Mont. Assoc. Dir. cont'd. 



NACD Great Plains Area Meeting 



rehiring of an Extension Forester by Exten- 

 sion Service. 



Carl Zinne reporting on Public Lands said 

 the question of "other use (multiple use") man- 

 agement" on Public lands other than forage for 

 livestock is creating some problems that need 

 to be resolved. Much emphasis is being giv- 

 en as to the Careful "se of pesticides on 

 watersheds to use them right, to avoid con- 

 troversy in their use. 



Pete Jackson, legislative committee chair- 

 man asked for items to be acted on by legis- 

 lature. Suggestions were made to consider 

 amending the SWCD law to provide for better 

 procedures to qualify voters for establish- 

 ment of project areas; to provide for election 

 of SWCD supervisors under or in conjunction 

 with county general elections; to change vot- 

 ing procedures for bonding in keeping with 

 recent court decisions; to change name of 

 SWCD to Conservation District. Also considered 

 was the feeling that "recreation" should be 

 identified as a beneficial use of water for 

 water rights purposes. 



Bob Anderson, Chairman of Program & re- 

 search told of a publication being made avail- 

 able to all districts titled "A Community 

 Action Guide for Soil Erosion and Control." 

 This guide outlines ways districts, counties, 

 and municipalities, and other agencies, can 

 set up a sediment control program. 



Chairman Dean Hanson reported on activi- 

 ties of the SSCC and expressed appreciation 

 to the Association for the SSCC being invited 

 to meet jointly with them. Hanson reported 

 on matters of state government reorganization, 

 planning, budgets, district assistance to 

 non-agriculturlal land occupiers, addition of 

 cities and towns to districts. 



Of great interest to the directors was 

 a proposal to publish a looseleaf supervisor 

 handbook to contain various current Informa- 

 tion valuable to supervisors relative to 

 district operation. 



Ave Linford, State Conservationist, SCS, 

 reported on the status of assistance avail- 

 able to districts by his agency, and told of 

 new approaches to fulfilling the demand for 

 technical assistance. Despite a reduced work 

 force, much is being accomplished working 

 with more programs and with more people. 



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Several Montana district supervIsors( 

 attended the six state meeting of the 

 National Association of Conservation Dist- 

 ricts meeting in Rapid City, S. Dakota, 

 June 1st and 2nd. 



A highlight of the meeting was a pan- 

 el presentation of a junior board of sup- 

 ervisors. These young people work and 

 operate a conservation program in conjunc- 

 tion with the regular elected supervisors 

 In several districts in S. Dakota. 



George Bag ley, NACD Vice-President, 

 gave a very Interesting talk titled 

 "Districts in Transition". He stated a 

 host of things have been changing In our 

 society. Districts have been changing too. 

 It is a new ball game. The important thing 

 is to get In the game — the environmental 

 game — and not sit on the bench. 



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SSCC Approves Addition of Cities and Towns 



The State Sol I Conservation Committee 

 at its June meeting in Lewistown approved^ 

 the addition of 10 towns and cities to 

 their respective soil and water conservation 

 districts as a result of favorable votes 

 by land occupiers In each of these munici- 

 pal ities: 



Alberton to Mineral 



Superior to Mineral 



Bearcreek to Carbon 



Jol let to Carbon 



Ryega+e to Lower Musselshell 



Ekalaka to Box Elder 



Poplar to Cul bertson-Bainvi I le 



Culbertson to Cu I bertson-Bainvi I le 



Fro id to Fro id 



White Sulphur Springs to Meagher 



This brings to 46 of 126, the number 

 of cities or towns which have voted to be- 

 come part of a SWCD In the last 2 years. 



GOVERNOR COMMENDS RANGE PLAN GOALS 



Governor Forrest Anderson in a recent 

 letter to Pete Jackson of the steering com- 

 mittee, commenting on the proposed state 

 range plan stated in part "the goals of the 

 plan are commendible — I wish the program ^^ 

 every success." ^P 



