^ \CENDA FOR SWCD FORESTRY SHOW-ME TRIP 

 " JUNE A, 5, 6. 1969 



Sponsored by Farm Forestry Committee, MASWCD 

 William J. Kesler, Chairman 



June 4 



Depart from the Florence Hotel in Missoula 

 at 7:30 A. M. 



Stop at Lubrecht Forest Demonstration 80. 

 Travel to Swan Forest Youth Camp for Lunch. 

 Afternoon: View Forest Youth Camp, thin- 

 nings, plantings, and cutting practices In 

 Swan River State Forest- 



Travel to KAlispell. 



No Host Banquet - Flathead SWCD. 



June 5 



Depart at 8:00 A. M. from the Four Seasons 

 Motel. 



Travel to Big Fork Creston area to view 

 Christmas tree plantation - J. Hofert 

 Cocapany. 



Return to Kaliapell for Lunch. 



Depart 1:00 P. M. from the Four Seasons 

 Motel. 



Travel to Missoula, stop at Pablo Demon- 

 stration thinning area, and stop to view 

 private forest land management near Evaro. 



June 6 



Depart 7:30 A. M. from the Florence Hotel. 



Morning ; View Anaconda Forest Products 

 Forestry operations. 



Return to Missoula for Lunch. 



Afternoon tour of the Forest Tree Nursery. 



End of trip. 



It is felt that this tour will give 

 participants a chance to view a wide var- 

 iety of forestry practices in Western 

 Montana. We will be able to look at most 

 of the spectrum of forest management, at 

 ^least in the broad sense, from growint; a 

 "seedling tree to harvest cutting. 



CONSERVATION EDUCATION 

 by 

 Ray Kimball 



Conservation Education, like all other 

 modern concepts has been subject to revision 

 and change. Twenty years ago the Educational 

 conservation need was to inform farmers and 

 land users on how best to apply the various 

 land-use techniques whose end result was 

 two-fold: 1) to cause the land to become 

 more productive; and 2) to conserve and im- 

 prove the land for the use of generations 

 to come. In relation to these purposes it 

 was mandatory that land users be oriented 

 to the point of understanding the reasons 

 and the basic philosophy Involved in all 

 these processes. Currently it would seem 

 that these results have been pretty well 

 achieved. We are now faced with the prop- 

 osition that these people know what is 

 going on. They are fully aware of the re- 

 lation of good water to good land. They 

 know all about air pollution and are at 

 long last realizing that sewage both in 

 our bodies of water and In our soils is an 

 ever increasing menace. Our land users are 

 well aware of the Inroads of cement and 

 asphalt on our good agricultural lands. 



What then may we ask is the need for 

 further conservation education? May I 

 submit that our need is greater than it has 

 ever been. We must, in the near future, 

 educate people to protest, to use pressure, 

 both political and economic, against the 

 powers who seek economic gain at the expense 

 of American Security. These people who know 

 proper conservation facts of life are still 

 willing to sell conservation short for large 

 sums of money. No group of land holders 

 should permit mining, manufacturing, or oil 

 exploitation to destroy their communities. 

 Local people everywhere must learn what in- 

 fluences are necessary to accomplish the sal- 

 vaging of our soil and water heritage. 



Conservation education has a tremendous 

 task ahead and can only achieve its objectives 

 by strong local leadership, well informed peo- 

 ple, and a high level of group action and 

 coordination. It is no longer an individual 

 problem and can only be resolved by well or- 

 ganized groups. 



(This article is sponsored by the MASWCD 

 Ladles Auxiliary.) 



liy 1975, there will be at 

 least 2000 million automobiles. 

 If yon want to cross the street 

 vou better do it now. 



