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Historic Preservation in the United States, chartered by Congress in 

 1949. I shall propose legislation to authorize supplementary grants 

 to help local authorities acquire, develop, and manage private prop- 

 erties for such purposes. 



The Registry of National Historic Landmarks is a fine Federal 

 program with virtually no Federal cost. I commend its work and 

 the new wave of interest it has evoked in historical preservation. 



The Countryside 



Our present system of parks, seashores, and recreation areas 

 monuments to the dedication and labor of farsighted men do not 

 meet the needs of a growing population. 



The full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund will 

 be an important step in making this a Parks-for-America decade. 



I propose to use this fund to acquire lands needed to establish 



Assateague Island National Seashore, Md.-Va. 



Tocks Island National Recreation Area, N.J.-Pa. 



Cape Lookout National Seashore, N.C. 



Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Mich. 



Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Ind. 



Oregon Dunes National Seashore, Oreg. 



Great Basin National Park, Nev. 



Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Tex. 



Spruce Knob, Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, W. Va. 



Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Mont.-Wyo. 



Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Utah-Wyo. 



Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, Calif. 



In addition, I have requested the Secretary of the Interior, work- 

 ing with interested groups, to conduct a study on the desirability of 

 establishing a Redwoods National Park in California. 



I will also recommend that we add prime outdoor recreation areas 

 to our national forest system, particularly in the populous East; and 

 proceed on schedule with studies required to define and enlarge the 

 Wilderness System established by the 88th Congress. We will also 

 continue progress on our refuge system for migratory waterfowl. 



Faulty strip and surface mining practices have left ugly scars which 

 mar the beauty of the landscape in many of our States. I urge your 

 strong support of the nationwide strip and surface mining study pro- 

 vided by the Appalachian regional legislation, which will furnish the 



