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2. That the President call on the governors of the 50 States to 

 exercise leadership in total land use planning as a means toward the 

 orderly development and enhancement of the landscape within the 

 States. 



3. That guidelines be formulated to assist States in developing 

 appropriate legislation for zoning, tax structures, ordinances, ease- 

 ments, development rights, etc., that would protect open space and 

 prime agricultural land; and that the President consider proposing 

 to the governors the enactment of such State legislation. 



4. That consideration be given by the Federal and State govern- 

 ments to a system of grants or tax concessions which would help 

 offset revenue loss by local governments on land retained in agricul- 

 tural or open space use. 



5. That in all land retirement and cropland adjustment programs, 

 preservation and enhancement of natural beauty be considered an 

 associated purpose in the technical assistance and cost sharing pro- 

 vided through long-term agreements or contracts. 



6. That preservation and enhancement of natural beauty be made 

 an associated purpose of Federal programs of resource development 

 and management, including technical assistance, cost sharing, grants 

 and loans involving nonprofit organizations, private landowners, 

 communities, and local subdivisions of government. 



7. That public resource programs be strengthened and local 

 leadership be encouraged to initiate and make more effective rural- 

 urban cooperation in planning and action through such mechanisms 

 as soil and water conservation districts, small watershed projects, 

 resource conservation and development projects, planning boards, 

 and other local organizations. 



8. That professional training, research, and education services 

 in our college and university system be expanded to deal with prob- 

 lems of landscape as a part of the total human environment; and 

 that the President consider requesting these institutions to inaugurate 

 appropriate programs within the several States. 



9. That public land-administering agencies include natural beauty 

 as a purpose in the management and treatment of all public land 

 and water resources, with special attention to problems involving 

 intermingled or contiguous private land. 



10. That consideration be given to nationwide recognition of 

 outstanding farm landscapes as "agricultural landmarks," compa- 

 rable to the recognition accorded historic and natural history sites. 



