today, we need to teach children about 

 conservation. 



RICHLAND SWCD - Walt Anderson, SCS, reported 

 that damages to property in the southeastern 

 portion of the County, due to the recent cloud- 

 bursts and heavy showers, were estimated at 

 $60-$70,000. . He indicated that ACP cost-sharing 

 of 80%, with a $2500 limit per ranch for repairs 

 etc. had been established. An attempt to de- 

 clare the area as a disaster area was reportedly 

 under way. This would raise the limit to $5,000 

 per ranch if the area is so classified. It was 

 also noted that the damage should be repaired 

 this year since the ACP cost share would drop 

 up to50% next year. 



BLAINE COUNTY SWCD - A motion was made by Reg 

 Davles and seconded by Herman Frlede to ask the 

 County Commissioners to have the banks and 

 borrow pits of the new road south of Chinook 

 seeded to grass. 



BROADWATER SWCD - Lee Hart discussed the irriga- 

 tion system field tourwhlch was conducted Frida 

 June 11. C. C. Bowman, Agricultural Engineer, 

 MSC, and the engineer of the automatic irrigatii 

 system, was on hand to explain the system and 

 answer water measurement and other irrigation 

 questions. Session started at 1:30 P. M. on th« 

 Bill Hardgrove ranch south of Towns »nd. 



UPPER MUSSELSHELL SWCD - After some discussion, 

 the Board agreed that thank you letters to 

 Congressman James Battin and to Senators Mans- 

 field and Metcalf would be in order as the whol 

 delegation from this state worked hard t<J help 

 restore cuts in ACP appropriations and help de- 

 feat the revolving fund proposal for soil con- 

 servation work. 



THREE RIVERS SWCD - A letter from Congressman 

 Arnold Olsen was read in support of the Soil 

 Conservation Service. The secretary was in- 

 structed to write him a note of appreciation 

 from the District for his interest and champ- 

 ionship of this work. 



TREASURE COUNTY SWCD - Discussion concerning th« 

 printing of a map for the local area indicates 

 the need for roads, railroad, creeks, rivers, 

 ownerships, headquarters, towns, telephone 

 service, electricity service, cemeteries, and 

 schools. 



CASCADE COUNTY SWCD - Joe Turelle, Agronomist 

 with the SCS at Portland, talked about wind 

 erosion and what causes erosion of various kind 

 of soils. He explained he had been working in 

 close cooperation with various groups who had 

 been making a study of erosion problems and thai 

 Montana was located in one of the worst wind 

 erosion areas in the country as compared to thai 

 of Kansas. 



It was brought out by Pershing Vance that of 

 all the strip cropping in the U. S., 45% of it 

 was located here in Montana so that we were 

 making great progress in trying to control the 

 erosion problem. 



NOTE: Harold T. Tysk has succeeded E. I. 

 Rowland as Director of the Bureau of Land 

 Management In Montana. 



E. I. Rowland has been assigned BLM's 

 state director for Colorado. 



