—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 29.1968
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Natural Resources Control
Social And Economic Growth
Natural resource* must be and forest environments.” the
u*cd more wisely than ever be- Penn State official pointed out.
fore to fulfill present needs and Although our capacity to pro
still be available for enjoyment duce an abundance of food and
by future generations, a wildlife wood is increasing rapidly, it is
specialist at The Pennsylvania clear that people are demanding
State University declared re- more land and water for homes,
ctntly. industry, farms, recreation.
"These resources form the hunting, fishing, highways, and
basis of our life and culture, and scenic beauty, he said. All of
they control social and economic this makes conservation pro
growth.” Robert G. Wingard, grams and planned resource de
chairman of forestry and wild- velopment even more important,
life Extension at Penn State, Wingard, in discussing Penn
told delegates participating in a sylvania water pollution prob
statewide Youth Conservation lems. emphasized that water is
Day at nearby Camp Kanesa- the common denominator that
take in Huntingdon County. ties together all of man’s inter-
Wingard served as main ests On its journey from water
speaker at the field day spon- «hed to sea. water affects fish
sored by the Pennsylvania Fed- ing downstream, recreation on
eration of Woman’s Clubs. The a man-made lake, irrigation on
West Virginia Pulp and Paper a valley farm, flood damage in
Company and Pennsylvania For- a town, and safe supplies for
estry Association sponsored human use.
awards for conservation youth “Pollution from sew'age and
projects. industrial wastes, acid mine
“Today we see many changes pesticide chemicals,
on the face of Pennsylvania, .and other contaminents that en-
There is less land in farms, in- ter the stream at any point will
creasing forest acreage, sub- have far reaching effects
urbs moving across the country- throughout the watershed,” the
side, and more people seeking Extension Service specialist
the benefits of unspoiled farm said “In many cases the fisher-
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man is most Immediately affect
ed by pollution; but when water
no longer supports fish, it has
lost much of its value for other
uses, too," he added.
Pennsylvanians have always
been quick to grasp the initia
tive in conservation efforts. This
was partly because we had such
an abundance to start with,
partly because of the harsh les
sons taught by exploitation, and
also because of the wisdom and
foresight of dedicated leaders,”
Wingard emphasized.
He cited several Common
wealth projects Chat have con
tributed to improvement in con
servation efforts. These include
the 25.000 private ponds con
structed in the past 25 years;
Allegheny Reservoir at Kmzua:
Raystown Reservoir in Hunting
don County: Tocks Island Na
tional Recreation Area on the
Delaware River, and pollution
control legislation.
Wingard, in his talk, compli
mented the youth on their proj
ect accomplishments and chal
lenged them to increase their
efforts to improve people’s un
derstanding of conservation pro
grams. Only a well informed cit
izenry can make intelligent de
cisions as to how natural re
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