FIELD LAB DEDICATED TO USE 



^|s the primary user, the Circle Schools 

 ■^wlll administer the facility and program 

 its use and maintenance with technical 

 assistance provided by the Soil Conserva- 

 tion Service when requested. 



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McCone Conservation District Supervisor, 

 Stan Robbins, speaks at dedication 



^^reraonies for Earth Science Field 



^Rboratory . 



Circle High School Principal Robert 

 McDonald dedicated the new Earth Sciences 

 Field Laboratory to "Use". It is to be 

 used by "anyone interested in using it — 

 the young or only the young in spirit", 

 according to McDonald. He also told the 

 guests and students the lab is there to 

 enable them to study the earth sciences 

 first hand; to get more from their classes 

 than what is found in textbooks . 



The land was donated by the County 

 Commissioners on behalf of the residents 

 of the county. McCone Conservation 

 District Supervisors agreed to provide 

 publicity and information concerning its 

 use and donated study guides for teachers 

 in the Circle Schools to use in relation 

 to the lab . 



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^^lution is one of those things that 

 everybody talks about and everybody 

 does something about — like 



contributing to it. 



CONSERVATION CA'^IP - by Rosanne Gross 



The 25th Annual 4-H Conservation Camp 

 was held July 6-10 at Camp Kiwanis, south 

 of Havre. Delegates attended from 37 

 counties. The camp lias a beautiful 

 setting and is part of the Beaver Creek 

 Recreation ^rea. 



Five workshops were presented. One in 

 Wildlife, Recreation Area Management, 

 Plants and Man, Soils and Range Manage- 

 ment. Each person selected the area they 

 wanted to learn about and spent some 18 

 hours in this specialized field. I was 

 enrolled in the workshop Recreation Area 

 Management. I learned box-; to identify 

 plants which is an essential steo in 

 recreation planning and planting. T-Je 

 gathered many of our local plants, 

 discussed them, and learned to use a plant 

 identification key. I learned how to 

 graft and bud; a technique used for in- 

 creasing the number of plants. We tried 

 our hand at grafting and planted the 

 results of our efforts for future recrea- 

 tion groups to study. 



To measure man's influence on the ecology, 

 we inventoried undisturbed spots, areas 

 under automobile use and places where 

 human feet have trampled. Ground cover 

 conservation is a major recreation maint- 

 enance problem. 



The last afternoon of camp we had a 

 chance to show the rest of the campers 

 what we learned in our workshop about 

 plant identification. 



They have a beautiful pool at camp and 

 many of us took the advantage of the pool 

 as it got real warm on the last two days 

 of camp. Everybody seemed to like to 

 play volley ball and it took up most of 

 the spare time when classes and evening 

 programs were not in session. Meal time 

 was a pleasant time. At each meal we had 

 entertainment and sang songs which were 

 generally led by the return campers. 



The camp was enjoyable and fun. I hope 

 more boys and girls will attend. 



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