Quality of life in the future will depend on how well 

 and how soon we learn to manage our natural resource-use 

 not only wisely, but in conformity with environmental demands. 

 It will depend upon how well our educational systems can 

 probe the relationships of natural resources to environmental 

 management, and how clearly this knowledge can be imparted 

 to the public. 



So, emphasis on single resource management must give way 

 to the ecological approach. In order not to destroy his 

 environment, man must decide to save it. Decisions pertain- 

 ing to natural resource use and management should be made 

 carefully in a democratic way with full exploration of the 

 alternatives. Integrated planning is vital. 



Members of the whole community will become involved in 

 the decision making and the planning necessary to reduce air, 

 land, and water pollution and landscape destruction, while at 

 the same time making full use of the natural resources. There- 

 fore, natural resource education will deal with entire 

 communities. 



National studies have shown that, nationally, competencies 

 needed for an effective natural resource development program 

 vary from "little to none" to "little to sufficient, " 



The areas in which competencies are "little to sufficient" 



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