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<br />""",UTo... <br />I ~~~ ~~ '0. <br />~* III~IU~ * i <br />+~ nlu .~ <br />'''''-.M ..... <br /> <br />00 J140 <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT <br />WASHINGTON, O. C. 20410 <br /> <br />OFFICE OF THE A.SSISTANT SECRETA.RY F'OR <br />METROPOLITAN FL"-NNING AND DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />IN REPL Y REFER TO: <br /> <br />Office of Resources Development <br /> <br />DEe 2 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />Mr. Allen I. G. Henson <br />Acting Director, Southwest Region <br />National Park Service <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />P.O. Box 728 <br />Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Henson: <br /> <br />Secretary George Romney has asked me to respond to your letter regarding <br />the draft Master Plan and the preliminary Wilderness Study Report for <br />Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. <br /> <br />We believe that as our nation continues to experience environmental <br />problems that it is important to preserve some areas in a natural state. <br />These areas allow man to achieve solitude and change from much of the <br />hectic, modern environment. In addition, such areas can help advance <br />the science of ecology and maintain a balance of different types of <br />environment in the nation. <br /> <br />We also believe that it is important to maintain our ties with the past <br />by preserving, as in this case, the 2~ins a~d relics of earlier periods. <br />Such areas as this are important f0r understanding ourselves and for the <br />science of anthropology and archa ology. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dwig Rettie <br />Dir <br />Open Space and Urban <br />Beautification Division <br /> <br />26 <br />