PROGRAM AGENDA 

 FOR 

 GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON MONTANA RANGELAND 



Wednesday, September 22nd 



Introduction and Program Chairman 

 Morning Session, William Fogarty, 

 Program Coordinator, Old West Regional Commission 



10:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker 



The Honorable Thomas L. Judge 

 Governor of the State of Montana 



10:50 a.m. The Nature of Rangelands 



E. J. Dyksterhuis, Professor Emeritus 

 and International Consultant 



11:15 a.m. The Role of the Society for Range Management 

 B. J. Ragsdale, President 

 Society for Range Management and Extension 

 Range Specialist, Texas A & M University 



12:00 Noon Luncheon 



Afternoon Program Chairman 

 Peter V. Jackson, Director 

 Western Environmental Trade Association 



1 : 00 p.m. The Importance of Research and Education 

 to the Range Resource 

 Johan Asleson, Dean of Agriculture, 

 Montana State University 



1 : 50 p.m. The Role of State Agencies in Dealing with 



Environmental Matters Associated with Rangeland 



Gary Wicks, Director, 



Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 



2:00 p.m. Panel Discussion 



Subject: Coordinated Planning of Intermingled Ownership 

 Panel Moderator: Mons Teigen, Executive Vice-President 



Montana Stockgrowers 

 Panel Members: Ted Russell, United States Forest Service 



Wendell Thacker, Soil Conservation Service 



Kelly Hammond, Bureau of Land Management 



John Morse, Jr., Rancher 



5:15 p.m. Break Courtesy of Western Environmental Trade Association 



