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<br /> <br />, <br /> <br />:>r'/1 ('I' dlld (>~':.f nhLi61Je:d 11:1 PI <br />10<:<11 governments, nntl pt. V.1tE <br /> <br />In-SIi6 prov ideR <br /> <br />1nrt10"IIt;Oi, <br /> <br />ltlnny henef i.ts <br />. / <br />/ <br /> <br />tol.l~(l1" <br /> <br />I <br />i <br /> <br />1i\~\"(~\'0r, one aspect of trle SnlA.ll WatershC'd '.ogrnm, ~;tn.,,(Ull chaf\:H:'.l izaL.l01; <br />'11" ".l"~L-.,.1 "l"n';~l-~on' .~rnl{'lp"" (I) "I;~t.'d '/n'/I'(l':" llL.';. TllC':.;,C' JJ.J:,)IJJ~'lliS 1J:1'/(~ <br />j L ,-, '- <: , .. '--..... ~.., & ...! <.,.u'''' r J<I _ "',-. - .' - " ~:;' u " , r <br />primarily resulted from inherent conflIcts ..rc(~n dIe cCti/lr(}rH'nr:;",lft.i (r'~~I'(")~~; <br />of channelizution and the responsibilities the States to protect fish, <br />wildlife, ane water quality. <br /> <br />,i <br />I <br />[ <br />.I <br />I <br /> <br />The environmental effects of cl nnelization, a te~hnique Wllich is <br />utilized prinarily as a flood cont 1 measure, inel'lde increased downslrcam <br />flooding, the destruction of pri e game and fowl habitat as refuge areas are <br />drained and cleared, the de"th of increasingly scarce botlomland lwrdlooods as <br />water tables are lowered and root systems 1vither, and degri1dation of water <br />~uality from non-point so ce pollution both at the site of channelization and <br />downstream. <br /> <br />In addition, cent years have seen a cllange in nntionaJ. ~ttituJes and <br />approaches to resource management, and in particular, flood control. <br />Specifically, f ad plain management and land use controls are now seen to <br />d lrable methods of reducing [load problems, with structural <br />ng approaches utilized as a last resort. <br /> <br /> <br />Governors t Conference urges the. Administration and <br />Congr 's to study, redefine, and improve the role of the Soil Conservation <br />Sec' CQ in stream channelization, and to implement a two-step authorization <br />p~ cedure for Small Hatershed projects. <br /> <br />L\"\ <br />e-N'l":) \ <br /> <br /> <br />D. - 18 <br /> <br />HOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />The :-''-at i.onal Governors' Conference commends Congress and the President <br />on the "l1i1Clment of PL 93-234, the Flood Disaster Protection Act oE 1973, <br />an cxcellrn,t first step in hnplementing sensible flood plain management of <br />the Nation's streams, rivers, and coasts. <br /> <br />The r<;1lional Govf'rnors' Conference furlher urges the federal and state <br />government~; to prcpi1re nnd implement flood plain management programs to: <br /> <br />A. iuform and e,lucClLe citizen" oE lhe valuo oE flood plain <br />n;1I1;1gcment and lhe value of adopting regulations which limit <br />or substantially recluce damage from floods; <br /> <br />B. el\courage state and local ,wthorit ies to adopt and enforce <br />aclequale flood plain ordinDnces, subdivision regulations, building <br />codes, health regulations, and other measures designed to reduce <br />damage and loss of life from flooding; <br /> <br />C. expedite and accelerate the identification of the hundred-year flo' <br />prone areas and floodways; <br /> <br />-52- <br /> <br />