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MOVEMBER - DECEMBER, 1968 



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Perhaps as my first article for Treasure 

 Acres, as President of the Montana Associa- 

 tion of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, 

 I should start by thanking you for your vote 

 of confidence in electing me to this very 

 laportant office. I trust that I may fulfill 

 the duties of it as efficiently as has been 

 done In the past. 



A Soil and Water Conservation District is 

 not a single purpose district. It is a legal 

 ■ubdivlsion of state government responsible 

 for leadership In the conservation of soil. 

 water, and related natural resources . To 

 fulfill this role, A Soil and Water Conser- 

 vation District works with local agencies, 

 citizen's groups, and Individuals to correct 

 existing soil and water problems, to prevent 

 new ones, and to develop the communities* 

 natural resources to their proper and full 



"Conservation of Montana's water resources 

 Is a must - but before this can be aceoB- 

 pllshed, various groups fighting for use of 

 water on their own terms must forget their 

 differences and forge coamon, interrelated 

 goals to Justify the retention of waters new 

 rapidly slipping from our grasp to downstrean 

 states. 



We must remember that we cannot perfectly 

 ir.pose today's values on the fotare. 



Stronger efforts must be made to find new 

 uses for water resources, to find methods for 

 stretching and properly allocating present 

 supplies. 



It is also no secret that federal laws 

 regarding so-called "navigable" bodies of 

 water aecd revision. The State of Montana 



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