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Show 437 have been appointed for the Pacific Northwest, Missouri River Basin, Pacific Southwest, and Arkansas-White and Red River Basins.225 Integrated agricultural plans are being prepared for the Pacific Northwest and the Arkansas-White-Red Regions, and such a plan has already been completed for the Missouri Basin.226 The scope and objectives of these regional programs are illustrated by the following excerpt from the departmental directive under which the Missouri Basin plan was prepared:227 This program will be designed to: Conserve and im- prove the lands of the Basin; build up and protect the forest resource; protect, enhance and develop the water resource; enlarge and improve the farm plant by irri- gation and drainage; reduce flood and sediment dam- ages; enhance recreation and wildlife; and otherwise support, complement and balance the programs of other agencies-particularly the engineering activities being carried out under the "Pick-Sloan" plan. Field Committees are established in regions in which the Department undertakes the preparation and installation of an integrated agricultural program. The agencies of the Depart- ment previously listed are represented on these committees.228 The Secretary's field representative functions as chairman. These committees are devices for coordination of the planning and execution of the regional programs by joint preparation of 225 Secretary of Agriculture Memorandum No. 1170, August 1, 1946; Secre- tary of Agriculture Memorandum No. 1176, October 17, 1946; Secretary of Agriculture Memorandum No. 1250, February 3, 1950; Secretary of Agricul- ture Memorandum No. 1261, July 17,1950. Each serves on the Basin Inter- agency Committee, and also serves in the field as liaison and coordinating officer for the Department, with its own agencies in the region, with state and local public agencies, and with other organizations and groups inter- ested in resources development. The agencies of the Department are asked to extend to them "full cooperation and assistance." Id. 228 Secretary of Agriculture Memorandum No. 1220, July 9, 1948, and H. Doc. No. 373, 81st Cong., 1st sess., 1949 (Missouri); Secretary of Agricul- ture Memorandum No. 1256, May 9,1950 (Columbia) ; Secretary of Agricul- ture Memorandum No. 1261, July 17, 1950 (Arkansas-White-Red). S2t Secretary of Agriculture Memorandum No. 1220, July 9,1948. 228 See supra, n. 195, p. 430. |