DISTRICT DOINGS 



BITTERROOT CD 



CHOUTEAU COUNTY CD 



Shining Mountain Ranch owned and operated 

 by Mr. & Mrs. BiT. Mitchell, Sula, MT. , 

 operates as a Youth Camp. The 2200 acre 

 ranch contains many good land management 

 and environmental practices. 



Shown above is a construction of a 

 22-acre reservoir started in April and 

 completed in July, 1973. The lake will 

 serve in the camp's waterfront program 

 for swimming, water skiing, fishing and 

 an emphasis on appreciation of nature 

 with specific attention to ecology. 



TETON CD 



The supervisors invited the county 

 commissioners and the county weed board 

 to their June and July meetings to dis- 

 cuss weed control programs. Commission- 

 ers were urged to adopt road building 

 techniques that would facilitate rapid 

 establishment of grass and reduce the 

 opportunity for noxious weeds. 



TOOLE COUNTY CD 



The Toole County Board met at Chairman 

 Herb Karst's ranch for their June meet- 

 ing. After the business meeting, they 

 took a tour of conservation problems and 

 practices arranged by Herb. 



The supervisors entertained the Range 

 Council and SCS employees and wives at a 

 picnic at Ryan Dam in July. The event 

 followed their regular meeting and a 

 tour of the Managed Natural Area east 

 of Great Falls. Clair Clark and Joe 

 Wirak, SCS, conducted the tour. 



SHERIDAN COUNTY CD 



Laurie Miller (left) 2nd Place $25.00 

 Mark Daeley, 1st Place $50.00. 



Ten county high school students 

 participated in a District wide speech 

 contest in Plentywood on Tuesday, May 

 15th. The contest was open to all high 

 school students on the topic of "Environ- 

 ment, Society and Electrical Energy". 



The first place winner will partici- 

 pate in the area contest, comprised of 

 several Northeast Montana counties, 

 next October. Area winners compete 

 statewide November 14 in Helena where 

 the first prize is $250.00. 



Prize money for the county contest 

 this year was furnished by the past 

 Plentywood Toastmaster's Club through 

 a donation to the Conservation District. 



Bill Smith, supervisor from Medicine 

 Lake, was chairman of the contest. 



