on.

4. It is urgently to be hoped that legislation aimed at protecting
American estuaries and increasing human knowledge of their
processes, currently before Congress, will be passed in the most
meaningful possible form, to the benefit of the Potomac estuary as
well as all others.

5. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers should continue to regulate
the development of structures built into the navigable waters and,
in cooperation with local entities, study means of ridding the
Potomac estuary of permanent and semipermanent debris and floating
debris.

6. To guard against the loss of public assets of great worth along
the estuary, the General Services Administration, in cooperation
with the Department of the Interior, should give full consideration
to recreation, fish and wildlife, scenic and other conservation
values at the time any Federal installation becomes surplus to
defense of other needs.

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D. State fish and wildlife conservation agencies in the Basin need to
strengthen their programs if hunting and fishing opportunities are to
meet the growing demand and if the broad spectrum of wildlife essential
to a healthy landscape is to be maintained:

1. High priority and ample funds should be assigned to the
improvement and development of wildlife habitat throughout the
Basin, and special attention paid to the stimulation of good
hunting and fishing opportunity on private lands.

2. Research and management programs of the fish and wildlife
agencies are vital, and need expansion based in broad public
support and adequate funding.

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E. National Forest lands are the most massive scenic, ecological, and
recreational asset in public ownership in the Basin, and Forest Service
programs have beneficial effects far beyond the National Forests'
limits. Action specifically relating to these lands and programs is
vital to landscape protection and recreational development, and should
involve the following:

1. To preserve the natural beauty of the North and South Forks of
the Shenandoah River above their confluence, to assure public
access, to provide for development and public use of the
recreational potential of the streams, mountains, and forests in
this area and conservation of its watersheds and natural resources,
a National Recreation Area shoul