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1 FRED OVERLY 



2 plan; provide technical assistance to and cooperate with 



3 States, their political subdivisions, and private out- 



4 door recreation interests; sponsor, engage in, and assist 



5 in outdoor recreation research; promote coordination of 



Q Federal outdoor recreation plans and activities; administer 



ij a program of financial assistance to the States, and 



g through States to local public agencies, for planning, 



9 acquiring and developing public outdoor recreation re- 

 sources; coordinate a program of recreation land 



11 acquisition by the National Park Service, Forest Service 



12 and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; provide out- 



13 door recreation planning assistance at Federal water 



14 projects; provide the Executive Director to the President's 



15 Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty. 



16 In carrying out these responsibilities the 



17 biologic, chemical and aesthetic quality of water is an 



18 important consideration. Water-oriented recreation is 



19 significant nationwide and especially so in Puget Sound. 



20 We are currently engaged in a study of the 



21 recreation aspects of the water resources of the Puget 



22 j Sound region. We have learned for a single exinple that 



23 there are over 186,000 pleasure boats using Puget Sound 



24 ' and adjacent waters. 



We operate on the principal that high 



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