Pictured above are Art Osburnsen, and 

 Tony Stulc with George Busey, General Man- 

 ager of Goodyear Farms. 



The goodyear Conservation Award, one 

 of the oldest of Its kind, was made In the 

 Interest shown and action taken by the Fer- 

 gus SWCD board of Supervisors In coordinat- 

 ing the various programs in the advance- 

 ment of resource development and conser- 

 vation. 



This recognition was also based on the 

 Fergus County District's well balanced 

 and active conservation program. It in- 

 cluded a vigorous information education 

 program with high quality technical serv- 

 ices to ranchers, farmers, groups, commun- 

 ities and others through the use of Great 

 Plains program. Agricultural Conserva- 

 tion Program (ACP), Small Watershed pro- 

 gram. Public Law 46 and similar programs. 

 The district was also recognized for en- 

 couraging urban participation, irrigation 

 development, recreation and wildlife 

 areas development and protection, and for 

 helping farmers and ranchers develop con- 

 servation plans and applying conservation 

 practices on their entire farms and ranches. 



Osburnsen, Chairman of Fergus County SWCD 

 Iftulc, President of P.N. Grazing Associa- 

 and outstanding farmer-cooperator in 

 the district were guests on the Goodyear farm 

 near Phoenix, Arizona for a A day, all expense 

 paid, visit last December. 



The two men along with 120 others repre- 

 senting top districts throughout the nation 

 and 25 Goodyear officials and other guests 

 observed conservation practices on the 14,000 

 acre desert farm. 



Both Osburnsen and Stulc expressed 

 that this trip was one of the best life- 

 time experiences they've ever had and 

 one worth working for. 



The Hill County SWCD was awarded 

 second place in the Goodyear Conserva- 

 tion program, with Sigurd Meland, Havre 

 named outstanding farmer-cooperator. 



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CHEMICAL POLLUTION - cont'd. 



land used for production of com- 

 mercial foods including livestock. 



It appears the period of rather casual 

 use of pesticldal chemicals, particularly 

 the insecticides is rapidly drawing to 

 a close. The near future will probably 

 find a emphasis on more selective use of 

 all pesticides. Stricter regulating pro- 

 ce^^es will be devised to guarantee that 

 u^^are properly selective and that per- 

 sistent chemicals will be tolerated In 

 nuch smaller amounts and for greatly 

 restricted purposes. 



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Jack Wicks 



