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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Nation's River, by United States Department of the Interior This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Nation's River The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac Author: United States Department of the Interior Commentator: Stewart L. Udall, Kenneth Holum and James J. O'Donnell Release Date: February 2, 2007 [EBook #20503] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NATION'S RIVER *** Produced by Mark C. Orton, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE NATION'S RIVER A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior, with recommendations for action by the Federal Interdepartmental Task Force on the Potomac. LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 October 1, 1968 Dear Mr. President The enclosed report, _The Nation's River_, is submitted in response to your February 8, 1965, request that we prepare a program for your consideration which would assure that the Potomac would serve as a model of scenic and recreation values for the entire country. This is the final report of your Potomac planning team. In my opinion, the study contributes significantly to a more complete understanding of both the opportunities and the problems of this magnificent river. The proposed program of action, when implemented, will move the area a long step forward toward the challenging goals identified in your directive. Your call for a broadly based conservation plan for the Potomac has stimulated a wide range of useful actions by citizens' groups and by the Federal, State and local governments during the course of our studies. While these are too numerous to recite, the participation and involvement of citizens in decisions affecting the future of the Basin are most promising and deserve recognition and encouragement. Our recommendations for action cover three broad aspects: ... those related to present and future water resource problems in the Basin; ... those related to the protection and resto
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