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County; Robert Brown, McCone 

 County; Dean Hanson, Hill Coun- 

 ty; Yugo Navematsu, Big Horn 

 County; Don Naegle, Green 

 Mountain Conservation District, 

 and L. T. Robbins of Jefferson 

 Valley. 



Certificate of appreciation 

 awards were presented to Peter 

 Jackson, Carl H. Johnson, R. C. 

 Setterstrom, Mary J. Seccombe 

 and Lauretta Gossack, with the 

 annual President's Award given 

 to Nayematsu for his work as 

 chairman of MACD's education 

 committee. 



Newsletter awards went to 

 Big Horn, Big Sandy and Granite 

 Conservation Districts. Lewis and 

 Clark Conservation District was 

 announced as the 1971 Good- 

 year Conservation Award win- 

 ner, with runnerup honors going 

 to the Bitterroot Conservation 

 District. 



High school speech contest 

 winners, sponsored jointly by 

 MACD and the Montana Associ- 

 ated Utilities, were Pat Holt of 

 Missoula, Jeanne Huntley of Bak- 

 er and Calvin Christensen of Dil- 

 lon, awarded $250, $150 and 

 $100, respectively. Other state- 

 wide finalists were Jeanette 

 Sweeting of Frazer, Harvey Bont- 

 rager of Belfry and Jim McLean 



secretary-treasurer Icenter. right}: an unidentified vocalist with 

 the Bitterroot Chorus (far right): speech contest finalists (l-r) Pat 

 Holt, Jeanette Sweeting. Calvin Christensen. Harvey Bontrager. 

 Jeanne Huntley and Jim McLean flower left), and Keynoter Roy 

 Peck and an appreciative Everett Snortland. luncheon master of 

 ceremonies {bottom right). 



of Brady. 



All MACD officers were re- 

 elected for 1971-72: Anderson, 

 president; A. G. Slattery, Hard- 

 in, vice president; Jeanne Balu- 

 ka, Helena, secretary, and Wen- 

 dell Martinell, Butte, treasurer. 



MACD women's auxiliary offi- 

 cers for 1971-72 include Mrs. H. 

 F. Uhlrich, Lewistown, president; 

 Mrs. Raymond Patrick, Havre, 

 vice president, and Mrs. James 

 McCann, Harlem, secretary-trea- 

 surer. 



Miles City was selected as the 

 siteforthe 1 972 annual meeting. 





By 



Robert 



Anderson 



Our convention m Missoula marked the end of a busy year 

 and the beginning of yet another The Mtssoula District can 

 certainly be proud of a )ob well done I have heard many favor- 

 able comments on the program, arrangements, and accommo- 

 dations We, of course, hope to make each convention better 

 than the last — not an easy task 



One of the important topics and the theme of our convention 

 was land use planning I strongly suspect that this may be one 

 of the least understood subjects of the day. and those things 

 that we do not understand, we naturally fear 



There are some pretty sound reasons for planning It provides 

 for the logical sequence of rooms to the homebuilder Homes 

 are then arranged in a pleasing residential district with ade- 

 quate parks, schools, water, sewers, roads, etc provided 

 There is a place to expand if necessary The same basic ideas 

 can be applied to the business district, industrial sites, and 

 service areas 



The farmer-rancher is a planner He examines cropping alterna- 

 tives, considers economics, and yes, he is interested m the 

 environment 



We are all individual land use planners Very often, however, 

 we are out of step with each other A little communication 

 would prevent some predictable tragedies The expensive home 

 built on a flood plain or on unsound footings is soon a slum or 

 unbearable expense to maintain People demand that feedlots 

 built where contamination will result be closed The unplanned 

 city becomes a hodgepodge of traffic snarls, slums, water and 

 sewer problems etc 



HB79. passed in the last Legislative session, provides for 

 county planning boards Our convention passed a resolution 

 supporting implementation of this legislation Districts can 

 provide some valuable help in this area Work with your Com- 

 missioners and let's have a planning board m every county of 

 this state before the year ends This doesn't have to be an 

 expense to your county In many cases you can do your own 

 planning with help provided you from the Department of Plan- 

 ning in Helena Other counties will want to hire a professional 

 planner, using funds derived from the permissive levy and 

 matching funds available Remember, planning boards have no 

 real authority, the power m this framework is m your local 

 county commissioners Where better? 



Let's meet this challenge and measure up to the trust placed 

 in us as supervisors and cooperators in the leading conserva- 

 tion organization of this State! 



\ Education Media Project 



elation of Conservation Districts and 

 the National Council of State Garden 

 Clubs and their Montana affiliates 

 Designed for Grades 1-12. the text 

 series advises Vol 1 for Grades 1 

 2, 3. Vol 2 for Grades 4, 5, 6. Vol 

 3 for science study for Grades 7, 8 

 9. Vol 4 for social studies for Grades 

 7, 8, 9. Vol 5 tor Grades 10,11 

 1 2 (social studies). Vol 6 for Grades 

 9. 10, 11, 12 (home economics) 

 and Vol 8 as an outdoor laboratory 

 guide for all grades 



Nonformal and innovative in con- 

 :ept (no other conservation group 

 n the nation has attempted a pro- 

 gram in such close alliance with edu 

 :ators), the proposed project would 

 align practicing conservationists with 

 I -onservation educators As envi- 



sioned by (VIACD the general editor 

 lal content of TREASURE ACRES 

 will be attuned to the conservation 

 education program as established 

 for the pilot schools in (VIontana 

 The school level conservation 

 curriculum would be supported by 

 on-the-spot examples provided by 

 the various MACD districts with 

 knowledge and experience in the 

 study areas TREASURE ACRES 

 would thus reflect the in-field exper- 

 ience of Montana's farmers and 

 ranchers and would be available to 

 educators in a joint program of edu- 

 cation for "tomorrow's conserva- 

 tionists— our youth," according to 

 Anderson and Montana's Office of 

 the Superintendent of Public In 

 struction 



—Highlight Resolutions 



Research — recognized the saline seep problem as the most ur- 

 gent conservation problem on the nonjrrigated cultivated land. 

 Much more information through research is needed Therefore, 

 in consideration of the urgency and seriousness of the problem, 

 the MACD is asking the US Congress for federal funds in an 

 amount to adequately solve the saline seep and associated prob- 

 lems in a reasonable time A five-year estimate of $840,000 is 

 figured to do the job in the Highwood and two or three other 

 research areas. 



Planning — encouraged each district to take the lead in broad land 

 use planning to provide guidance in proper land use in accordance 

 with the moral obligations and legal responsibilities given them 

 by the people of Montana. 



Special Use Foes— deals with the intent by US Forest Service 

 to charge annual fees for water delivery systems and seeks clari- 

 fication as to whether these charges are legal and valid 



Revenue Sharing — asks that should revenue sharing be approv- 

 ed, such funding allocated to the State of Montana under the 

 Revenue Sharing Plan be redistributed to existing conservation 

 programs at essentially the same rate now in effect. 



