%A CD Proposes Education I Media Project 



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J^^^' This issue of TREASURE ACRES 

 '97/ marks a milestone in the develop 

 ment and direction of the Montana 

 Association of Conservation Dis 

 tricts. It also appears destined to be 

 singular on a national level— and in 

 the history of the National Associa- 

 tion of Conservation Districts 



In cooperation with the office of 

 Montana's Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, the Montana Associa 

 tion of Conservation Districts pro- 

 poses a pilot program of conserve 

 tion education which, if approved, 

 will set up a yearlong program of 

 conservation and environmental ed- 

 ucation for the state's school dis- 

 tricts—involving more than 200,000 

 primary and secondary school child- 

 ren in Montana 



Additionally, the more than 20,000 

 conservation cooperators of Mon- 

 tana's 58 conservation districts, 

 through their boards of supervis- 

 ors, will serve as "resource advisors" 

 to the pilot school districts in provid- 

 ing both classroom and field work 

 assistance and advice 



The district supervisors, assisted 

 by the Soil Conservation Service and 

 other advisory federal agencies, will 

 work with the selected conservation 

 teachers to provide supplemental 

 "resident " expertise for in-the-field 

 student education, according to Rob- 

 ert Anderson, Fort Benton, president 

 of MACD and originator of the proj- 

 ect idea 



TREASURE ACRES becomes a 

 vital aspect of the program in that 

 as proposed, the publication will 

 be used to supplement classroom 

 and in-field study with timely infor- 

 mation on actual conservation pro- 

 grams being developed by MACD 

 conservation cooperators m all parts 

 of Montana 



As evidence of the role TREASURE 

 ACRES will play in the program, this 

 issue will be submitted to the US 

 Office of Education as the "principal 

 exhibit" in the application for federal 

 funding of what is believed to be the 

 most unique and extensive program 

 of conservation education and pub- 

 lic information ever attempted under 

 provisions of the Environmental Ed- 

 ucation Act (Public Law 91 -51 6). 



Anderson explains the proposed 

 project and its inspiration as follows 



"For at least the last decade, MA- 

 CD has sought an effective way to 

 broaden dissemination of conserva- 

 tion information in Montana (we 

 spend too much time talking to our- 

 selves') and to help in the establish- 

 ment of an adequately funded con- 

 servation curriculum for Montana's 



school districts under the direction 

 of the State Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction 



"As what we feel will be a signifi- 

 cant move in the direction of accom- 

 plishing both of these objectives and 

 also to provide an area of involve 

 ment by our 58 member Conserva- 

 tion Districts with the youth of Mon- 

 tana, we propose a close working al 

 liance with Montana's conservation 

 educators — using TREASURE 

 ACRES as the supporting medium 

 and as a teaching tool' for our 

 schools 



"Essentially, in our application for 

 Office of Education funding and as- 

 sistance in starting the program, we 

 plan to broaden the news' function 

 of TREASURE ACRES to feature 

 general educational and informa- 



tional material of interest to MACD's 

 membership PLUS special material 

 keyed to the proposed conservation 

 education curriculum of Montana's 

 primary and secondary school sys- 

 tems TREASURE ACRES also will 

 be used as the base for news and 

 feature material for news (print) 

 media releases and radio and televi- 

 sion programming,"' Anderson said 



According to MACD, one of the 

 most "encouraging"" aspects of the 

 proposed program has been the re- 

 sponse of other groups, associa- 

 tions, agencies and individuals who 

 have volunteered to participate in 

 the project Among groups who 

 have expressed interest in cooperat- 

 ing as "resource people" in the pro- 

 gram are: 



Montana"s Department of Natur- 



al Resources, Department of Health 

 (environmental protection and air 

 and water pollution), the Environ- 

 mental Protection Council, Fish and 

 Game Department, the State Plan- 

 ning Board, 



Montana Wildlife Federation, Mon- 

 tana Conservation Council, Montana 

 Stockgrowers, Montana Woolgrow- 

 ers. Farmers Union, Farm Bureau. 

 Montana Grain Growers Associa- 

 tion, Montana Associated Utilities; 



The US Department of Agricui- 

 ture"s Soil Conservation Service 

 (state, area and district level). Agri- 

 cultural Stabilization and Conserva- 

 tion Service, Forest Service (Re- 

 gion 1 ); 



The US Department of Interior's 

 Bureau of Land Management (Mon- 

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Vol. XXIII, No. VI 



November/December, 1971 



MAU/MACD Again Planning 

 Annual Speech Competition 



Montana Associated Utilities, 

 statewide association of rural elec- 

 tric cooperatives, will again provide 

 S500 in scholarship money for 

 MACDs Second Annual High School 

 Speech competition, according to 

 Riley Childers, executive secretary 

 of MAU 



The contest, sponsored jointly by 

 Montana Associated Utilities and the 

 Montana Association of Conserva- 

 tion Districts, is open to all high 

 school students in the state with 

 awards of S250, SI 50 and SI 00 

 awarded the top three state final- 

 ists 



Individual high school contests 

 will be conducted under the aus- 

 pices of county and area Conserva- 

 tion Districts and must be com- 



pleted before Oct. 1, 1972 Coun- 

 ty-level winners will advance to one 

 of the area-level contests where 

 finalists will be chosen. 



The top six finalists will appear for 

 final judging at MACD's annual con- 

 vention in Miles City in late October. 



Entry blanks and contest informa- 

 tion may be obtained from district 

 and area conservation district offi- 

 ces, and also from any of Montana's 

 rural electric cooperatives, accord- 

 ing to Yugo Nayematsu, Hardin, 

 MACD education chairman and com- 

 petition coordinator 



Winner of the 1971 contest was 

 Pat Holt of Missoula, followed by 

 Jeanne Huntley of Baker and Calvin 

 Christensen of Dillon. 



RE-ELECTED AS OFFICERS of the Montana Association of Con- 

 servation Districts for 1971-72 were (l-rj Robert Anderson. Fort 

 Benton, president. A G Slattery. Hardin, vice president. Mrs. 

 William (Jeanne) Baluka. Helena, secretary Not shown is Wendell 

 Martinelf Butte, re-elected treasurer 



EFFECTIVE as of now. the two men shown 

 below~~long known as Ole and Pete — have 

 new titles Under state reorganization. 

 Ole's (top photo j new title is M Ueland. 

 Chief. Soil Conservation Bureau. Conser- 

 vation Districts Division. Department of 

 Natural Resources. 422 Mitchell BIdg.. 

 Helena 59601 Pete /lower photo) be- 

 comes Peter V Jackson. Chief. Grass Con- 

 servation Bureau. Conservation Districts 

 Division, etc . etc as above The two bu- 

 reaus will handle the work previously as- 

 signed the State Conservation Commis- 

 sion and the State Grazing Commission. 



Supervisor Workshops 



Su|}e(v'sor workshops, aimed at assislmg Distncl Conservalion Boaids m set 

 ting up land use planning guidelines, have been scheduled lor late January. February 

 and March m 1 2 Montana cities Related land use agency personnel also are mviled 

 'Tentative schedule of meetings (from 9 30 a m 3 30 p m m all instances) is as 

 follows 



Havre- Feb 1 (Tuesday)- for Hill 

 Liberty, Blame. Big Sandy and Chou 

 teau CDs 



Conrad -feb 2 (VVednesday) for 

 Toole. Glacier. Pondera, Telon and 

 Cascade CDs 



Lewis(own-Feb 23 ( Wednesdayllor 

 Judith Basin, Fergus, Petroleum, Up- 

 per Musselshell and Lower Mussel- 

 shell CDs 



Billings -9pb 24 (Thursday) lor Big 

 Horn Yellowstone Carbon. StiH- 

 waief and Sweet Grass CDs 



Boteman -V^eh 25 (Friday) lor Park, 

 Meagher Gallatin. Madison and 

 Ruby Valley CDs 



Helena March 7 (TuesdayHor Lew 

 IS and Clark. Jefferson and Broad 

 water CDs 



ffaAspe//- March 8 (Wednesday) for 



Kalispell. Flathead Lir>coln and Lake 



CDs 

 Missoula - March 9 (Thursday | lor 



Sanders, Green Mountain. Mineral 



Missoula, Rava'li and Granite CDs 

 flurre-March lU (fnday) for Boa 



verhead Mile High, Deer Lodge and 



North Powell CDs 

 Glasgow - March 15 (Wednesdayllor 



Phillips. Valley. Darnels. Sheridan and 



Roosevelt CDs 

 Circle-Match 1 6 (Thursday) for Gar 



field, McCone, Richland, Dawson. 



Wibaux and Praine CDs 

 Miles CitY-Maich 17 (Friday) for 



Custer. Little Beaver. Box Elder 



Powder River. Rosebud and Trea 



sure CDs 



'Because there may be changes in this tentative schedule, please check with local 

 SCSor County Extension olfices lor lime and place 



