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Department of Parks and Recreation establishes rules and regulations 

 for administration of beaches, parks, and historical monuments on 

 State-owned lands. The Department acquires, preserves, develops, 

 operates, and maintains for the public benefit, the units of the State 

 park system and is directly interested in how the development and 

 public use of the State parks, beaches, reserves, recreation areas, 

 and historical units along the coast may be affected by unrelated 

 development or use of the tidal and submerged lands. 



Department of Water Resources has Statewide jurisdiction and responsi- 

 bilities relating to development of water resources. In regard to 

 coastal resources the department has responsibility for beach erosion 

 control and saline water conversion; studies erosion problems on the 

 State's beaches; acts as advisors to all government agencies; supervises 

 Federal flood control projects; and makes loans and grants to local 

 agencies for water development projects. It assists city and county 

 governments in beach erosion problems by advancing funds for cooperative 

 programs with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. 



Department of Conservation is responsible for forest, range, and 

 watershed protection; assists in formation of soil conservation districts 

 and in watershed protection and flood prevention programs; and 

 administers the Forest Practice Act regulating timber harvesting on 

 private land. 



Department of Harbors and Watercraft acquires, constructs, develops. 



