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<::> C'~ .c:.. o en CO -2- A major study in the Bennett springs area is ongoing and consists of dye tracing that will be used to evaluate waste disposal and waste treatment facilities, mitigate damage from environmental accidents, and ultimately allow better protection of the unique resources of the springs. The Bennett Springs area, near Lebanon, Missouri, is an extremely popular spot for sport fisherman. The details of the study are available, but it is interesting to note that the travel of some of the dyes in underground routes go below, or cross the surface water streams and show up on the other side. In the Winter/spring issue of Resource Review there is a detailed write up on this study. I have a copy by each of your places here at the head table and if you would like to receive future copies of the Resource Review there is a postage paid post card for you to fill in and mail to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. statewide the "no net loss of wetlands" is proceeding. An Advisory council is working with state staff in the preparation of a State Wetland Conservation Plan. The Advisory Council is composed of state and federal agencies, and public and private organizations. The Chairman of the Advisory council, Ms. Sarah Hearne Steelman, is also the Deputy Director of the Division of Geology and Land Survey. The Missouri General Assembly Conference Committee Report on House Committee substitute for Senate substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution number seven addresses wetlands and the need for the Missouri General Assembly to be involved. Following are quotes from the resolution and specifically the resolves: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that any .state department or agency except those with constitutional responsibility for fish, forestry and wildlife resources and those with constitutional responsibility for the joint committee on wetlands of the Missouri General Assembly prior to the establishing of any program which would define, permit, preserve, regulate, or restore wetlands and prior to entering into contract with the federal government, .state agency or any private entity which would have the effect of defining, permitting, preserving, regulating, or restoring wetlands: and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President Pro Tem of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint a member of his respective house to serve on the state's Wetlands Advisory Board, composed of state employees and private individuals, who shall regularly inform the joint committee on wetlands of the progress and findings of the advisory board: and