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Almost 100 young people from almost 

 al I counties in Montana participated in 

 the 24th Montana 4-H Conservation Camp 

 held at the Beavercreek Camp near Havre 

 on July 6-10, 1970. This camp itself 

 is made possible through the generosity 

 of the Federal Cartridge Company. In 

 addition to this many individual members 

 ^ceive travel expenses to the camp from 

 their local Soil 4 Water Conservation 

 Districts. 



Conservation Camp is the only state- 

 wide camp held in Montana. Its specific 

 purposes are to teach young people im- 

 )rtant principles related to the conser- 

 itlon of natural resources and to encour- 

 age them to go home and do something 

 about problems confronting us in the area 

 of conservation. 



Reports completed by the young 

 people at the close of the camp indicate 

 that the workshops were both interesting 

 and educational. The workshops includ- 

 ed "Environment" conducted by Mrs. Carol 

 Tarnavsky, Montana Extension Service, 

 and M.J. Jackson, Montana Extension Ser- 

 vice; "Recreation Area Management" taught 

 by George Evans, Assistant Professor 

 of Horticulture, MSU and James Murphy, 

 a graduate assistant in the Plant and Soil 

 Science (Department at MSU; "Soi Is" con- 

 ducted by Roger Wilson of the Extension 

 Service, assisted by Calvin Craw, County 

 Extension Agent at Culbertson. Other 

 workshops included "Water" taught by 

 Orrin Ferris, Chief Engineer, Water Re- 

 sources Board, Helena, and Assisted by 

 Alan Pearson, Hill County Agent; and 

 "Wildlife" conducted by Vincent Yannone, 

 ^^ducation Assistant, Information Divi- 

 ^Plon, Fish & Game Department, Helena, and 

 Pat McKelvey, also of the Fish & Game. 



In addition to 75 4-H members there 

 were nine Boy Scouts from Wolf Point, 

 two girls from Alberta, two boys from 

 Saskatchewan, and Internet ion Farm Youth 

 Exchange delegates from Italy, Jamaica, 

 and the Dominican Republic at the camp. 



Assisting in directing the camp were 

 eight 4-H members who did a tremendous 

 Job of emphasizing conservation following 

 their attendance at the 1969 camp. They 

 were: Peggy Arnott, Utica; Diane Granning, 

 Flaxville; Richard Green, Columbia Falls; 

 Jack McLean, Brady; Lynn Meyer, Geyser; 

 Tom Sparks, Plevna; Casey Stout, Kail spell; 

 and Donna Swank of Poplar. 



Special speakers for the camp were 

 Bob Anderson, Fort Benton, Vice Presi- 

 dent of the MASWCD who talked on Soil & 

 Water Conservation District work and 

 Robert Scherer, Under Sheriff of Hill 

 County who talked on rifle safety. 

 Anderson offered a definition of conser- 

 vation as "Maximum use without abuse." 



Supervisors of the HI I I County SWCD 

 welcomed the campers. Supervisors from 

 the Blaine County SWCD also visit the 

 camp. Bill Stevens from the Federal 

 Cartridge Company was also a visitor . 



Many of the campers wi I I be working 

 hard to "tell their conservation story" 

 during the next year. I would urge all 

 In Montana who are Interested In conser- 

 vation to help these young people do 

 an effective Job of reporting and ex- 

 panding on their experiences at camp. 

 Young people are very concerned about 

 conservation in our country today. 

 They can make a great addition to the 

 conservation team. 



