DISTRICT DOINGS 



Valley County CD 



Guy Wagner reported on a 

 news release he had written to 

 be published in the local paper 

 concerning the District and its 

 activities to better inform the 

 public about the work of the Dis- 

 trict. The Board agreed to pub- 

 lishing the article if the pub- 

 lisher concurred. Also, there 

 would be follow-up articles pub- 

 lished from time to time to keep 

 the public informed and up-to- 

 date on district activities. 



Francis Laumeyer reported he 

 had seen Suzie Ihnot about the 

 erosion problem on her land. The 

 Board discussed the problem and 

 agreed the supervisor from that 

 area and a technician should look 

 it over first to determine if the 

 BIA should cooperate in taking 

 care of the problem. 



Dawson County CD 



John McLain told the Board that 

 they may be called on to assist with 

 an outdoor Earth Science Lab just 

 outside of Glendive, on the Marsh 

 Road. It would be an outdoor class 

 room where high school classes could 

 go and study different types of soils 

 and so forth. 



Dave discussed the benefits of 

 getting women involved in conser- 

 vation and suggested the super- 

 visors wives be encouraged to join 

 the women's auxiliary. 



Pondera CD 



The Pondera Conservation Dis- 

 trict and the Steering Committee 

 for the Pondera Alkali Control 

 Association are seeking action to 

 control saline seep. They recent- 

 ly approached the Pondera County 

 Commissioners with a request for 

 county funds to finance research 

 work in the county. This would 



be done by the team of scientists 

 now working in the Highwood area. 

 The commissioners allotted $1500 

 for the proposal, leaving the door 

 open for increased funding if sig- 

 nificant action is promised. 



The Cascade District made a 

 similar request of their county 

 commissioners. They were encour- 

 aged to prepare a firm proposal 

 and present it to the 6 county 

 commissioners association. Sharing 

 costs in this manner might provide 

 significant funding. 



Big Horn County CD 



The County High School speech 

 contest for the Conservation Dis- 

 trict was discussed and the local 

 speech teacher and Vo-Ag teacher 

 are very much interested and plan 

 to promote this and hold the event 

 in May. 



Rosebud CD 



Between 75 and 85 acres of coal- 

 mined land near Colstrip will be 

 seeded to grass by Western Energy 

 Co. in the next week, Paul Schmechel 

 general manager of the coal mining 

 firm announced recently. 



Land to be seeded by Western 

 Energy has been leveled and top 

 soil has been applied. Native grass- 

 es predominate the seed mixture to 

 be planted at Colstrip. 



Lake County CD 



In connection with the Annual 

 Work Plan, outdoor classrooms were 

 discussed. Harris mentioned that 

 Ronan has a 10-acre plot that could 

 be used for a classroom, and Agri- 

 culture Instructor Moore would 

 probably be interested. Ideas for 

 information and education were dis- 

 cussed and also ideas for news 

 articles. 



