DISTRICT DOINGS 



Eastern Sanders & Green Mountain CD 



A fair exhibit was prepared for 

 both districts. Pictures of projects 

 in the entire county was the subject 

 of the display. Numerous fairgoers 

 viewed the display and commented 

 on the photos. 



Bitterroot CD 



Chairman Costello advised he had 

 received by telephone the confirma- 

 tion of Iman's appointment to the 

 County Planning Board. 



Toole County CD 



Duane Gripentrog, High School 

 Biology Teacher at Shelby, gave a 

 most interesting report on the 

 Environmental Science Seminar he 

 attended during the summer at Mont- 

 ana Tech, Butte. Mr. Gripentrog 

 reported that it was one of the 

 most worthwhile classes he has taken. 

 They studied Basic Ecology, Basic 

 Geology and Chemical Pollution with 

 speakers from a number of sources 

 including representatives from the 

 Forest Service, Anaconda Company, 

 Conoco Refinery, Hydrogeologist, 

 Marvin Miller from Montana Tech and 

 many others. The last week of the 

 Seminar was a field trip by bus to 

 different localities in Montana. 

 They toured the forest area near 

 Missoula where both clear cutting 

 and selective cutting were going on. 

 Also, the Intermountain Sawmill at 

 Missoula; at Twin Bridges, they 

 were given a tour concerning range 

 management. From there, they went 

 to Quake Lake near Yellowstone to 

 visit the geological area and on to 

 Yellowstone Park where they had a 

 forum on wildlife in the park and 

 a discussion on geo-thermal energy. 

 The next stop was at the Conoco 

 Refinery in Billings and then on 

 to Col strip where they saw the strip 

 mining and the area under reclamation. 



Mr. Gripentrog would like to set up an 

 outdoor classroom at Lake Sheloole, he 

 told of a number of ideas that he has 

 outlined and v;ould like to carry out. 

 Herb Karst suggested that the District 

 help him in any way possible. 



Wibaux CD 



NACD policy positions for 1973 will 

 be routed among the members of the 

 Board. 



Roadside tree planting was discussed. 

 Problems anticipated were: availability 

 of trees, getting land, revenue sharing, 

 county commissioners approval. Initi- 

 ating borrowpit seeding was also dis- 

 cussed again. 



McCone CD 



A supervisor's range tour was 

 held on Oct. 11. The tour was of Lyle 

 Quick's multi-purpose dam and irrigation 

 system. Dale Hubing's grass seeding and 

 weed control project, Elmo McCloy's 

 fish pond, trees and irrigation system 

 and Bob Schmidt's pipeline and stock 

 tanks. Each rancher will be asked to 

 come along on this tour. 



Lincoln CD 



Reports from each agency assisting 

 the Lincoln CD are to be written and 

 gathered for the 1972 Annual Report. 



Beartooth RC&D 



Gary Litzkow reported that Larry Pyke 

 of the State Forestry Division had been 

 up to view timber in his area for in- 

 ventory purposes. Larry will contact 

 their resource people in Missoula who 

 will recommend the type of mill to set 

 up. Dave Matovich mentioned that bridge 

 timbers are very difficult to get and felt 

 that some counties would be interested 

 in getting some. 



