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MONTANA RANGELAND RESOURCE PROGRAM 



agricultural or other, again within 

 the capability of the land. My 

 testimony was also entered into 

 Senator Moss's proceedings at Great 

 Fa I I s . 



I spent a day in Missoula this 

 week planning our coming State Con- 

 vention October 31, November i and 2. 

 This will be held at the Florence 

 Hotel. The thene of our convention 

 this year is "Land Use Planning". 

 This has the sound of Zoning which 

 many of you will dislike, however 

 there is good and bad in everything 

 and this is what we need to talk 

 about and make some decisions. 



We are endeavoring to make this 

 a convention in which each of you can 

 participate. Most of our time will 

 be spent in committee meetings and gen- 

 eral session where I want each and 

 everyone to have a chance to be heard. 

 Your association is at a crossroads, 

 we are either going to move ahead or 

 we w i I I die, there is no in between. 

 We have the talented leadership 

 throughout this State to do the job 

 we are assigned. We need only to 

 gather together, rally our forces, 

 and aim at a common goal. 



I am looking forward to seeing 

 each of you at the various Area 

 meetings throughout the State this 

 October and at the State Convention 

 in Missoula October 31, November I 

 and 2. 



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Private Land Resources Review cont'd 



Ted Schwinden, Montana Commis- 

 sioner of State Lands will give the 

 welcome address. Anyone interested 

 in the subject of Land Use Planning - 

 Private Land Resource Review is 

 cordially welcome to sit in on this 

 meeting. 



The new State Range Program is 

 starting to move in a smooth steady 

 manner toward its full implementation 

 which will be approximately the first 

 of January. 



It is vitally important that any 

 program that shows such promise should 

 be extremely cautious in starting out, 

 for hurried programs can make bad 

 mistakes very easily. 



Persons who wish to contact the 

 program office, it is located in Room 

 421 on the fourth floor of the Mitchell 

 Building, Capitol Complex, Helena, 

 Montana 59601. The telephone number 

 is 449-2608, which is the number of 

 the State Conservation Commission. 



It is our desire to discuss range 

 problems with everyone who has some- 

 thing to offer and especially sugges- 

 tions for work to be done by the 

 Coordinator. 



The true strength of the program 

 is participation by people at all 

 levels of government, industry, and 

 the general public. One word of 

 caution, the program coordinator is 

 not a technician, or should the 

 coordinator attempt to supply this 

 type of assistance, for Montana is 

 blessed with many fine capable people 

 to handle this part of the Range 

 Management work. On the other hand 

 for example, should you have a project 

 you wish to see started let us know 

 and we will be happy to work with 

 you to see if it is practical, and 

 then make every effort to gain its 

 implementation. 



There are copies of the Program 

 at the office, so should you wish a 

 copy feel free to ask. The number 

 is limited but it is our intention 

 to have a second edition printed 

 In the near future so that every- 

 one interested can obtain one. 



Conservation is the preservation of the maximum freedom of choice for future generation*" 



