Convention notes cont'd 



COMING EVENTS 



aent 7) re-appraisal of timber supply 

 and needs 8) Plans for highway and 

 air port facilities 9) Public Works 

 and Economic Development Acts, recog- 

 nize natural resources as foundation 

 for new enterprises, new jobs 10) 

 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 

 11) Multi-county planning districts for 

 better use of federal grants and assist- 

 ance program 12) More federal agencies 

 becoming involved in resource and environ- 

 mental affairs 13) SWCDs shift from 

 narrow range of objectives to a broader 

 set of economic and environmental object- 

 ives 14) Suburban sprawl 15) Population 

 growth — demands more of everything I 



Presidents Report — Carl Johnson report- 

 ed on much time and effort being given 

 by association and districts in success- 

 fully getting legislation that amended 

 the SWCD law to permit districts to 

 better do the job of total resource 

 development. He told of things yet to 

 be done and in view of the Challenge of 

 the 70 's he stated he has appointed an 

 BoutLook Committee. 



SSCC Report — Chairman Dean Hanson 

 stated we can and we will meet the Con- 

 servation Challenge of the 70' s. In 

 commenting on the talent of leadership 

 and staff within districts, the future 

 is ours if we resolve to continue, even 

 to a greater degree, our unified and 

 dedicated effort to meet and conquer 

 the natural resource development, manage- 

 ment, conservation, and use problems 

 that lie ahead. 



Ladies Auxiliary — Mrs. Dean Hanson 

 told of her and several ladies activi- 

 ties but expressed lack of concern by 

 the wives — or she asked could it be 

 a lack of concern on the part of the 

 supervisors for the ladies to take an 

 active part in the district programs. 

 Mrs. Hanson stated ladies support 

 your efforts in meeting the Conserva- 

 tion Challenge of the 70' s. 



State Rural Areas Development Committee 

 Meeting — Northern Hotel - Billings 

 January 12 & 13 , 1970 



State Planning and Economic Development 

 Board & State Soil Conservation Committee 

 joint meeting — Helena 



January 19 & 20, 1970 



National Association Conservation Districts 

 Convention — Hilton Hotel — San Francisco 

 February 1-5, 1970 



Council of Natural Resources & Develop- 

 ment meeting 



January 14, 1970 



MASWCD OFFICERS FOR 1970 



Carl Johnson, Livingston, President 

 Bob Anderson, Ft. Benton, Vice-President 

 Jeanne Baluka, Helena, Secretary 

 Wendell Martinell, Butte, Treasurer 



A customer walked into a fish 

 market. "I'll take five of those 

 large trout," he .said. "Hut throw 

 them to me." 



The puzzled clerk asked, 

 "Why should I do that?" 



The customer smiled and an- 

 .swered, "So I can tell the gang I 

 caught them." 



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