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DISTRICT DOINGS 



Garfield County (cont) 



the Snow Survey Team from Bozeman 

 and the Area Engineer from Lewis- 

 town, this was done over a period 

 of two years . Runoff records and 

 soil surveys were studied, exist- 

 ing systems were counted and mea- 

 sured, the drainage area was mea- 

 sured and the estimated runoff 

 computed. Most of the ranchers 

 along the creek were interviewed 

 about the efficiency of their 

 systems; how often they filled, 

 how long it took to drain them, 

 what the maximum water depth was , 

 and what size drain pipes they 

 had. This information was com- 

 piled into a report for each 

 creek. These reports were pre- 

 sented to the supervisors at 

 their April meeting. These re- 

 ports showed that Smokey Butte 

 Creek was indeed overdeveloped 

 already but that Lodgepole 

 Creek had not yet been developed 

 to its full potential. The 

 supervisors are now planning for 

 similar investigations on other 

 large watersheds in the District. 



Broadwater CD 



Fergus County CD 



Spring Creek Colony School 

 children planted 50 trees aroiind 

 their school as part of an Out- 

 door Conservation Classroom. A 

 fence has been constructed a- 

 round the school grounds to keep 

 out livestock and motor vehicles. 



Each and every student planted 

 a tree which will be designated as 

 their very own. Trees were ob- 

 tained from the State Tree Nur- 

 sery located at Missoula. 



A Solid Waste Disposal Plan 

 worked out by the Broadwater CD 

 and help from the Committee for 

 Rural Development has been put 

 in operation. A Waste District 

 has been organized by the County 

 Commissioners and is going now. 

 Satellite dumps are planned. 



Conservation Districts thru- 

 out Montana have a great oppor- 

 tunity to do something about the 

 solid waste disposal problem as 

 Broadwater CD has done. 



Flowers to further beautify 

 the school grounds will be planted. 



It all started last fall after 

 Steven Riehl, school teacher, 

 attended an Outdoor Conservation 

 Classroom Workshop sponsored by 

 the U.S. Soil Conservation Service 

 and the Fergus county Conservation 

 District. 



Assisting with the planting of 

 trees were Metro B. Karaffa, SCS, 

 Craig Roberts and Carl Dokstatter, 

 Foresters of the Montana State 

 Department of Forestry and Mrs. 

 Steven Riehl , teacher at the 

 Spring Creek School. 



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