Now much of it is like a drainboard. And there, say the authors of this startling book, lies the key to all our water problems. We must protect our watersheds. A watershed Is the area of land that supplies a given watercourse. Government agencies like the Army Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, working independently, are proceeding with huge projects in many river valleys and propose many more.
None involve any program of watershed improvement.
A few would forever damage parts of some of our finest national parks and monuments. We must formulate a water resources policy and create a central planning agency that will stop the untold waste of public funds, protect our watersheds, and insure the conservation of our soil, water, forests, wildlife and scenic wonders. Now is the time. Argonne National Laboratory, Division of Educational Programs, Harold Myron, Ph.D., Division Director.