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0. M. Ueland, Editor, Capitol Station, Helena, Montana 



OFFICIAL N E W S B U L L E T I N 



JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 197 3 



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A. G. SLATTERY - PREZ SEZ 



This issue of Treasure Acres 

 returns to the old format be- 

 cause of situations the Associ- 

 ation is presently unable to 

 cope with. As finances will per- 

 mit and new arrangements can be 

 made Treasure Acres will again 

 be improved. Our thanks are 

 extended to Ray Fenton for pub- 

 lishing and editing a good sam- 

 ple of the type of Treasure 

 Acres we had in 1972. 



I have spent considerable time 

 tending to legislative matters 

 and I express my sincere appre- 

 ciation to Bob Anderson whose 

 legislative report appears in 

 this issue and to people like 

 Chuck Lane, Frank Thompson, John 

 Vanisko, Pete Jackson, Dale Marxer, 

 Cecil Weeding, Paul Kleffner, the 

 Ruby Valley CD Board, Meagher 

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LEGISLATIVE REPORT 



Bob Anderson 



Conservation Districts have 

 been quite active during the 

 present session promoting basic 

 concepts of land use planning, 

 multiple use, sediment control, 

 etc. A large number of super- 

 visors have been utilized for 

 testimony and the important 

 task of keeping track of bills 

 that are of interest to your 

 Association. This is quite a 

 job. ' Hearing dates are set and 

 then changed, bills are killed 

 and then revived, etc. I note 

 that nearly every organization 

 in the state now has a full time 

 lobbyist. While you and I prob- 

 ably don't like the word "lobby- 

 ist", I think we should consider 

 the use of a legislative coor- 

 dinator, bill watcher, or what- 

 ever you wish to call him or her 

 in future years. A wealth of 

 supervisors are available to 

 give testimony if the proper 

 information is given and time 

 for preparation is allowed. The 

 workload can be distributed and 

 you will be more informed. Think 

 about this a little in the com- 

 ing months and perhaps you can 

 come up with a solution for the 

 important years ahead. 



Following is a report on 

 some bills districts are inter- 

 ested in: 



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