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Conservation and Development Commission throuqh the State of Cali- 

 fornia to curb San Francisco Bay pollution are designed to seek 

 solutions on a basin-wide basis to reconcile the conflicting 

 interests of polluters and other water users. 



In local -State coordination, the codes of towns such as Westport 

 and Brookhaven, New York, require that local officials approve 

 permits for estuarine filling only after consulting with State 

 officials. Planning studies by private organizations can be 

 very helpful in establishing estuarine management programs. The 

 Belle Baruch Foundation, for example, aided a survey study of 

 Atlantic Coast wetlands which extensively mapped and evaluated 

 the legal aspects of their ownership (V-3-7). The Conservation 

 Foundation has also shown how new and imaginative planning and 

 design techniques can be applied to preserve and develop Rookery 

 Bay in Florida (V-3-8). This study illustrates the feasibility 

 of a multipurpose estuarine conservation and development plan 

 using the efforts of both public and private sources. Implementation 

 of this study, however, has been delayed by the reluctance of 

 local officials to adopt a resolution endorsing the development 

 objectives and general recommendations of the plan. 



PUBLIC EDUCATION 



Although programs to educate and inform the public are of great 

 value, they are rarely found at the local level. One significant 



