DISTRICT DOINGS 

 Flathead Conservation District 



All 8th grade students in Flat- 

 head County have an opportunity 

 each year to participate in a con- 

 servation tour. Financial support 

 for the annual event is provided 

 by the Flathead Conservation Dis- 

 trict, Flathead-Pomona Grange, 

 Farmers Union Exchange and the 

 Flathead Electric Coop. The Eq- 

 uity Supply Co. furnishes milk 

 and ice cream which is served by 

 the Grange Ladies. The program is 

 coordinated thru the Conservation 

 District by the County School Sy- 

 stem and Flathead Coxinty Extension 

 Service. 



The students are exposed to 

 changing land uses, soil forma- 

 tion, forest and wildlife man- 

 agement, irrigation, land use 

 planning, and environmental prob- 

 lems. 



The various stations where 

 the students stop to leatn are 

 staffed by local representatives 

 of the Farmers Home Administra- 

 tion, State Fish & Game, U. S. 

 Forest Service, Soil Conserva- 

 tion Service, Montana Forestry 

 Division, Montana Agricultural 

 Research Center, Extension Ser- 

 vice, Flathead Valley Community 

 College and County Planning 

 Board. 



Chouteau and Big Sandy CDs 



Chouteau County and Big Sandy 

 Conservation Districts jointly 

 sponsored a Soil Stewardship 

 tour for all religious faiths 

 in 1973, The tour was in the 

 Arrow Creek breaks on the Dostal 

 Ranch, east of Geraldine. 



Participating were ten religious 

 leaders and five district super- 

 visors. Soils, vegetation, geo- 

 logy, wildlife and the natural 

 beauty of this rather primitive 

 area was explained to the group 

 by Oscar Pederson and Joe Wirak 

 of the SCS. 



A tour in the Bear Paw Mountains 

 was plcinned this year. 



The Dept. of Natural Resources 

 and Conservation has approved the 

 City of Fort Benton's application 

 for a small watershed project. 



Garfield County 



People have been building 

 waterspreading dikes across 

 Smokey Butte and Lodgepole Creeks 

 for about 20 years. Enough of 

 these detention type structures 

 were built that the creeks could 

 no longer provide dependable water 

 every year for all the systems. 

 About 5 years ago the Conserva- 

 tion District Board of Supervisors 

 declared a moratorium on further 

 developments until an investiga- 

 tion could be completed. Hope- 

 fully this would determine the 

 water available each year and the 

 waterspreading area it would 

 support. 



The supervisors requested that 

 the Soil Conservation Service make 

 this survey. With the help of the 



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