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<br />(1976) who provided the following concise <br />summary for consideration: "Unless and un- <br />til the common task of teaching the public <br />how to modify economic activities for con- <br />servation purposes is accomplished, wnat- <br />ever else we might do in the management of <br />fish and wildlife resources is in the long <br />run irrelevant". Natural resource managers <br />have the necessary tools that are needed to <br />adequately inform the public about the <br />social, economic, and environmental impacts <br />of altering aquatic habitats and to provide <br /> <br />alternatives that will minimize the impacts <br />(Cutler 1974). In addition, managers must <br />use effective public relations to help in- <br />fluence politicians and political action <br />in the proper direction to conserve natural <br />resources (Gilbert 1971: Dingell 1972). <br />Such considerations are particularly import- <br />ant if the consequences of the aquatic alter- <br />ations are irreversible. <br /> <br />70 <br />