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0. M. Ueland. Editor, 32 South Ewlng , Helena, Montana 



OFFtCI AL . NEWS BULLETIN 



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May- June, 1974 

 Vol. XXVI, No. 3 



PREZ SEZ - Charles E. Lane, Jr. - MACD's new address is 

 1728 9th Avenue, Helena. Our Executive Vice President 

 is Pete Jackson. At this time I don't know our phone 

 number. 



Your confidence in our new move is fantastic and 

 your officers and directors thank you. When 80 - 90% 

 of the districts are willing to give it a try and 

 finance the program, we must be on the right track to 

 a strong and functioning MACD. 



We will have some difficult times ahead in getting 

 organized and establishing the kind of service most 

 valuable to districts. Don't expect miracles. Don't 

 sit back and complain about what is or is not being 

 done. Get in touch with our office and lay it on the 

 line so we can try to help. Communication between 

 districts is a must and hopefully through our new office 

 we can increase it many times. 



PETE JACKSON, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, MACD - 

 jfgg^^ Pete Jackson has resigned as Chief of the Grass Conserva- 



£^^^ tion Bureau in the Department of Natural Resources and 



# ^gJ^ Conservation to take the position of Executive Vice 



T^ imi President for MACD, effective July 1, 1974 as announced 



yg!p||r by President Charles Lane. 



V^2|^^^^_ This is a new full time position created to better 



^^^J^^^^^^^ carry out the day to day concerns of the Association 



^^^pA ^^^^^^ which the officers, directors and chairmen of the various 

 ^^H jC ^^^^^^^H committees have been hard pressed to do despite good 

 ^^^■^^^^^^^^^B cooperation from many people working with districts. 

 ^^^■^H^^^^^^^H Pete comes to his new position with excellent qualifi- 



^^^H^^^^^^^^^^H cations having served as President of the Association, 

 i^mi^^^^^^^^f^^ State Legislator, a Supervisor of the Madison CD, NACD 



Director, President of the Society for Range Management, 

 and many other conservation and agriculture interests. 

 The Association office will assume the responsibilities of secretary currently 

 held by Jeanne Baluka. Jackson's past responsibilities as Chief of the Grass 

 Conservation Bureau in charge of administering the State Grazing District Law and the 

 State Rangeland Resource Program in the Department of Natural Resources and Conserva- 

 tion will be handled by reorganization of the Conservation Districts Division under 

 0. M. Ueland as Administrator, and a Deputy Administrator, which is yet to be filled, 

 according to Gary Wicks, DNRC Director. 



COMMIHEE REPORTS 



Education - Milo Hilstad. It is with a great deal of pride that we announce the 

 1974 Montana winners of the NACD All is Chalmers Education Award in Environmental 

 Education. The Teacher-of-the-Year Award was won by Mr. Joe Israel of Joliet, Mt. 

 The Chouteau County CD has been judged the state winner for their Outstanding 

 Environmental Conservation Education Program as well as winning the six state 

 regional contest. Chouteau County is now in the running for the national award 

 which is judged from among seven regional winners. 



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