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HOUSE ASSEMBLY – Reid Stuart of Blue Sky Villa in Conrad came to the Boone and Crockett Conservation Center to assist with Blue Bird Trails building and assembly of Blue bird houses. Helping is Justin Fritz of the Ledger-East Brady area. Looking on is Dina Philipps of Conrad. Paul Rathsack of Conrad also helped with the bird houses.
    The Conservation Education Exposition 2007 event at the Boone and Crockett Club’s 6,000 acre Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch and the Elmer Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Center was held recently 
    The Boone and Crockett Club hosted the day as an open house and educational sampler. This event was well attended as nearly 77 people of all ages joined in a variety of activities.
     The exposition started with pre-registered guests enjoying a pie social. 15 pies of several varieties were donated by the Golden West Lutheran Ladies from East Brady and Ledger, Montana. These pies were served by the Chair of the church group Becky Gollehon, her daughter Heidi Fritz and two 4-H community service boys, Justin Fritz and Garrett Fritz.
    The social was followed by a presentation and brief history of the Boone and Crockett Club Conservation Center given by the education program director Dr. Lisa Flowers of Choteau, who also introduced education program staff and TRMR John Rappold ranch manager.
    Following the introductions, guests moved to scheduled events. We had two groups mixed with the young and the old at the shooting range with range master Steve Hutton of Conrad.
    There was a guided hike and wildlife viewing on the Watchable Wildlife Trail led by Flowers. Bob Neibuhr, from Great Falls offered a movie and information on learning about the bluebirds and bluebird trails. His program was featured in the main hall of the RWCC. There were folks building nesting boxes for the bluebirds with Reid Stuart and Paul Rathsack in the education lab/classroom. 

    Wildlife photography offered by presenter Dr. Gene Grove from Whitefish was held in our Members house. The plant Identification segment involved small groups who took a short walk in the outdoors viewing the wildflowers with Boone and Crockett Club’s education specialist Allyson Hoof. 
    The Dutch oven cooking demonstration presentation, by Dick and Mary Jane Kinyon of Conrad was held outside under a canopy with guests gathered around in lawn chairs. The Dutch oven dishes prepared were served as our evening dinner selection.  
    There were folks from all over the area; towns and communities represented at the event were Conrad, Browning, Valier, Cut Bank, Choteau, Brady – Ledger, Great Falls, Helena and Whitefish.
    We were happy to have Jim Sheble from Valier and Irene Stuart of Valier/Conrad provide a wonderful evening of musical harmony accompanied by Jim on his guitar as guests lined up for our buffet smorgasbord.
    There were two main dishes, fresh baked bread, veggie salad, drinks and three kinds of desserts. Guests stayed to visit and mingle long after the close of the event at 7:30.  The enthusiastic request from our guests to do this every year was wonderful.
    The weather was perfect.  A light breeze, sunshine and spring flowers covered the fields followed by a beautiful sunset that helped us to celebrate the day.
     If you are looking for more information in regards to the Boone and Crockett Club or to learn more about our facility in Dupuyer and the many programs we offer, please feel free to visit our website, www.boone-crockett.org  – watch for the event next year.
    This article is respectfully submitted by, JoAnne Cobb, Boone and Crockett Club Facility Coordinator
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