PLANNING LEGISLATION 



Convention news cont'd. 



The following Is a brief summary of 

 ^e "planning legislation" which will 

 ^i Introduced to the 42nd Legislative 

 Assembly. A detailed report, along with 

 the final bills. Is being prepared by the 

 Legislative Council and will be sent to 

 a I I Legislators. 



Copies of the ful I report and bi I Is 

 will also be available on a request basis 

 on or shortly after the 1st of December. 

 It Is hoped that those who need or would 

 like to have more complete information 

 on this subject will contact the State 

 Department of Planning and Economic 

 Development, Capitol Post Office, Helena, 

 Montana 59601. 



In brief, the recommended legislation 

 are amendments to existing statutes which 

 will permit County Commissioners to pro- 

 vide for countywide planning, zoning and 

 subdivision regulations. It will also 

 allow cities, towns, and counties to 

 combine their efforts and resources in 

 order to plan and maintain a planning pro- 

 gram. The proposed changes also estab- 

 #ished guidelines for the scope of the 

 Ian and establish certain planning stand- 

 ards which are required to be met. 



In all cases, the Planning Board is 

 an advisory body. The final authority to 

 plan and to implement the plan rests with 

 the elected officials, either the City 

 Council or the Board of County Commis sion- 

 ers. 



It is emphasized that the proposed 

 planning laws are not unique to Montana — 

 the basic concepts which these laws ex- 

 press have been tried and found to work 

 in situations similar to Montana's. 



These laws have been formulatdd in 

 light of our existing land use problems; 

 In recognition of the utter chaos seen 

 in some other States, and with the firm 

 belief that Montanans have learned from 

 the mistakes of others and have the will 

 to exercise some control over their own 

 future. 



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Yellowstone, Duane Christof ferson, Frold, 

 and John Vanlsko, Deer Lodge Valley, 15 

 years. Jack Iman, Bitterroot, William 

 Booher, Broadwater, William Skorupa, Car- 

 bon, Robert Anderson, Chouteau County, 

 Kenneth Schurch, Deer Lodge Valley, Cliff 

 Benson, Deer Lodge Valley, Al Tronstad, 

 Flathead, Edward Cervenka, Judith Basin, 

 Roland Mosher, Lewis i Clark County, 

 Reinhold Straub, Little Beaver, Ronald 

 Jackson, Meagher County, Charles Brock- 

 way, Mineral County, Wendell Copenhaver, 

 North Powell, Edward Banay, North Powell, 

 Robert Brown lee, Sweetgrass County, and 

 Eric Anderson, Upper Mussel shel I , all » 

 received their 10 year awards. 



Master of ceremonies for the Awards • 

 Banquet was Robert McClelland, Western 

 Program Advisor for the NACD, Denver. 



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 SOIL DISTRICT HONORS TEACHERS 



Whitepine- - Teachers from the Thomp- 

 son Falls, Trout Creek, Noxon and Heron 

 schools were guests Thursday at a dinner 

 given by the Green Mountain SWCD to intro- 

 duce them to resource personnal and mat- 

 erial available to assist with natural 

 resource study projects. Ed Hartman dis- 

 played chalk pictures to illustrate each 

 speaker's subject. 



Presenting material were: Harris Wllt- 

 zen, weeds and spraying; Gary Gebhart, 

 snow surveys; Carl Hayworth Forest enemies; 

 Ray Jorgenson, plant material; Alan 

 Knutson, soils and seed; Irwin Puphal, 

 rocks; A. H. Cheney, wildlife; Kelsey 

 Smith, multiple use forests; Ron Stole- 

 son, fire damage; H. Jim Wilson, Ameri- 

 can Forest Institute. 



POLLUTION ABATEMENT PITS 

 Stockmen and Dairymen in the Corvallis-Stevens- 

 ville area are joining together to construct abatement 

 pits for storing animal wastes until ready to be spread. 

 Emphasizing their concern about water and air pollu- 

 tion, they expect to manage their wastes to comply 

 with laws and regulations designed to protect the envir- 

 onment. Standard plans are available from the S C S 

 office. As a significent syep forward, 26 stockmen 

 and dairymen have signed the project proposal to init- 

 iate action in accelerating environalment cleanliness 

 in the agricultural industry of the valley. 



