550 CONFERENCE ON NATURAL BEAUTY 



outdoor education, health and fitness through outdoor-related life- 

 time skills and interests, the construction of park-schools, and other 

 programs. These programs will call for team efforts on the part of 

 all teachers and leaders within the school and in the community. 



Colleges and universities can prepare teachers and leaders who can 

 teach in and out of classrooms, conduct research, and work with 

 schools and communities in the implementation of research findings. 



Amidst the great cities which man has created there can be beauty, 

 said the White House conference leaders. This is accomplished 

 through a blending of man's creations with the beauty of the still 

 abundant open spaces. The managers of our lands, the planners, 

 architects and engineers, the educators and an aroused citizenry, 

 working together, can restore and protect our rich heritage of natural 

 resources, create beauty in our homes and communities, and build 

 receptivity into the minds of all our citizens. There can be for all 

 the heritage of a good life in an environment of peace and beauty. 



Dean STEPHEN H. SPURR. A possible prototype for an integrated 

 professional and graduate school dealing with conservation and nat- 

 ural beauty may be found in the School of Natural Resources at The 

 University of Michigan. 



Nearly 200 graduate students and a similar number of undergrad- 

 uate professional students here are involved in intercoordinated 

 studies in naturalist training, conservation, regional planning, land- 

 scape architecture, outdoor recreation, forestry, and fish and wildlife 

 management. 



It is to this and other developing schools of environmental man- 

 agement that America must look for professional leadership in devel- 

 oping and maintaining natural beauty. 



WILLIAM B. STAPP. Since this panel is concerned with the im- 

 portant topic of education, I would like to emphasize that one of 

 the most important challenges of conservation today is to develop an 

 effective method of implementing conservation education in our 

 school system. 



If we are to move ahead in the field of conservation and success- 

 fully meet the conservation challenges of the future we must develop 

 aroused and informed citizens who will take an active role in local, 

 State, national, and international resource issues. An effective model 



