If conservation education is to become effective in 

 this area, it would seem to me that work must be 

 done through organizations. Somewhere, sometime, 

 someone must get the thing off of dead center and 

 start an avalanche of action in the consciousness of 

 men of leadership. I conceive that the great work in 

 conservation education lies ahead of us. To reach a 

 satisfactory conclusion it will require the utmost 

 effort of all of us who have dedicated ourselves to the 

 conservation of all those elements that are essential 

 to the Good Life we all so Love to enjoy . There must 

 be drastic action in resisting those forces which tend 

 to go on uncontrolled. People must not remain 

 passive and inert in their attitudes toward conserva- 

 tion. The situation, in my opinion, calls for positive 

 action, immediate and drastic, if we are to conserve 

 our way of life. No longer can we sit back and let 

 George do it. Conservation which was once called 

 everybodys' business begins to have the appearance 

 of nobodys'business. (This page sponsored by 

 Ladies Auziliary MASWCD) 



CONSERVATION EDUCATION 

 By Ray Kimball 

 Past President, MASWCD 



The urban population of America are without 



•bt, the best informed people in the world. Every 

 sible effort on the part of the news media is 

 made to place before the people of our cities and 

 towns, every item of any consequence on a day to 

 day basis. Before he goes to work each day he hears 

 the latest news by radio, television and the various 

 printed news. He receives news during the day 

 from time to time and also has available to him, 

 many special sources of information. In fact, he is 

 so thoroughly saturated with current news and in- 

 formation that he finally runs out of the necessary 

 effort to sift and analyze the information and to be 

 able to assess values and condition his responses. 

 He, therefore, develops a considerable amount of 

 callousness to events and facts which, to him, are 

 not particularly pertinent to his everyday struggle 

 for accomplishment. It is therefore evident that 

 while the city dweller is cognizant of all the conser- 

 vation facts of life, these facts seem never to reach 

 a position of any prominence in his mental and 

 emotional reactions to them. The facts of pollution 

 cause him some inconvenience, the matter of soil 

 conservation seems a remote necessity when he 

 observes the lavish displays of groceries in the 

 local markets, he becomes conscious of sewage only 

 when his own sewer becomes clogged, or his fishing 

 is impaired by signs that the water is polluted. But 



»iver really puts all these facts together to 

 te a picture to himself of what is really happen- 

 ing. Little does he realize that this complex of 

 cause and effect is so vital to his future existence. 



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COMING EVENTS 



1. 4-H Conservation Camp Havre July 6-11. 



2. Rural Area Development Executive Committee, 

 Butte, August 23-24. 



3. American Society Range Management Inter - 

 mountain Section, Deer Lodge, July 24-26. 



4. State Soil Conservation Committee Meeting, 

 Helena. August 4. 



5. Soil Conservation Society of America, Fort 

 Collins, Colorado, August 10-13. 



6. NACD Northern Great Plains Meeting, Wichita, 

 Kansas, August 27-29. 



7. Woodland Council, (Field trip) Kalispell, 

 September 10. 



FARM FORESTRY TOUR 



Bill Kesler, Chairman of the MASWCD Farm 

 Forestry Committee reports that the Farm Forestry 

 Tour held in the area between Missoula and Kalispell 

 with the assistance of the State Forester and others 

 was very good and worthwhile. He says he is 

 sorry more SWCD supervisors could not have made 

 it as they missed a lot of good "show me" forestry 

 activities including good meals, a look at private 

 forest tree farms, Christmas tree farms, nurseries, 

 youth camps, timber harvest, etc. 



