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<br />specify criteria for the selection of growth centers, and set standards for land-use anti <br />environmental considerations;12 the implementation of population/economic development <br />programs remains primarily the responsibility of other existing agencies. <br /> <br />Natural Resource Programsl3 <br /> <br />Programs regulating the development of the State's natural resomces should be <br />responsive to, or supportive of, cconomic, environmental, or social goals, or a mix of all <br />three. Essential actions relating natural rcsources to other land-use programs include the <br />foJlowing: <br /> <br />. Fuel Mil/erals-Strengthen State mining law in terms of reclamation provisions; <br />begin studies leadin!; to formulation of a State energy policy; convene an <br />Energy Confereace to consider the State's mineral fuel resource in relation to <br />statewide energy use, the energy needs of new development, a:nd national <br />priorities. - .. ..'. <br /> <br />. NOI/-fllel minerals-StrengthenState mining law (as above); assess new markets <br />for and develoP. non'fuel minerals to stimulate new economic vitality in growth <br />centers. <br /> <br />o Agriculturallllnds- Take steps to reduce pressures for the premature conversion <br />of crop and grazing lands, and encourage the development of J:?rod.uce and <br />livestock-processing industries, as is now beiilg.done in .some' High Plains <br />communities, in connection with growth centers. . <br /> <br />o Forestlal/ds-Encourage steps toward a "State Forest Policies Act." <br /> <br />o Water-related IUl/ds-Foster Jow-cost techniques for flo.od-hazard delineation; <br />assess supply/demand for water and encourage augmentation/conservation <br />measures. <br /> <br />Land resource programs can be made to serve or support such programs as growth <br />center planning, preservation of natural areas, migrant farm labor needs, and so on. To do <br />so, however, will require improving or reassessing some resource data bases, as these are <br />the point of departure for all planning toward newly defined goals. Thus, interim program <br />emphasis is primarily on data programs, with two exceptions-strengthening mining <br />reclamation law with respect to both fuel ancl non-fllelminerals, and studying the role of <br />the State's energy resources in future residential and industrial development. <br /> <br />12scc. footnote J 0 3bove. <br />Brae [IIU discussion, see Chapter VI. . <br /> <br />3009 <br /> <br />xvii <br />