Committee Reports (cont) 



ning boards and new sub-division 

 land use planning legislation. 

 He stated that there were more 

 than 80 bills requiring district 

 surveillance and he strongly- 

 recommended the Association con- 

 sider hiring a lobbyist to keep 

 up with this task to work more 

 closely with CDs on these matters 

 during legislature. 

 Program and Outlook - Milo Hil- 

 stad raised some questions re- 

 garding the future of REAP, reve- 

 nue sharing. Great Plains, and 

 SCS assistance. 



Public Lands - Art Christensen 

 reported on Public Lands Com- 

 mittee survey of contributions 

 from the users of public lands 

 and their worth that has been 

 made in a typical county in New 

 Mexico. He advised that this 

 would be too detailed and time 

 consuming to do in every state, 

 that the New Mexico study proved 

 the point that user contributions 

 to p\j±)lic lands are varied and 

 substantial. 



Water Resources - Christensen 

 voiced support of the Water 

 Rights Bill which passed the 

 legislature. 



Public Relations - Ray Fenton 

 reported a slow down in Public 

 Relations activity largely 

 caused by non-funding of a 

 Search for Effective Environ- 

 mental Knowledge (SEEK) program 

 which would have expanded the 

 newsletter Treasure Acres and 

 provided a conservation educa- 

 tion coordinator . 

 Research - Everett Snortland 

 reported on research activities, 

 particularly saline seep which 

 is a growing serious problem. 

 Planning - Cecil Weeding gave 

 a good rundown on eastern Mont- 

 ana planning activities and the 

 involvement of district super- 

 visors operating much the same 



as a typical RC&D. 

 NACD - Pete Jackson left a re- 

 port rdlative to NACD activities 

 supported by district dues. 

 Soil Conservation Bureau - 0. M. 

 Ueland reported new Memorandums 

 of Understanding are being nego- 

 tiated between individual dis- 

 tricts and the DNRC, and review- 

 ed briefly the contents of a new 

 agreement between the DNRC and 

 MACD. 



SCS - A. B. Linford, State Con- 

 servationist, reported on cuts in 

 funding and personnel in the face 

 of broadened SCS activities and 

 demands , and the reductions that 

 will have to be made. 



Charles Lane thanked the 

 Directors and Committee Chairmen 

 for good reports, and asked that 

 each Director arrange their own 

 meetings with supervisors in 

 their area before the fall meet- 

 ings come around. Lane voiced 

 the need to work with and cooper- 

 ate closely with all agencies 

 and hoped that his term of 

 office would show progress in 

 this area to get all conservation 

 agencies to work together. 



Following the MACD Directors 

 Meeting, the SWCDI, Inc., met. 

 It was reported that the Plant 

 Materials Center at Bridger is 

 operating in a very satisfactory 

 manner under a Board of Managers 

 selected from Montana & Wyoming. 



Bitterroot, Mile High CDs 

 1972 Goodyear Award Winners 



Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 

 has announced that the Bitter- 

 root Conservation District, 

 Hamilton, Mt. , is the Montana 

 first place winner of the 26th 

 Annual Goodyear Conservation 

 Award. The Mile High Conserva- 

 tion District, Butte, Montana, 

 is the second place winner. 



