DISTRICT DOINGS 



Mineral County SWCD The annual dinner of 

 the Mineral County SWCD held at the Big Sky 

 Village in Superior, October 21, honored the 

 schools and teachers in Mineral County for 

 teaching conservation and assisting with 

 the county wide Eighth Grade Conservation 

 Tour held early this spring. Charles Brock- 

 way, district chairman stressed the import- 

 ance of teaching conservation in the schools 

 and presented a traveling plaque to the 

 Alberton school as winner of this year 

 eighth grade tour contest. 



North Powell SWCD Supervisors held their 

 annual tour October 9 to select the 1969 

 Outstanding Conservationist by visiting 

 the ranches of three conservation candidates. 

 Also Included in the tour were the District 

 Conservationist, County Agent, and Forest 

 Ranger together with the Conservation 

 Clbndldates. 



EAstem Stoders SWCD Raclcot brought up 

 the matter of the district picking a con- 

 servationist (outstanding Cooperator) 

 of the year to be honored by the Goodyear 

 Company. Also the matter of the district 

 competing in the Goodyear Contest. 



Rosebud County SWCD Discussion was b^^ 

 on Area IV supervisors meeting. It was 

 determined that the board would prepare 

 and submit a resolution to the meeting 

 in regard to strengthening the laws 

 concerning strip mining and rehabilita- 

 tion of alned areas. 



Lower Musselshell SWCD The District 

 Conservationist made his monthly report 

 in which he indicated the completion of 

 the Hospital-Nursing Home sprinkler 

 system. Bob Jorgenson moved that the 

 district allot $50 toward installation 

 costs of the Hospital beautificatlon 

 project. 



Roosevelt County SWCD A soil judging 

 school and aerial conservation tour of 

 the county is being planned for the 

 Sophomore vocational agriculture class 

 of culbertson. Eugene Larsen moved that 

 we ask 4-H Conservation CAmper to show 

 her slides at our November Meeting in 

 Wolf Point. 



Garfield SWCD The supervisors voted 

 unanimously to a proposal to buy the ^ 

 Bridger Plant Materials Center. ^ 



Supervisor Lawrence Brown 

 of Richland SWCD who died of 

 a heart attack in June. 



IN MEMORIAM 



Supervisor Walt Johnson of Green Our sympathy goes to the 

 Mountain who died of injuries from families of these dedicated 

 a tractor accident in October public servants 



MONTANA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL & WATER 



CONSERVATION DISTRICTS 

 412 Mitchell Building - Helena , Montana 



He^zeJi^ yau/c ccp^c^: 



Non-Prof it Org. 

 U.S. Postage PD. 

 Permit No. 171 

 Butte, Montana 



MOMT STATE Lir.r.AP.Y 

 9 50 E LYMDALE 

 HELEMA t.lO:iT 5S6C1 



