HISTORY OF THE MOUNTRIAL SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
The Mountrail Soil Conservation District came about by the consolidation of the North Mountrail
Soil Conservation District and the Fort Berthold Soil Conservation District in July of 1996. The
North Mountrail Soil Conservation District was first organized as the Rolling Plains Soil
Conservation District and the Two Creeks Soil Conservation District in 1943. The first work unit
leader and conservationist were Don Laurence and Raymond Quinild. The first District
Supervisors for Two Creeks were William Uran, Cassius Hardy and Roscol Hadden. The first
District Supervisors for the Rolling Plains Soil Conversation District were Torry Peterson, Archie
Borg, and Selmer Gandrud. On June 12, 1961 the Rolling Plains SCD and the Two Creeks SCD
were consolidated to form the North Mountrail Soil Conservation District. In 1996 the Fort Berthold
Soil Conservation District and the North Mountrail Soil Conservation District were combined to
Form the Mountrail Soil Conservation District.
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