DISTRICT DOINGS 



CASCADE SWCD - Freeholders within the 

 Sand Coulee Watershed voted 80 to 47 

 March 16, 1971 in favor of creating 

 a project area under the SWCD law for 

 the purpose of carrying out planning 

 and development for flood control and 

 related land use. 



BITTERROOT RC&D - Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture Hardin has approved extension of 

 the Bitterroot Valley Resource Conser- 

 vation and Development Project to in- 

 clude Mineral County and that area of 

 Missoula County not originally includ- 

 ed in the project area. The addition- 

 al area is now eligible to receive plan- 

 ning and operations assistance under 

 the RC&D program. 



BIG HORN SWCD - Schools In Wyola, Lodge 

 Grass, Crow Agency St. Xavier Mission, 

 Fort Smith, St. Charles Mission, Pryor 

 Public School, and Lame Deer School 

 were were presented conservation pro- 

 grams February 22-26 through the co- 

 . operation of the Land Operations 

 ^Branch of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

 and Indian Extension Service. The film 

 "Montana Acres", covering soils forma- 

 tion, growing seasons, and animal and 

 plant life, together with films on 

 range management, 4-H, etc. were shown. 

 354 students from the upper grades at- 

 tended and learned a great deal as 

 evidenced by their response. 



COMING EVENTS 



Soil Stewardship Week: May 16-23 



MASWCD Directors Meeting: June 13, 1:00 PM 

 Rainbow Hotel, Great Falls, Montana 



NACD Northern Plains Area Meeting: June 13-15 

 Rainbow Hotel, Great Falls, Montana 



Soil Conservation Society of America 

 Montana Chapter June 26, 1971 

 SUB, College of Great Falls 



4-H Conservation Camp: July 6-10, 1971 



Beaver Creek Camp, Hill County, Montana 



State MACD Meeting: Oct. 31, Nov. 1-2, 1971 

 Florence Hotel, Missoula, Montana 



CHOUTEAU COUNTY SWCD - Letters from Mal- 

 colm Charlton, Area Manager for the Bur- 

 eau of Land Management, and M. W. Drazich, 

 Bureau of Reclamation, were read. Both 

 letters commended our annual work plan. 



NORTH POWELL SWCD - A Bureau of Land Man- 

 agement representative will be invited to 

 the next meeting as several of the manage- 

 ment plans in this area concern B.L.M. land. 



GARFIELD COUNTY SWCD - Coulter introduced 

 Mr. Leibinger and Mr. Lawrence of Burling- 

 ton-Northern Land Office to discuss farm- 

 ing and conservation practices on railroad 

 lands in Garfield County. Possibility of 

 Burlington-Northern becoming a district 

 cooperator was discussed. 



PHILLIPS COUNTY SWCD - Otto Keith John- 

 son was selected as outstanding consei — 

 vat ion Farmer to be named at the annual 

 meeting. Dr. Curtis, Malta veterinarian, 

 agreed to be a speaker. Senator Good- 

 heart and Representative Perry have been 

 invited to be on the program. 



SWEET GRASS COUNTY SWCD - 



John Yost, right being presented with a 

 plaqje from Bob Brown lee for 10 years 

 service as a supervisor of Sweet Grass 

 County Soil & Water Conservation District: 

 - 1961 to 1971 -. 



