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0. M. Ueland, Editor, Capitol Station, Helena, Montana 



OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETIN 



JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1970 



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CARL JOHNSON PRESIDENT SEZ 



The name of the game today is Quality 

 Environment or Environmental Quality, 

 whichever you prefer. Our State Conven- 

 tion in Bozeman had as its theme: "The 

 Challenge of the 70s". We listed a num- 

 ber of them, such as perspectives, popula- 

 tion, watersheds, strategy, resource utili- 

 zation, conservation, proposals, to name 

 a few! 



President Nixon in his state of the 

 union message said: "The Great Question 

 of the 70s is: Shall we surrender to our 

 surroundings or shall we make our peace 

 with nature and begin to make repara- 

 tions for the damage we have done to our 

 air, to our land, and to our water?" 



Perhaps we should at this point try 

 and define what constitutes a Quality 

 Environment. 



^Rot so many weeks ago I was talking to 

 our State Conservationist and his assistant 

 and the following seems to be a reasonable 

 (cont'd on page 2) 



MONTANANS ATTEND 

 NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONVENTION 



Shown above are part of the 35 Mont- 

 anans who attended the National Associa- 

 tion of Conservation Districts Convention 

 in San Francisco early in February. 



The Montana delegation was headed by 

 Carl Johnson and Bob Anderson, President 

 and Vice-president of the Montana Associa- 

 tion. Pete Jackson, past president of the 

 Montana association was elected to the 

 board of directors to represent the North- 

 ern Plains Area. 



Dean Hanson, Leo Hackley, and Ole 

 Ueland attended a meeting of State Soil 

 and Vater Conservation Conraiittees, Com- 

 missions, and Boards from all the states. 

 Ole Ueland was elected treasurer and a 

 mamber of the executive committee of the 

 national association of state soil and 

 water conservation administrative officers. 

 Mrs. Dean Hanson, President of the Montana 

 Auxiliary together with other Montana 

 women attended the meeting of the NACD 

 (cont'd, on page 2) 



