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Show Many Do Little About Conservation W. Lyle Reynolds Conservation of our national resources is talked about a great deal nowadays. However due to lack of time or other reasons, many of us do very little about it. In an effort to correct this situation the Summit County Soil Conservation District and the Boy Scouts of America are joining forces in co-sponsoring the Conservation Merit Badge. In order to receive this merit badge the boys must complete a conservation project. The big problem for them has been finding projects to do. Some jobs that will fill the need for a conservation project are; small spring development, spring repair and fencing, weed control, brush control, broadcast broad-cast seeding and gully control. In addition to these many farmers farm-ers and ranchers probably have other projects that will fit the needs of the Scouts. ' If you have a project that will help a scout gain his conservation conserva-tion merit badge, please contact one of your SCD board members. mem-bers. They are: Owen Roberts and Ted Foster, Henefer; Richard Rich-ard Blonquist and Paul Staples, Coalville; and David Brown of Hoytsville. Or contact Bud Keyes of Henefer, the local Scout Commissioner. "Help us to help a boy," says Owen Roberts, chairman of the S ummit SCD. Let us know when you have a project available. avail-able. Or if you need further information feel free to contact con-tact any of us, he says. The Conservation Merit Badge is one that is required in order for a boy to become an Eagle Scout and is therefore very important says Bud Keyes, scout commissioner, so we urge everyone to help us in this effort. |