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1. providing to Federal agencies funds specifically 

 allocated for broadening their existing pertinent 

 programs ; 



2. supporting State programs with funds or contract 

 support for environmental monitoring; 



3. carrying out additional monitoring activities 

 through in-house capability or by contract; 



4. supporting research and development activities 

 designed to improve monitoring capability. 



This program should concern itself with the broadest possible 

 scale of environmental Information, including all categories 

 of information incorporated into the National Estuarine Inventory, 

 While water quality, pollution source, and ecological data are 

 badly needed and require major effort, there should also be 

 regularly scheduled monitoring of other aspects of the estuarine 

 environment such as recreational demand and use. 



The basic data collection and routine monitoring program should 

 be an integral part of the overall management information system 

 required to support management efforts. 



MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 



The object of this activity is to provide a continuing institu- 

 tional and technical information service on estuarine problems. 

 As such there should be the in-house capability of operating a 

 large automated data and information library; but there should 



