Trees the long range crop for farmers and cities
Joel P. Antrim urges planting trees as a long term crop with benefits for farmers and urban residents. The ACP cost share supports forestry, but private participation remains low as Montana studies show 69 percent of commercial forest land needs conservation treatment and 80 percent timber product demand expected in 30 years.
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Joel P. Antrim
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Antrim
Montana
Card of Thanks to Dr Bosshardt and Teton Memorial staff
Trene Neckstad expresses gratitude to Dr Bosshardt and the Teton Memorial Hospital staff for care received. Appreciation goes to those who sent cards flowers visits after hospitalization and to those who sent food and garden items after returning home.
Mountain Bell burying more telephone cables in Montana
Mountain Bell reports rapid underground cable adoption in Montana with 2019 totals: 2 011 buried sites in 1969 and 690 converted aerial sites, totaling 2 701 projects or 78 percent of new building sites. In early 1970, 94 percent of new sites used buried cable, though some urban roads still require aerial lines due to costs.
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Mountain Bell
E. L. Robinson
Montana
Robinson
Telephone Company
Legislature Faces Coal Mining Dilemma In Montana
Montana lawmakers will confront whether to mine coal and create an industry or protect the environment while restoring mined land. Dr. Sid Groff notes Montana has extensive low sulfur coal, with reclamation taxes and state land royalties. A Helena meeting discussed regional reclamation rules to avoid state-by-state competition and possible federal standards. The session will also consider a court ruling that quashed gold dredge legislation, keeping coal and gold issues active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sid Groff
Montana College of Mineral Science
Butte
Helena
Pesticide Ban Extends Across Public Lands
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel orders a blanket ban on 16 chemicals for 534 million acres of public land. Among banned substances is 2 4 5 T used by cattlemen to control brush, with impact on the beef industry highlighted by the Montana Stockgrower and MSGA journal.
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Walter Hickel
Montana
Msga Journal
Hickel
Weather overview for late August period
Daily highs and lows listed from August 19 to August 29 with a high of 95 and a low of 37. August 29 peaks at 95 degrees. precipitation totals show 11.73 inches this year versus 9.87 inches last year. Highs for the same period last year reached 102 with a low of 40.
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Robert E. Miller
RCA
Pete
Choteau
Walt McNutt
Walt
Choteau, Montana
Stanley
WARD
Berkline
Chittenden and Eastman
Broyhill
Kroehler
Tempo
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