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DANIELS COUNTY SWCD - Plans for the Fall 

 tour were discussed. All teachers In the 

 County will be asked. Personal contact 

 will be made by the SWCD members to the 

 schools. 



Jack Sprague reported that he started 11 

 Boy Scouts on their Conservation Merit 

 Badge. 



PHILLIPS SWCD - The Public Land Use Comm- 

 ission Committee spent sometime in Phillips 

 County analyzing the impact of public lands 

 in this area. 



POWDER RIVER SWCD - Proposed legislation for 

 Montana Weed Control Association was re- 

 viewed by Carl Smith. Copies were given 

 to everyone. 



BIG SANDY SWCD - Grass seed for roadside 

 seeding was discussed and noted that Art 

 Roth has plenty of Crested Wheatgrass that 

 he will donate to the District for road- 

 side seeding. Milan Pavlovick offered to 

 donate sacks for the seed to be stored in 

 and this will be done as soon as possible. 



CARB O N SWCD - The District's tour of the 

 Pryor Mountains, July 18, was discussed. 

 In the opinion of the Supervisors, there 

 are too many horses in the area and there 

 is serious overgrazing and soil erosion» 

 The number of horses must be reduced to 

 the carrying capacity of the range. Bill 

 Skorupa will draft a letter to the BLM 

 giving the District's viewpoint. 



Report was given on the ditch measuring that 

 was done by the U. S. Geological Survey on 

 the various ditches around the county. This 

 data will be put together and copies sent to 

 each of the ditch companies involved. Water 

 losses ranged from 14% to 52% and averaged 

 30%. 



BITTERROOT SWCD - There was a general dis- 

 dusslon in regard to the zoning and planning 

 that needed to be done in Ravalli County for 

 future development. Many houses are being 

 built in areas that will be flooded, nat- 

 ural resources are not being used to their 

 maximum potential. Someone will have to 

 accept the responsibilities of developing 

 this plan. It was felt that the Soil and 

 Water Conservation District x,?ere probably 

 in tlie best position of anyone in the county 



to start this program. It will not be 

 easyi. There will be many problems in- 

 volved, but it is something that needs to 

 be done. Clarence Popham moved that the 

 Soil and Water Conservation District 

 sponsor a plan for the orderly develop- 

 ment of resources including county-wide 

 zoning and planning which would include 

 the following considerations: 1) Water 

 pollution; 2) Recreation development; 

 3) Air pollution; A) Transportation 

 system; 5) Zoning of areas for residen- 

 tial, industrial and agricultural uses; 

 6) Natural beauty preservation. Edgar 

 Wetzsteon seconded the motion; the 

 motion carried. Jack Iman moved that this 

 be made into a proposal and submitted to 

 RC&D. Edgar Wetzsteon seconded the mo- 

 tion; this motion carried. 



MADISON SWCD - Jackson introduced Dick 

 McEldry, District Manager for the BLM 

 at Dillon, who spoke on BLM plans and 

 activities in this area. Most of the 

 Bureau's work has been on recreation 

 and will probably continue that way. At ^ 

 the present time, plans are to build a 

 new road into the Ruby Creek campground. 



McEldry also discussed public land law 

 revisions and proposed plans for reten- 

 tion and disposition of public lands In 

 this area as well as Sections 3 and 15 

 leases under the Taylor Grazing Act and 

 fire protection and sagebrush spraying 

 on public lands. 



BOX ELDER SWCD - There was considerable 



discussion on the need for weed control 

 in Carter County. It is felt that the 

 only way to get adequate control of weeds 

 in the soils district is to create. some 

 type of a weed control district, A mo- 

 tion was made and carried that the super- 

 visors were in favor of the county adopt- 

 ing a regulation for taxing real estate 

 owners an undetermined mill levy (this 

 to be determined by the county commiss- 

 ioners) for the control of noxious weeds 

 in Carter County. This mill levy is to 

 be used to assist those who are not fi- 

 nancially able to control weeds on their 

 ovjn lands. The secretary is to contact 

 the county attorney to determine if this ^ 

 would he possible and how it should be 

 handled if such a regulation is adopted 

 in the county. 



