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MARCH - APRIL, 1970 



CARL JOmJSON PRESIDENT SEZ 



Earth Day, April 22 has come and gone. 

 Let us hope that this is not the end of 

 man's awareness of his environmental pro- 

 blems. There were marches, tours, clean 

 up campaigns by young and old, to impress 

 upon his mind that something must be done. 



What have districts done? They have 

 been working to improve their environment 

 for the last thirty years. Or at least 

 some of the problems connected with it. 

 We started as Soil Conservation Districts 

 during the "Dirty Thirties", then Soil 

 and Water Conservation Districts, and now 

 in many parts of our nation as Natural Re- 

 source Districts. We are vitally aware 

 )f soil, air, and water pollution. For 

 'is not man's existence entirely depend- 

 ent upon the purity of these three re- 

 sources? '.-/liat else remains if these 

 are degraded? (cont'd, on page 2 ) 



govi-:piior forrest atjderson to 

 study state raiigelaijd resource plan 



Oovernor Forrest Anderson has tak- 

 en under study a recoromendation of the 

 Council of Natural Resources and Develop- 

 ment of a proposal for a State Rangeland 

 Resource Plan. 



The proposal recognizes grass as 

 Montana's leading natural resource, as 

 having a great potential tor added use 

 for livestodk, wildlife, pollution con- 

 trol, water production, mainstreet busi- 

 ness, recreation, etc. , and of great 

 concern to many agencies and groups as 

 well as stockmen for its development. 



Shown with the Oovernor to explain 

 the proposal are George McGaffick, Mel 

 Morris, Frank Ounkle, Pete Jackson, Dean 

 Hanson, Doug Smith, Gene Payne, and Jim 

 Posewitz. 



