Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-22
Project in Ohio
May Aid Plans
For Monocacy
Maryland Ot'lelols
Make z Day Tour OF
ktuskIneum Project
o. Jones Fa<A'xld

SEW PRuAItEiFEiA CssA.
Naf :. The tanning ~ sas Ma4-
sosaTn RIVE nay sesse A. pat
tern fag iae ar,r37gvastri a. Gas
MoncsRcs River Valley IN tnr fsF-
lie Mary and coInt9c, II f'y-tsrssrE
ard Csrsc4
Representative ot Mar ard
aeenc3eA AnS ogKaatEa uous "A
ffeserssk County Nzve be~u sleow n
dag.ng Tx !asi t~o DAYS has .
los ally aes ciop~t plau san rnd
7oods ard al I've sassr slHae aeyelon
huee recreation ARA that Corrgp
one attn o. Ohlo
They have hccU khowt3 eon@f1s-
tlou IN action -HeA laTgs areas -
sue;na FglnAi lane have eccn to-
planted ta forests hoW farms have
been grb4git ard wafer resources
Used to their maximum efnrirneF.
They have mixed With people
who no longer 'eas yearly nosoSis
that once caused heavy damaEtA
And they have sern fust gcc'ra-
tiona! Development that has bern
estimated "a ~ worth more Than
$500 900 annually TO thr ARA
Careful Planning Stressed
The MAgylanaers came here 10
study the MuSklneun development
before organisms = Development
program for The MonocAey .
movement BENG sponsarcd eN the
Frederick County Chafnecr at
Commerce and backed BY the state
Commission on the Potomac River
Basin They have been Impressed
with the Importance Of careful
plAnning before woig 10 started
Like the move Ia develop tie
Monocacy. the Musksngum pro-
gram began With plan that
originated within the aatStAhed,
II Was after the 1918 food when
more than 800 lives acre lost IN
the Muxkirigum Valley that real
dents Of Eastern Ohio beGan seii.
ouSly 10 think Of food control
The frs, plan was developed al
most Is years later and the severe
drought OF 1890 ernphAssfed the
Importance Of water conservation
rs we'll as food control IN the Mus-
kingum area Plans acre changed,
and by 1898. when Federal funds
were available 20 relieve depression
conditions, the Museinsun con-
Servancy district wss ready 10
qualify for aid. Five years later
the food control program Vas in
operation.
Fishing Licenses Double,
Bryce c. Browning. District d.
rector. estimates that 200 900 per
sons from Ohio and neighoorinE
States visited the areas IL lakes
last season. He said the sale Of
fishlns licenses has doubled In the
State. and that fish have become
80 plentiful in the lakes that ell
limits and restrictions have been
removed,
Mr.. Browning explained that an
important phase Of The MuAkin.
gum development is that the dis
tfict has continued Ia pay taxes
on all land which 1t purchased. 80
that none OF the Ia counties within
It's boundary lost revenues throush
the development The sunmaf-
ainal land along the lake shores
and on The steep hills Is being
planted 10 forests and the bottom
land owned by the district Ia being
operated as farms
Lawrence II crickenbereer rep
reschtinE the Frederick Chamber
of Commerce. said the develop
msnt here will serve as q guide on
planning the MonoeAey program.
He said that while many problems
in the two watersheds differ ths
oYeJ ALI plan that has been sue
cessful here can be followed in
Maryland
OF greatest Importance. Mr.
CriekenberRer said II the extent
10 which The Muskinsum district
has made uss OF existing State ard
Federal agencies
No technical service hAs been
set up by ths district which could
be obtained through q cooperating
agency he pointed out. with tire
result that tloAe cooperation be-
tween all agencies Ia apparent,
Tentative Plan IL Due.
The food control program 10
under the Army engineers Ths
soil conservation service and .hs
forest service have planned ths
land use policy followed In tins
watershed. while Wild life resources
are under the Ohio Consrry alton
Department These agenelss I'll
are oo-ordinaied by district on
Gals
MI. CTlekrnberEer aid . iensa.
tive plan for the Aonncary Hlll
De made by Joint Fyedei fek-
Carroll Cornitsee and that State
officials ALL then BE- called in for
consultation. He kaid Re expects
TO zee IN organization under way
within the year
In addition TO Mr CrickenbffE ser.
ilsose OH the tour include Josrps1
z. kAylor. director Of Mar Land
forests and parks DT r. v T'rEits.
director Of Research ard EdneA.
tor. David Wallace. chairman Il
the Board 81 Natural fsesourres
Paul Mckee. secretary Of "a
water Pollution Control corn, s-
sion Edward n. Costsr. dtfsxtgs
Of The Interstate conmlaaann On
ins Potomac River Basin. n {.
BackanKham, Etaik forester. ~ u,
johnson and W. A PAR. e4aTet
fosestssx 4. Easl nemsb~rE ard
Harry Z*ntx. members o, tie
Frederick sod conservation assag-st
board os supervisors. Co f'gl443
III ssse 9Tefsyseg Fysx8ey4rF ard ~.