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A part of the implementation of key management roles is training 

 people in estuarine management. The need for answers to the complex 

 problems of the present is great, and will become even more critical 

 in the near future. Research projects such as estuarine pollution 

 studies must provide for supporting new, high-caliber personnel 

 specifically trained for the difficult tasks ahead. Manpower 

 deficiencies exist at all levels of estuarine scientists, engineers, 

 economists, and planners. The lack of funding for training of 

 personnel will be a prime deterrent to getting the more difficult 

 research under way expeditiously. Unless such provisions are 

 included in any management program, complex research programs will 

 move at a frustrating ly slow pace, if at all. 



The Need for an Informed Public 



There must be an informed public willing to support policies and 

 costs leading to the sound technical management of our estuarine and 

 coastal zones. The techniques of informing the public on problems 

 of natural resource management are not as well known as may be 

 assumed by the glib presentations with which we are faced so fre- 

 quently. Research programs designed toward understanding the 

 public's need and desire to preserve its natural heritage of a 

 beneficial environment are essential. The values, the problems, 

 the achievements of the estuaries must be presented to the public 

 in terms which are meaningful to the electorate. A repetition of 



