President Sez cont'd 



The various Area Meetings throughout the 

 state \;hich were held earlier this month 

 were a complete success. It is certainly 

 a pleasure to meet with dedicated people 

 who recognize their jobs and are proceed- 

 ing. Meetings such as these produce new 

 ideas, methods etc., and they are the 

 backbone of your Association. I hope that 

 each of you had a chance to be heard and 

 will follow-up with ideas at the State 

 Convention. 



Our conventions produce the resolutions 

 that guide your Association throughout 

 the year. U'e will be talking about dues, 

 land use planning. Plant Materials Center 

 etc. — all important subjects. Inject 

 your ideas at the convention and again, 

 don't forget to vote. 



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Annual Meeting cont'd 



Representative Norris Nichols , farmer- 

 rancher from Stevensville . Representative 

 Pete Jackson, rancher from Harrison rep- 

 resenting the Society for Range Management, 

 Ave Linford, Soil Conservation Service 

 State Conservationist from Bozeraan repre- 

 senting the Soil Conservation Society of 

 America, Bruce Bugbee of I'!issoula repre- 

 senting the Regional Planning Association 

 of Western Montana: Committee Meetings 

 Monday afternoon; and an Av.'ards Banquet 

 Monday night. 



The meeting will conclude with a luncheon 

 Tuesday noon to feature the finals of the 

 First Annual Conservation Speech Contest 

 sponsored jointly by the Conservation 

 Districts Association and the Montana 

 Associated Utilities. 



President Bob Anderson and the Directors 

 of the Association have a full agenda of 

 items needing attention at the committee 

 meetings and business sessions. 



President Mrs. H. F. Ulilrich of the Ladies 

 Auxiliary will have as their special guest, 

 Mrs. Earl McClellan, N.\CD Auxiliary 

 President from Idaho. 



PLANMINC, 



THEME FOR TODAY'S WORLD 



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In todays fast-moving complex world vjith 

 our many problems, everything reauires 

 planning. A successful project is the 

 end result of planning. A trip to the 

 grocery store requires planning to deter- 

 mine items needed, where the best bargains 

 are and how much the goods will cost. A 

 fishing trip without planning usually 

 ends being just that ... A trip vith no 

 catch I Although careful planning will 

 not necessarily make the fish bite, it 

 will prepare a person to increase his 

 chances of catching fish. Likewise, 

 planning determines whether or not a 

 program is a success. 



Plannine cannot be a 'hit and miss" or 

 "'bv guess and by gosh'' proposition. It 

 requires considerable thought. The 

 questions of "who, what, when, where, 

 whv and how'' need to be answered. To 

 solve a problem, a plan needs to be 

 developed, information gathered, alterna- 

 tives evaluated, priorities set, and 

 action taken. 



If districts are to be effective in theii 

 role as local units of government having 

 authority of conserving natural resources, 

 long range resource planning is a must. 

 With the rapid multiplication of our 

 population, demands on resources are 

 exceeding their development. Therefore, 

 Conservation Districts must set Long 

 Range Total Resource Development Planning 

 at the top of their priority list. 



Nov that Montana is completely organized 

 into 12 multi-county planning districts, 

 planning will be a must if districts, 

 counties, and municipalities are to 

 share in state and federal funds for 

 improvement. Lets plan our district 

 program wisely I 



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A wife is a woman who 

 stands by her husband through 

 all the troubles he wouldn't 

 have if he were single. 



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