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Show PARC VIII RECOMMENDATIONS 20. Adopt regulations by governmental agencies to protect and re- store natural lakes by: a. Prohibiting alteration of remaining natural lakes with outstanding scenic and biologic qualities. b. Prohibiting further development of lakes on which res- ervoirs were superimposed but which still retain outstanding attributes. c. Retiring storage reservoirs that have been constructed over lakes whenever they are abandoned or there is opportunity for transfer of the storage capacity to larger multiple-purpose reservoirs, such retirement to be followed by rehabilitation to productive levels at which they can function as fishing lakes. 21. Provide for maintenance or improvement of the food and cover plants required by wildlife occurring in the areas of brush control and other range rehabilitation, especially for mule deer, antelope, and sage grouse. 22. Control of phreatophytes should not be undertaken in moose range or in other stream-bottom areas where significant fish and wildlife values are dependent upon the plant species to be removed. 23. Incorporate in mining activities such measures as are necessary to control the emission of pollutants into the streams and, in the case of surface mining, provide measures to restore the topography and vegeta- tion of excavated areas to original conditions, insofar as possible, upon cessation of the mining activities. 2k. Adopt appropriate mitigation measures in drainage practices in- . volving Federal participation where wetlands of value to fish and wild- life are involved. 25. Develop environmental control programs at all levels of Govern- ment to support present programs which protect the public from health hazards from air, water, and vector-borne diseases. 26. Clarify the Federal reservation doctrine relating to water rights and quantity of Federal water claims at an early date. 27. Conduct research and studies on the production and transmission of electrical energy, including control methods for particulate matter, sulphur and nitrogen oxides, disposal of fly ash, utilization of low gi-ade waste heat available in cooling water, environmental impact of plant sLtes and transmission line routings, and control of associated mining areas. Ill |