DISTRICT DOINGS 



Petroleum County SWCD - - Ben Hardin, Area 

 Range Conservationist gave an interest- 

 ing talk on Range Management, and reviewed 

 the booklet, "Montana Range I and Resource 

 Program." 



McCone SWCD 



The purpose of the Jan. 25th 



meeting was to review the Annual work plan. 

 Schuld moved that 80 percent of time be 

 spent on individual planning; 5 percent 

 on group planning, and 15 percent on units 

 of goverment. 



Liberty County SWCD — Van Haderl ie ex- 

 plained the usefulness of the 1970 Con- 

 servation Needs Inventory in district 

 work. This publication should prove valu- 

 able in determining needs and priorities. 

 Mr. Haderl ie stated that the new REAP pro- 

 gram is budgeted at $150 million in con- 

 trast to last year's ACP budget of $195 

 million. The new program will be primar- 

 ily concerned with environmental control. 



Treasure County SWCD - - Gerald Ferguson 

 asked if the district could assist in 

 preparing the Hysham School grounds for 

 leveling and landscaping. Beckers in- 

 formed the Board that SCS could afford 

 some time on the work but that it would 

 have to be done in cooperation with some 

 supervisory management that would be re- 

 sponsible for costs as no cost sharing is 

 available for this kind of work. 



Madison SWCD - - Wallace Jones reported 

 on inquiry from a representative of the 

 Madison Valley Women's Club about outdoor 

 classrooms in connection with the recent- 

 ly completed new highschool at Ennis. 

 He has cound the literature pertaining 

 to this and will deliver it at the first 

 opportunity. Also the purchase of subscrip- 

 tions to Soil Conservation for the Harrison 

 and Ennis Schools was discussed. 



Beaverhead SWCD - - In January Art Christ- 

 ensen brought up the matter of the "Co- 

 odination Meeting". It was decided to asK 

 someone from Western Montana Col lege to 

 get an idea of what kind of conservation in- 

 formation they are teaching the students. 

 This meeing was held Feb. 4th with a good 

 group represented by : Forest Service, 

 Fish & Game, SCS, Bureau of Land Manage- 

 ment, ASCS, Ranchers, plus supervisors. 



Hil l County SWCD - - Harold Houlton gave^ 

 an hour and a half presentation on the ^P 

 range study being done around the state 

 and also his work at the Experiment Sta- 

 tion. Several comments followed his pre- 

 sentation. Hockett expressed interest 

 in setting up a meeting with the Experi- 

 ment station staff and the Triangle SWCD 

 supervisors. The purpose of the meeting 

 is to update the supervisors on the work 

 being done at the station. 



Missoula County SWCD - - The board discussed 

 whether or not small landowners in sub-di- 

 vided areas need to sign up as a coopera- 

 tor, and have conservation plans developed. 

 Mr. Wills moved that only those people who 

 would make beneficial use of a conserva- 

 tion plan need to sign up as a cooperator. 

 However, assistance in conservation coun- 

 selling and evaluation of resources will 

 be proveded through the activities of 

 these people even though they are not 

 signed up as a cooperator. 



Sti I I water SWCD 



Conservation Week 



was discussed and several agencies were 

 mentioned to give presentations to each ^^ 

 of the schools. The agencies discussed ^^ 

 most thoroughly were the Forest Service, 

 Bureau of Land Management, Fish & Game 

 Department, and the Soil Conservation Ser- 

 vice. Each of the community supervisors 

 are to discuss the program with their 

 local schools and determine what each 

 school felt was necessary and wanted to 

 present to the students. 



Upper Mussel she I I SWCD - - Mr. Beckers 

 presented a prochure on Conservaiton Ed- 

 ucation teaching guides for schools. 

 There are 8 sets at about $3.95 per set. 

 Mr. Fochs will contact Mrs. Vezey to 

 see If one complete set could be ro- 

 tated through all the schools in the 

 district. 



Big Horn SWCD - - Gene Lambert brought 

 up having an educational tour for the 

 Crow Agency 5th and 6th grade children, 

 on polluiton and conservation, (ecology). 

 All supervisors are asked to help on 

 this project as this is the time to 

 start teaching conservation education, ^^ 

 when they are young and their minds gral^ 

 information rapidly. 



