■ executive secretary meets with district 

 Boards 



Durlnp the month of February, 0. M. Ueland, 

 Executive Secretary of the State Soil Conser- 

 vation Committee, met with Soil & Water Con- 

 servation District Boards of Supervisors in 

 the Western Montana and Triangle Areas. 

 Attendance was good at all but a couple of 

 meetings. Goal discussions were had con- 

 cerning district financing, resource con- 

 servation planning and development, and on 

 district problems. Area Directors of the 

 MASWCD discussed legislation of concern to 

 districts. 



Comments from supervisors included such 

 as: "Range and pasture offers biggest po- 

 tential for development in Montana; looks 

 like we need a full time Public Relations 

 man; noxious weeds are serious; fanners 

 and ranchers cannot live by themselves; 

 there is a need to plan much more effec- 

 tively than in the past; need to get in- 

 volved with urban communities; 20% of pop- 

 ulation in Montana is on the farm and ranch; 

 planning is retrospective and anticipatory; 

 need to revive Arbor Day to plant trees; 

 hold conservation tours; flying tours are 

 ^ good way to observe conservation; there 

 is always more conservation to be applied, 

 never get caught up; education and finan- 

 cing is needed; some say we are brain- 

 washed by the Soil Conservation Service 

 and Agricultural Stabilization and Conser- 

 vation Service; think sometimes city peo- 

 ple are more informed than rural people; 

 we need to be more alert to the problems 

 of the district; farmers are indifferent 

 to what we are trying to do, call meetings, 

 very few farmers show; districts should 

 express public opinion on conservation; 

 drives of each agency sometimes box in 

 cooperation; districts will have to supp- 

 lement SCS funds; should inform Legisla- 

 tors arid Congress of conservation needs; 

 Conservation Charley needs pushing; good 

 to get supervisors acquainted with neigh- 

 boring district supervisors; we will have 

 to set priorities and choose the practices 

 to work on with what money and help is 

 available; farmers wonder what Soil and 

 Water Conservation District Boards are 

 all abouti" 



Vfhat hardships the pioneers 

 endured: Imagine pushing west- 

 ward, day after day, without 

 sunglasses! 



MONTANA YOUTH CONFERENCE ON GONSERVATION 



Several Montana Soil and Water Conserva- 

 tion Districts have indicated they will 

 sponsor sending youth from their locali- 

 ties to the Montana Youth Conference on 

 Conservation, which will be held April 27- 

 28, 1968 at the DeMolay Youth Center in 

 Great Falls. 



This conference is a challenge to young 

 people to set for themselves conservation 

 gdals which will ensure optimum utiliza- 

 tion of resources and better living; to 

 identify what needs to be done to improve 

 our natural environment; and to develop 

 a philosophy of living in harmony with 

 our land and its resources. 



Governor Babcock will address the op«n- 

 ing session. 



MULTIPLE-COUNTY PLANNING URGED 



Assistant Secretary of Agriculture OMd 

 a Rural Areas Development Conference In 

 Bozeman the Federal Government will push 

 for new town-and-country development leg- 

 islation. He said Multiple-County Plan- 

 ning will provide for a "melting together 

 of town and country". Secretary Baker has 

 established Technical Action Panels (TAP) 

 in the Department of Agriculture to get 

 better communication and coordination be- 

 tween agencies and to be on tap (not on 

 top ) for assistance to local organizations 

 and groups. 



NACD PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE 



Any Soil and Water Conservation District* 

 which desires a copy of the Proocedlngs of 

 the Twenty-Second Annual Convention may 

 obtain one by writing to the NACD Service 

 Departnient, Box 855, League City, Texas 

 77573 before April 15. 



Look ai^t the window fro* tte 

 breakfast ta^e "qiikI you see tbe 

 bird after the won, the cat 

 after the bird, adA the dog 

 after the oat. This will give 

 you a little better understand- 

 ing of the Boj-nlng** aertm. 



