are: Agronomy, Public Affairs, Recreation, Biology, Entomol- 

 ogy, Ornamental Horticulture, Sociology, Forest Management, 

 Planning, Soil Management, Plant Pathology, Educational 

 Methodology, Institutional Management, Engineering (Agri- 

 culture), Wildlife Management. 



The areas in which competencies are "little to none" 

 are: Engineering (Civil), Law, Air Management, Meteorology, 

 Fisheries, Geology, Urban Conservation, Economics, Trans- 

 portation, Political Science, Water Management, Landscape 

 Planning, and Public Administration. 



Areas in need of immediate strengthening are: Engineer- 

 ing (Environmental), Marketing, Regional Resource Planning, 

 Business Management, Ecology, Hydrology, Waste Utilization and 

 Disposal, Pollution — air, land and water. 



As more educational and action programs in natural 

 resource management are made available to communities, fewer 

 resource allocation mistakes should be added to those made in 

 the past. 



In part, the need for such educational and action programs 

 is based on the assumptions: 



1. That an informed public should assist in the develop- 

 ment of policies and action programs which relate to 

 natural resource use and development. 



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