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<br />Creek Watershed in Clay County. The Park Board will utilize a multi-
<br />purpose structure in connection with a State Park featuring Watkins
<br />Mill. The Park Board has also established regional park offices to
<br />assist in administering and servicing of State Parks. Three regions
<br />have been established with two offices located in Brookfield and
<br />Lebanon serving the Missouri Basin area in Missouri. The Park Board
<br />was also authorized to employ park rengers having police power and have
<br />stationed such personnel in each Stete Park. Material reduction in
<br />traffic violations and vandalism has been noted during the past year.
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<br />The Missouri Conservation Commission has acquired an additional 2,090
<br />acres to meet public needs for hunting and fishing. Six tracts
<br />totaling 233 acres were for stream access sites. Emphasis was placed
<br />on upgrading existing and new areas through wildlife habitat improvement,
<br />provision of road access, and construction of boat ramps. Striped bass
<br />were stocked in the Lake of the Ozarks and muskie were stocked in Pomme
<br />de Terre Reservoir. The construction of roads, ramps, and a concession
<br />building at Blind Pony Lake in Saline County is virtually complete.
<br />A warm water hatchery is being constructed there also. Wild turkey
<br />stocking continued in North Missouri with releases being made in
<br />Shelby, Cooper, and Saline Counties for the first time.
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<br />Intensified protection is being given to forest lands in the area
<br />served by a new fire district headquarters in Lebanon in Laclede
<br />County, Missouri. In addition to the usual forest management programs,
<br />the Legislature appropriated funds beginning July I, 1968, for a
<br />metropolitan forester to be stationed in Kansas City. Services will
<br />be available to individuals, public bodies, and industries in need of
<br />information related .to the forestry field.
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<br />Legislation authorizing the Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation Project was
<br />passed by the Congress and approved by President Johnson after many
<br />years of effort. Further delay in moving the project to the construc-
<br />tion stage can be expected, however, due to the elimination of planning
<br />funds in the current budget and the failure to include such funds for
<br />Mid-State in next year's budget.
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<br />The planning of watershed projects in Nebraska was accelerated by the
<br />fielding of an additional watershed planning party by the State Soil
<br />and Water Conservation Commission to complement the planning efforts
<br />of the Soil Conservation Service.
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<br />A distinct forward step was taken by Nebraska by the passage late in
<br />the 1967 session of the Legislature of a Flood Plain Zoning Act which
<br />provides for the designation of flood hazard areas by the State Soil
<br />and Water Conservation Commission and the imposition of land use
<br />regulations to be enforced by local governments. Should the local
<br />government fail in the enforcement, the State is empowered to assume it.
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<br />Other actions by the 1967 Legislature in the interest of water resources
<br />development were acts providing for State and County financial aid to
<br />Soil and Water Conservation Districts for managerial assistance and the
<br />inclusion of urban areas in such districts.
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