DISTRICT DOINGS 



Gcii field County SWCD - Discussion was 

 held on N. P. Lands which are being brok- 



«up for farming. The board was concern- 

 that land not suited for cropland was 

 being farmed or might be. The N.P. had 

 requested and been given soils information 

 in the past. Hafia was to contact the 

 Burlington-Northern in an attempt to 

 get them to meet with the board. 



Eastern Sanders SWCD - The County Agent 

 left some bulletins on zoning to be read 

 by the supervisors. There will be an 

 extension specialist for planning and 

 zoning here in the parly part of the wear. 

 A discussion was held on electing an 

 Advisory Supervisor from the Tribal 

 Committee to serve on the Board. 



Ye I lowstone SWCD - Herb Beckers reported 

 that in 1965 a new civil rights memoran- 

 dum was initiated. Beckers explained 

 that minority group farmers are to be en- 

 couraged to become district cooperators 

 and to receive services and information 

 available. Beckers discussed other pert- 

 inent civil rights information. 



^inro in SWCD - Dexter Shermerhorn report- 

 ^Pd~that the town of Eureka has decided 

 to have each member of the Town Counci I 

 take a turn as representative of the 

 town at the Lincoln SWCD meetings. 



Lake County SWCD - There was discussion 

 of the program for Conservation Day. Clem 

 Rose suggested a talk or panel on city- 

 county planning, and perhaps include the 

 advantages of towns being part of the dis- 

 trict. Ed Bratton will arrange with 

 4-H delegates to put on a program. 

 A report on the agreement between 81 A 

 and the district will also be arranged. 



Fergus County SWCD - At a special meeting 

 held Nov. 17, 1970 all cooperating 

 agencies met with the board and report- 

 ed on their accomplishments in the dist- 

 rict during the past year and their plans 

 and recommendations for the next year. 

 The agencies reporting were BLM, County 

 Commissioners, Forest Service, ASCS, 

 Extension Service, and Soil Conservation 

 Service. The Chairman of the district 

 also reported on the many and varied pro- 

 ^^rams and activities undertaken by the 



district in 1970. 



Daniels SWCD - Boyd Tymof ichuk made a 

 motion to meet with the Scobey City Coun- 

 cil explaining the Districts duties and 

 ask them if they wish to petition to join 

 the District SWCD. 



Broadwater County SWCD - The district's 

 annual meeting was brought up for discus- 

 sion. Ray will contact Chuck Bordsen of 

 Whitehall as a possible speaker. He 

 spent four years In Thai land prior to 

 coming to Whitehall. 



Lower Mussel she I i SWCD - On Dec. 9, the 

 board spent some time talking with Rep. 

 Robbins and Sen. Moore. The subjects 

 discussed were: I) Executive Reorgan izatidn 

 2) zoning - the board indicated they 

 felt that a law should be enacted allow- 

 ing permissive county wide zoning. 3) the 

 board discussed some of the Water board 

 legislative proposals, 4) they also 

 expressed their views on contamination 

 by oil exploration companies. 



Rosebud County SWCD - Houser reported 

 on a request for SCS technical services 

 in regard to seeding on bentonite claim 

 sites in the Vananda area. Hal lett 

 Minerals who are mining there requested 

 help in determining kinds and amounts 

 of seeds to be planted. This indicates 

 that although these companies are not re- 

 quired by law, or the terms of their 

 leases, to do any reclamation, they are 

 going to do some. It was felt that public 

 awareness and feeling are causing this 

 type of concern on the part of the miners. 



Conservation Charlie news - - A new gen- 

 eral Soils map with Interpretation has 

 just recently been published for the 

 Lewis & Clark SWCD. The map was sponsor- 

 ed by the District and the Helena City 

 C ounty Planning board. It will be used 

 for broad required planning and community 

 development. 



The map gives estimates soil limitations 

 or suitability for selected uses for build- 

 ing sites, septic tank filter fields, 

 roads and parking lots, pond sites, 

 recrearion sites, etc. No. Powell & Deer 

 Lodge Valley need a similar map and hope 

 to get It In the near future If funds 

 permit. It could be a great help to 



everyone. 



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