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WATER! 



— a constant concern 

 of conservationists 



BOARD: 



Ke/th Edwards, Marvin Works, Bill Sibra, 

 Elmer Lund, Milan Pavlovick: John Hen- 

 nelly. Ray Aman: Larry Diacon. Carmen 

 Farley, Ernest Bahnmiller, Gary Hayward. 



Leon McConkey 



Pox 218 



Big Sandy, Mt. 



59520 



Gig 8snf3y 

 Qonsenvstion Qistmct 



Our district is semi-arid and over 

 the years most of the feasible small 

 stockwater dams have been built. There 

 is, however, one practical source of 

 water which remains virtually untapped 

 at this time. This is the waters of the 

 Marias and Missouri Rivers, which bor- 

 der two sides of the district. Now that 



low-cost pipe is available, as well as 

 more efficient trenching machines, 

 water may be moved many miles at 

 relatively low expense. 



One of the major problems of 

 rangeland improvement in the Big 

 Sandy Conservation District is stock 

 water. A group of ranchers consisting 

 of Jerry Halter, Charles Tordik and Mel 

 Hoge decided to alleviate their problem. 

 Quantity of dependable water and pro- 

 per location which enhances proper 

 range use needed for sustained cattle 

 numbers prompted this group to look 



into the possibility of a pipeline from 

 the Missouri River. Several pastures 

 were short of summer and fall water. To 

 get use from unused portions of these 

 pastures, a pipeline six miles long was 

 designed to supply water to ten tanks. 

 The lift to the highest tank was 200 

 feet. It was buried six feet to prevent 

 frost damage. 



We feel there are many possibili- 

 ties of this sort along the Missouri 

 and Marias Rivers as well as other 

 rivers in the semi-arid portion of Mon- 

 ktana. 



range 

 renovation 



Range Seeding 



Thickspike Wheatg 

 grass. Slender Wheatg. 

 Heilig ranch. Final 

 acres back to nat/iJe 

 acres back to Crested 



First-year stand of 



ass. Green Needle- 



rass on Gary 



J^lan calls for J. 000 



grasses and 300 



Wfieatgrass. 





Grazi ig 



Range Renovatior 



shovels on 12 

 the Mitchell 

 get rid of clubmos. 

 cactus The area wi 

 (a Western and 

 Needle and Threadd, 



BOARD: 



Roy Nash, Harold Paulsen. Gerald Munson, 

 Herman Friede. James McCann; Bill Par nell, 



Jim Ashton 



Box 427 



Chinook, Mt. 



59523 



Elaine Qcunty 

 Qonsepvstion Qistpict 



Native range seeding, 

 pasture planting, range reno- 

 vation, and planned grazing 

 systems — this is how the 

 operators in the Blaine Coun- 

 ty Conservation District are 

 increasing their income. 



Blaine County has over 1 ,- 

 700,000 acres of rangeland, 

 50 - 70 percent in fair to poor 

 condition. Over $1 million 

 added income could be real- 

 ized annually if all the range- 

 land was in good to excellent 

 condition. 

 I nt e r es t m- 



Toolbar with 7" 

 Iters was used by 



Association to 



grams grass and 



'/ come back heavy 



yyheatgrass and 



rass. 



i mprov i n g 

 rangeland is building with 

 each passing year. Last year 

 alone saw 3,000 acres of mar- 

 ginal cropland and low pro- 

 ducing rangeland seeded 

 back to tame grass species 

 for early spring grazing. 



Range renovation is just 

 starting to catch the interest 

 of the operators in Blaine 

 County. With the large Club 

 Moss infestations north of 

 the Milk River, renovation Is 

 almost a necessity if range- 

 land is to be improved. 



E a ch ye a r a dd i t i ona l aoroo 



are being renovated with ex- 

 cellent results. Production is 

 increased and runoff from 

 snow melt and heavy rains is 

 being stopped. 



Roy Nash, chairman of the 

 Blaine County Conservation 

 District board of supervisors, 

 summed up the interest in 

 range improvement by stat- 

 ing he would like to see 

 Blaine County the first coun- 

 ty in the state to reach the 

 goal of 80% of the rangeland 

 in excellent condition. 



P*^ 



By 



Robert 



Anderson 



t 



Welcome to your "Awareness 

 Leads to Action" convention! 



Due largely to the untiring 

 efforts of a lot of people during 

 the past 30 years, MACD starts 

 its fourth decade of service to 

 Montana conservation in a lead- 

 ership role of unparalleled op- 

 portunity . . . and challenge. 



It is the challenge ahead dur- 

 ing this next decade that will 

 occupy most of our deliberation 

 for the next few days here at 

 Miles City. We've fought long 

 and hard to be accepted as the 

 rational voice of conservation 

 in Montana. And we've won. 

 Now it's up to us to deliver. 



As delegates to MACD's 31st 

 Annual Convention, you will be 

 called upon to make important 

 decisions as to budget and pro- 

 gram — not only for the next 

 year, but with an eye to the fu- 

 ture. Our actions here will de- 

 termine the future direction of 

 MACD for decades to come. 



The Ladies Auxiliary consid- 

 ers it a privilege to participate in 

 this annual convention of the 

 Montana Association of Conser- 

 vation Districts . . . and extends 

 warm wishes for its success. 



We especially welcome the 

 new faces among the ladies and 

 encourage them to attend the 

 general meetings and a chosen 

 committee meeting, as well as 

 our Ladies' Breakfast. As mem- 

 bers of the Education Commit- 

 tee, we are particularly urged to 

 attend that meeting. Your par- 

 ticipation can be enjoyable and 

 an inspiration to respond to the 

 theme of this convention — 

 "Awareness Leads to Action." 



Nothing worthwhile is achieved 

 without great effort or diffi- 

 culties. If our Auxiliary with its 

 helping hands can assist in any 

 way toward reaching the goals 

 of the Association of Conserva- 

 tion Districts, we will have ful- 

 filled a purpose. 



Marge 

 Uhlnch 



