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public. Could you be a little more specific on what you mean 

 by that? 



Prof. LEWIS. I think the great thing we have to do is, first, as 

 I said, identify what is meaningful in our landscape; then use every 

 form of communication at our command television, or some of the 

 new computer systems we are developing to convey these messages 

 in graphic form to the local residents. If we can develop an aware- 

 ness through centers or projects at the local level, where we can bring 

 people, school children and the students from the universities to 

 explain what is meaningful in the environment, and graphically 

 where these various values lie, then we have a better chance to en- 

 courage local and county support, and local citizen support, to get 

 some of these tasks completed. 



As long as no one has really concentrated on what is meaningful, 

 I do not think we will ever get any comprehensive program 

 developed. 



In Wisconsin, we have more than 100 different conservation 

 groups and I have presented this list of 260 values to these most in- 

 terested groups. 



I have always found that each group is only interested in pro- 

 tecting the wildlife areas, the historic markers, or the archeological 

 sites whatever they, themselves, sponsor. 



I think one of our main tasks is to make these groups aware of the 

 total package of resources, make them aware that their individual 

 resource lies in a pattern, and reemphasize the importance of detect- 

 ing the pattern rather than the resource. 



This has to be done by inventory and using our very finest graphic 

 communications to portray these sources. 



JOSEPH N. GILL. Speaking of the educational process and where 

 you get the best knowledge, the States of Massachusetts and Con- 

 necticut during the past few years have developed a device 

 which I have not heard discussed here today: local conservation 

 commissions. We get tremendous leverage in this educational proc- 

 ess at the local level. These are the people who work with local 

 planning and zoning boards. They do not compete with but are 

 assistants to them, and I would hope for the record that other States 

 might be encouraged to join them. You should have a few women, 

 particularly at the local level, on these conservation commissions. 

 They may not be technically expert but they know what they want 

 in the way of beauty for their community, and they can be very vocal. 



