14 DH*E A UD U BrOcNny B-U Di bse 
the proposed Chicago area recreational survey of the Outdoor Recreational 
Resources Review Commission. 
What we should have is a state-financed survey to coordinate all of these 
plans into a coherent system of outdoor recreational facilities for the state 
as a whole. Such a survey would estimate present and future population 
trends; seek out and analyze existing and potential recreation areas; 
evaluate competitive demands — meaning competitive between recreational, 
industrial, and residential development; investigate the authority of various 
levels of government in their jurisdiction over public outdoor recreational 
resources; explore funding devices for present and future recreational 
facilities; establish zones of need for the state as a unit, within which the 
nature, location, size and development of the state’s recreational water and 
land facilities can be related to present and future requirements. 
To plan effectively we must know our aims and our potential. We have 
the facilities, the universities, the planning commissions, the related 
agencies at all levels of government, and the organized groups of interested 
citizens such as ourselves. What is needed is a mandate from the state, an 
authorization for surveying the problem of public outdoor recreation, and 
the funds to cover a comprehensive program of fact finding, by a staff 
technically qualified to study the problem and evaluate solutions. 
The Great Lakes Chapter of the Sierra Club earnestly asks your cooper- 
ation in urging immediate action of the Illinois Legislature on such a 
recreational survey. 
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