4-. A Soil and Water Conservation Needs Committee will be established in 



each State or Territory, Its membership will consist of representatives 

 who work within the State or Territory for the Department agencies named 

 in paragraph 2. The Soil Conservation Service representative will serve 

 as chairman. The State Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service 

 will invite representation on the committee from the Land-Grant College, 

 the State Forester, and other appropriate State agencies and groups who 

 may be able to provide assistance and useful data. The State or Terri- 

 torial committee will develop a plan for making the Inventory, and will 

 submit it to the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service for re- 

 view and consideration of the Department Committee and the Assistant 

 Secretary, Federal-States Relations, 



5. Data will be developed separately for privately owned and publicly owned 

 land. The Soil Conservation Service will be responsible for collecting 

 basic physical data on soil and water on non-federally owned lands. The 

 Forest Service will be responsible for the adequacy of the physical data 

 on forestry on non-federally owned lands. The Forest Service and other 

 land management agencies will be responsible for making the Inventory 

 on lands under their jurisdiction, 



6. Cooperation of State and local agencies, organizations, and groups con- 

 cerned with soil, water, forest, range and wildlife conservation, utili- 

 zation, and management will be actively solicited in the development and 

 review of the Inventory, The Department of Agriculture will also seek 

 and encourage the cooperation of other Federal agencies, responsible for 

 land management activitiesj, in the development of data which can be uti- 

 lized in the National Inventory of Soil and Water Conservation Needs. 



/S/ Ezra Taft Benson 

 Secretary 



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