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development of estuarine areas must be achieved in this planning, 

 and hence, we must also determine methods for developing desirable 

 uses in areas where none exist now. Because one of the greatest 

 unrealized values of the Nation's estuaries will be for recreational 

 purposes, there is a need to identify the optimum recreational 

 carrying capacities for the various estuarine areas. 



It is necessary to increase capabilities for estuarine resources 

 appraisal, coordination, and planning to assure that research 

 findings are used to maximum advantage and to assure that all the 

 possible uses and all the possible available resources will receive 

 optimum consideration in the multiple use concept of planning, 

 development, and management of the estuarine zone. Methods must 

 be developed which will enable the planning agency to answer 

 questions that relate the cost of treatment applied to waste to 

 the value of benefits attainable or resulting from such treatment. 

 While the costs of waste treatments are reasonably v^ell known, 

 the value of the benefits that would result frequently are less 

 tangible and their quantification requires first the development 

 of an acceptable methodology for making such a study. 



There is no doubt that increasing pressure will be brought on 

 estuary planning agencies to beautify shore front land. Land- 

 scape architects and others trained in land development should do 

 research towards developing planning criteria. 



