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Sir: Your continued coverage of natural resources [Sept. 17, Oct. 1] is appreciated by people concerned with conservation. That conservation has finally become news is a step toward the day when Americans will realize the wisdom of Henry Beston's words: "Do no dishonour to the earth, lest you...
Sir: Many thanks for the timely conservation roundup. One correction: the wilderness bill put 9,100,000 acres of federally protected wilderness off limits to developers, not 30,000 acres. We hope to see an additional 40 million to 45 million acres added within the next nine years under the...
Although they helped create the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, and have subsequently produced hundreds of weapons capable of unprecedented destruction, the citizens of Los Alamos are neither self-conscious nor guilt-ridden about their role. They are also remarkably unconcerned about living in a city that would be a prime...
Everywhere, water troubles have bred a new and urgent interest in the long-neglected science of hydrology. President Johnson has set up a Water Resources Council to study U.S. water needs and oversee conservation; he has set aside up to $275 million for research and the development of an economical...
The People's Choice. As the engineers and scientists of the International Hydrological Decade expand man's knowledge of water, man will have to face up to critical decisions. And in the U.S., at least, the questions are not so much technical as they are problems of economics...