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Show Conservation Service Starts Group Action Program, Ivory Announces A new approach in getting conservation "on the land" was announced this week by Howard How-ard M. Ivory, local district conservationist con-servationist with the Soil Conservation Con-servation service. The new program has received re-ceived the stamp of approval of the local board of supervisors supervis-ors of the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation district and will j be put into effect during the next few months. ! This program consists of carrying car-rying the SCS program out with natural neighbor groups of people peo-ple who normally associate together. to-gether. SCS technicians will be able to prepare special drawings, draw-ings, maps, charts, and hold demonstrations, tours, etc., for groups of this type to acquaint them with the latest soil conservation' con-servation' practices. Assistance will also be given to individual members of the group on special spe-cial problems where necessary. "The new program is designed design-ed to make it possible to get SCS help to more people," Mr. Ivory said. District supervisors will give priority to applications applica-tions where neighbor groups will get together and work out their conservation problems. "Working with neighbor groups is not a new thing in the SCS," Mr. Ivory said, "but it is relatively new in Utah. In the Middle West it is estimated that 75 to 80 per cent of the work is done by getting together togeth-er with neighbor groups instead of depending on individuals." Visiting the SCS office last week to assist the local staff in organizing this work were Howard Ream, Washington SCS office; Theodore Neaufar and Clancy Waneka, Albuquerque, N. M.; and J. A. Libby, Salt Lake City. One day was spent in the field making several visits vis-its to acquaint the local personnel person-nel with the new method. In the Roosevelt area Morris Lewis will be in charge of organizing the neighbor groups; in the Duchesne Du-chesne area Ben Heywood will be responsible; and in the Ver-, nal area, Grant Parrish. Mr. Ivory stated that farmers with soil and water conservation problems who would like to meet with some of their close friends and neighbors and have the latest conservation practices explained should call at one of the local offices or contact their district supervisor. This applies to those who already have conservation con-servation farm and ranch plans as well as those wanting plans. "We will make every effort possible to try and meet with each interested group," Mr. Ivory said. |