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so costly that only by pooling our resources, State 

 and Federal, can the project, be undertaken. A 

 noble example of this is the new Shiawassee proj- 

 ect in Michigan now being jointly restored by 

 the State of Michigan and the Service. 



It is estimated, then, that the Federal Govern- 

 ment should acquire and develop 4 million acres 

 of the remaining waterfowl-management goal and 

 the States collectively should acquire and develop 

 a minimum of ."> million acres. It is entirely pos- 

 sible that the States may be able to do more than 



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that, but they, even more than the Service, are 

 limited by the future maintenance problem. It is 

 estimated that this land will average $40 an acre 

 in cost, or a total of $1(>0 million for the entire 

 Federal program. This includes averaging in the 

 use of Federal reservoir lands where they are suit- 

 able and available, as well as future <^ifts and State 

 lands at a nominal lease or on a cooperative basis. 

 In view of past experience, the future development 

 will cost $20 an acre, or a total of $K0 million for 

 tin' I million acres (cost of developing the present 



