CONCERN: RURAL DEVELOPMENT 



36. To expand "outreach capacity" by 15 percent for 



education in estate planning. The CDD will re- 

 quest the Montana Cooperative Extension Service 

 to carry out this objective. 



37. To facilitate a comprehensive statewide resource 



conservation planning effort the CDD will en- 

 courage the Resource Conservation Advisory 

 Council to pursue such an effort. 



CONCERN: RANGELAND IMPROVEMENT 



To distribute range management information to 

 1,000 additional range operators, the CDD will 

 request that the Montana Cooperative Extension 

 Service, the Montana Experiment Station, the 

 SCS, and the Forestry Division of DNRC provide 

 this information annually. 



39. To prevent operators from drawing federal 



payments on classes of land unsuitable for cropp- 

 ing, the CDD will request USDA to make a policy 

 change. These federal payments include 

 Agricultural Conservation Program cost-sharing 

 funds, federal crop disaster payments, and federal 

 crop insurance. 



CONCERN: RECREATION 



To provide recreational access the CDD will en- 

 courage the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and 

 Parks (DFWP), USDA Forest Service, and the 

 Bureau of Land Management to enter into 

 cooperative agreements with landowners in ex- 

 change for their services according to the terms of 

 the agreement. 



41. To promote greater involvement of private 



recreation enterprises in DFWP's statewide com- 

 prehensive outdoor recreation planning, the 

 CDD, with the cooperation and assistance of SCS 

 and the Montana Association of Conservation 

 Districts, will provide DFWP with information on 

 private enterprise outdoor recreation activities. 



CONCERN: WATER QUALITY 



42. To identify water quality problems on streams 



that require inventories according to CD's water 

 quality management plans. The CDD will request 



the SCS, DHES, and the Department of Fish, 

 Wildlife, and Parks to give accelerated assistance 

 to these stream inventories. 



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