DISTRICT DOINGS 



Granite SWCD Mr. Speacht reported that 



32 Philipsburg 6th grade students visit- 

 ed Cy Corlettes rock jetties and riprap 

 on the Clark Fork, Allendale concrete 

 ditch and at the same time Cy talked to 

 the students about grass. Then they 

 visited Lower Willow Creek watershed and 

 then looked at Parker's sprinkler. The 

 Hall and Drummond students came to the 

 Philipsburg area and visited the Vic 

 Johnson and Tom Collins project of re- 

 claiming the land along the highway. 

 Also a visit to forest lands to view clear 

 cut and slash removal was made. 



Ga rfield County SWCD Karl Hinther made 

 a motion that C. H. Mahoney be appointed 

 as Montana representative of the Upper 

 Missouri Development Assn. and that said 

 recommendation be sent to Gov. Anderson, 

 other concerned state departments and 

 the Congressional Delegation. 



Richland County SWCD Bill Driver, SCS 

 lead a discussion concerning the town of 

 Sidney entering the district. It was 

 .agreed that the Chamber of Commerce Agri- 

 culture Committee would be contacted to 

 see if the district could assist them 

 to encourage Sidney to enter the dist- 

 rict. Also, individual city council mem- 

 bers are to be contacted to explain the 

 advantages of entering the district. This 

 will be done in advance of the April Elec- 

 tion. 



L ower M ussel she I I SWCD Gene Jones, BLM 

 representative, presented the BLM's allot- 

 ment management plan for the Lake Mason 

 Grazing Association. He explained that 

 plans such as this had to be drawn up so 

 that BLM funds can be allocated for devel- 

 opment work. He asked that the Board 

 of Supervisors sign the agreement as a 

 cooperating agency. Zinne moved that the 

 V ice-Chairman sign for the Lower Mussel- 

 shell SWCD. seconded, passed. 



Ruby Val ley S WCD Group applications dis- 

 cussed for the Bullerdick & Thompson ditch- 

 es regarding riprap and repair of head- 

 gates to eliminate sedimentation and pol- 

 lution from same. 



Montana Sol 1 & Water Conservation 



District needs inventory booklets handed 

 out to all members for year 1970. Vo_Ag 

 teachers of both schools (Twin Bridges 

 & Sheridan) were also given copies. 



Beaverhead SWCD District policies relating 

 to new land ditch enlargements was a sit- 

 uation discussed as to what is really a 

 conservation practice and what is a pro- 

 duction practice. The supervisors agreed 

 to take the position of better distribu- 

 tion of water, smaller ditches with a 

 possible maximum of 15 minor inches per 

 acre. 



Gal latin Val ley SWCD Ch. VanHoorn re- 

 ported on a meeting at the Court House 

 on Flood Control. An organization to be 

 known as the East Gallatin Resources Com- 

 mittee was formed with Elmer Rosner, Ch. 

 As a result of this action, VanHoorn signed 

 a letter from the district to A.B.Linford 

 requesting an amendment to the P.L.566 

 Watershed application now on file and to 

 include a Flood Plan Survey of the East 

 Gallatin River. This action was author- 

 ized by a motion made by Buttleman. 



Petroleum County SWCD After much dis- 

 cussion on a Cooperative Agreement be- 

 tween BLM and Petroleum County SWCD, 

 Gary Gershmel made a motion that the 

 Agreement be signed. Earl Bassett second- 

 ed the motion, passed. 



Upper Mussel she I I SWCD The conservation 

 booklets. Working Together For A Livable 

 Land, received late last spring and held 

 over til this school year, to be distrib- 

 uted as follows, Harlowton - 50, Judith 

 Gap - 20, Shawmut - 10, Twodot - 10, and 

 Cherry Creek School - 10. 



Box Elder SWCD Mr. Bickerdyke wrote Mr. 

 Linford and the State Conservationist of 

 So. Dakota explaining the District's 

 interest in the RC&D district of the 

 Black Hills which will probably correct 

 the mis- information concerning the dist- 

 rict's attitude toward the eastern Mont- 

 ana District. There was also discussion 

 concerning the priorities that should be 

 set up for Carter Co. in relation to 

 the RC&D district . 



