By 



Marge 



Uhlrich 



We knew she was coming, so we baked a cake Bui she 

 brought the frosting! 



Mrs. Eart (Thelma) McClellan, Auxiliary president of the 

 National Association of Conservation Districts, was invited to 

 attend the MACD's annual meeting in Missoula and was the 

 guest speaker for the ladies' breakfast meeting 



As a member of the National Education Committee she was 

 particularly interested in the efforts being made to promote 

 conservation m the Montana school system curriculum She 

 expressed her appreciation for the opportunity to participate m 

 the Education Committee meeting and to attend the workshop 

 conducted by Duane Bosworth of the Western Regional Techm 

 cal Service Center for the SCS, Portland. Oregon She com 

 mented that these activities, along with the tour of the Missoula 

 County High School Land Laboratory, conducted by Harold 

 Knapp. Forestry Environment Education Director, fit m perfectly 

 with the conservation education opportunities proposed by the 

 National Association Education Committee which include 



1. Outdoor Classrooms — A project in which every Dis- 

 trict can be involved with local schools and make an 

 important contribution in conservation education 



2. Teacher Workshops — Since most teachers have had 

 little or no background in conservation education, it is 

 essential that teachers at all grade levels be given an op- 

 portunity to attend conservation workshops 



3. Curriculum Guides — Encouraging all Districts to par- 

 ticipate with the Ladies Auxiliary in getting conservation 

 curriculum guides in the schools 



4. Conservation Education Advisory Councils — To en 

 courage State Associations to help establish such coun- 

 cils at state level with the state departments of educa- 

 tion and at the District level in cooperation with local 

 school districts 



Mrs McClellan enthusiastically outlined her 1971-1972 pro) 

 ect for the NACD Auxiliary With the cooperation of the 

 National Council of State Garden Clubs, it is suggested that 

 Teachers' Curriculum Guides to Conservation Education be dis 

 tributed to every school in the United States The Teachers' 

 guides entitled. 'People and Their Environment," were written 

 for teachers, by teachers, and designed to make conservation 

 education an essential part of any school system's curriculum 

 Mrs Don Naegti, Green Mountain CD, was appointed as educa 

 tion chairman to study the possibility of cooperating with this 

 project on a state level 



Commenting on the convention theme "Land Use Planning' . 

 Mrs. McClellan urged that auxiliary members become involved 

 in such roles as district supervisors, commissioners or directors 

 As individuals, members were also encouraged to beautify their 

 own yards and land, be conscious of all pollution prevention, 

 and promote recycling of household items. 



Reaffirming her concern, she concluded: 



"As women you naturally care about the kind of world our 

 children will inherit You are sensitive to the beauty'of earth 

 and want to safeguard its values for future generations The 

 challenge to the women of America is clear, and getting louder, 

 understand and support conservation efforts, then ACT' HOW' 

 By becoming involved in land use planning and help to create 

 a national environmental conscience' " 



"Today resource conservation 

 touches the lives of everyone. . . 

 whether we live on the farm, in 

 the city or in the suburbs," Rob- 

 ert Anderson, Fort Benton, pres 

 dent of the Montana Association 

 of Conservation Districts, told 

 MACD delegates to the 30th an- 

 nual meeting of the group. 



Meeting in Missoula, district 

 conservation supervisors from 

 across Montana spent their 

 three-day convention period dis- 

 cussing means to achieve "Land 

 Use Planning," theme of the 

 meeting. 



"It is not enough to be con- 

 cerned only with the most obvi- 

 ous calamities that destroy our 

 resources," Anderson said in 

 making his annual membership 

 report. "We must also concern 

 ourselves with the 'everyday' 

 changes taking place all around 

 us— the city creeping out into 

 the country, the little marsh that 

 becomes a golf course, the 

 wheatfield inundated by a reser- 

 voir, the dam that changes a 

 stream into a lake. 



"A filling station located on a 

 floodplain, a dream house on un- 

 stable soils, billboards masking 

 the beauty of the countryside . . . 

 these are costly mistal<es that 

 take their toll of property, happi- 



at 



work 

 and 

 play . 



1971 MACD CONVENTION picture highlights included the Mis- 

 soula Boy Scout troop (above) which presented the colors at the 

 opening session, the "candid" shot of Area Conservationist Harm 

 Uhlrich fright I: the land use panel of (l-r) Bruce Bugbee, A B 

 Linford. Hal Price. Pete Jackson and Norris Nichols fright above!. 

 MACD Auxiliary officers for 1 972 fl-r) Mrs Raymond Patrick, vice 

 president. Mrs. H. F. Uhlrich. president, and Mrs. James McCann. 



ness and sometimes lives. But 

 they don't have to happen if we 

 do our job," Anderson told the 

 delegates. 



Enforcing the convention 

 theme, the main panel of the con- 

 vention was on "Land Use Plan- 

 ning," with Rep. Norris Nichols, 

 Stevensville; Rep. Peter V. Jack- 

 son, Harrison; A. B. Linford, 

 Bozeman, Montana State Con- 

 servationist; Bruce Bugbee, Mis- 

 soula city and county land use 

 consultant, and Hal Price, Helena, 

 senior planner to the Montana 

 Department of Planning and Eco- 

 nomic Development. 



The annual Awards Banquet 

 of MACD featured recognition 

 of Ernest Wills and John Schroe- 

 der, both of the Missoula County 

 Conservation District, and Les- 

 lie Criswell, Treasure County 

 Conservation District, for 25 

 years of service, and a 20-year 

 award to William Kesler, Flat- 

 head County Conservation Dis- 

 trict. 



Other service awards went to: 



Ralph Briggs, Cascade Coun- 

 ty; Henry Van Hoorn, Gallatin 

 County; Charles E. Lane, Gran- 

 ite County; Harold Jensen, Lit- 

 tle Beaver Conservation District, 

 and L. M. Jeffers, Madison Coun- 

 ty (all 15-year awards.) 



Ernest Fouhy, Daniels County; 

 Mervy Long, Gallatin County; 

 Ray Shaw, Garfield County; Gary 

 Gershmel, Petroleum County; 

 Omer Erickson, Rosebud Coun- 

 ty; John Yost, Sweet Grass 

 County; I. H. Mclntyre and Ray- 

 mond Melby, both of Valley 

 County, and Orton Kirkvold, 

 Froid (all 10-year awards.) 



Outstanding supervisor awards 

 went to Bradley Parrish, Fergus 



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tana office). Bureau of Outdoor Rec- 

 reation. Bureau of Reclamation. Bu- 

 reau of Sport Fisheries and Wild- 

 life, and VVater Quality Administra- 

 tion 



As a further expansion of the 

 MACD public information program, 

 both the school system and TREA- 

 SURE ACRES feature coverage will 

 be developed for media program 

 presentation with Montana's televi- 

 sion and radio networks — all of 

 whom have indicated plans to co- 

 operate with the proposed project 

 The material developed for TREA- 

 SURE ACRES also will be made 

 available for Montana's print media 

 with Sunday feature page coverage 

 seen as the most likely area of public 

 presentation, according to the proj- 



ects developers 



Selected column-type presenta- 

 tions will be made available for both 

 weekly and daily newspaper use. as 

 well as Montana's specialized verti- 

 cal publications 



MACD will work most closely with 

 the Montana Department of Public 

 Instruction in developing a program 

 coordinated with the planned cur- 

 riculum of the pilot school systems. 



Present plans call for coordinat- 

 ing the curriculum with the "People 

 and Their Environment" text series, 

 developed by Drs Paul F Brand- 

 wein and Matthew J Brennan of the 

 Pinchot Institute for Conservation 

 Studies The text, available in eight 

 spiral-bound volumes, is recom- 

 mended by both the National Asso- 



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