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0. M. Deland, Editor, Montana Tech, Butte, Montana 

 MARCH - APRIL, 1968 



PETER V. JACKSON, MASWCD PRESIDENT SEZ: 



Since the last edition of Treasure Acres, 

 I have had the opportunity to read the conven- 

 tion agendas of several organizations. 



It was pleasing to see that they are all 

 considering Public Lands, Recreation, and Nat- 

 ural Resources. Perhaps at last we are look- 

 ing at the whole broad scope of our natural 

 resources In Montana, both renewable and non- 

 renewable. 



I well realize It Is much easier and 

 glamorous to take one problem - for example 

 water - and give It great publicity. But sin- 

 cere common sense demands that we consider 

 all of the aspects of our natural resources 

 to be able to make real progress. To be able 

 to make real progress, a uniform plan must be 

 followed in developing each resource so that 

 o' vdoes not hold up the progress of another. 

 I ^example, it makes no sense to build a 

 reservoir unless the range lands are well 

 protected against erosion; likewise farm- 

 land without proper wind and water erosion 



STATE SOIL CONSERVATION CCTIMITTEE MEETING 



The State Soil Conservation Comittee had 

 a very busy meeting, March 28th and 29th. To 

 start things off, a delegation presented an 

 application for a proposed watershed flood 

 prevention project for the City of Browning. 

 Mayor Edward J. Aubert and George Hlnkel, City- 

 County Planning Director, spoke on behalf of 

 the project. 



Watershed applications were also received 

 from the Missoula County SWCD for Pattee Creek 

 and Miller Creek. The South Missoula residen- 

 tial area occupies much of the flood plain of 

 Pattee Creek, for which relief Is being sought. 



Also presented to the State Soil Conser- 

 vation Committee for approval were Resource 

 Conservation and Development applications for 

 the Beartooth area, comprising Carbon and 

 Stillwater Counties, and the Headwaters Area, 

 comprising all of Deer Lodge, Silver Bow, and 

 Jefferson Counties and parts of Powell and 

 Madison. Bill Langford, William Skorupa, and 

 Otto Yedlicka, County Commissioner, led a del- 

 egation in behalf of the Beartooth application. 

 This group has worked on the proposal for sev- 

 eral years and are well organized and enthus- 

 iastic about proceeding with needed new re- 

 source developments. Dick Setterstrom, Sup- 

 ervisor of the Mile Hi^h District, and Don 

 Gates, County Commissioner from Deer Lodge 

 County, Sandy Ryerson, County Commissioner 

 from Powell County, appeared in behalf of the 

 Headwaters application. 



The SSCC reorganized by re-electing 

 William D'Ewart, Wilsall, as Chairman and 

 Dean Hanson of Gildford, Vice-Chalrman. 0. M. 

 Ueland of Silver Bow was retained as Secretary. 



