MONTANA CONSERVATION COMMISSION HOSTS UESTEFJ'I STATES MEETINC, 



A good turnout from all of the Eleven 

 Western States attended the Eighth Annual 

 Meeting of their States (Soil) Conserva- 

 tion Committees, Commissions and Boards, 

 hosted this year by the Montana Conserva- 

 tion Commission at West Yellowstone, 

 September 19-21. 



Excellent papers were given on a variety 

 of subjects dealing with land use plan- 

 ning. Perhaps one striking comment that 

 poses a challenge for Conservation Districts 

 was made by a VJyoming delegate who ex- 

 plained, if land use planning is going to 

 be done, districts are going to have to 

 do it. 



The states of Washington, Oregon, Calif- 

 ornia, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colo- 

 rado, Utah, Idaho, VJyoming and Montana 

 each spent much time in preparing for this 

 conference. The presentations were so 

 outstanding in the minds of tlie conferees, 

 it was decided proceedings should be pub- 



^lished and .^tiven wide dissemination by each 

 of the states. Strong empliasis was given 

 that much exchange of information and 

 publicity should be given on the subject 

 of land use planning, and big league"' 

 measures instituted to do this it was 

 asserted. 



Wayne Pritchard, Executive Secretary, 

 SCSA, Ankeny, Iov;a, talks about land 

 use policy in his Keynote Address. 



Bob Baum, KACD Prograi.; Advisor, Pacific 

 Area, sun'marizes his thoughts on land 

 use planninn. 



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ENVIRONI-IENTAL FILM SERVICE ANNOUNCED 



Establishment of a new environmental film service began operation Thursday, 

 September 13, 1971 it was announced by officials of the National Association 

 of Conservation Districts (NACD) at League City, Texas. 



Nearly two thousand prints of films of 154 different titles have been acquired 

 to be loaned on a nominal service charge basis to conservation districts, schools, 

 colleges, universities, TV stations, civic clubs, and otlier groups concerned about 

 environmental matters. The goal of the NACD Environmental Film Service is to 

 provide a national center of visual aids for furthering environmental education. 



The films, now the core of the center, were granted to NACD by the USDA Soil 

 Conservation Service (SCS) , following a shut do^vn of four regional films centers. 

 NACD has added facilities for reviewing, inspecting, repairing, and rejuvenation 

 of prints. 



Free catalogs of the preliminary holdings are available from the NACD Environmental 

 Film Service, P. 0. Box 855, League City, Texas 77573. 



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