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Show pleased and encouraged by the responsiveness of land management agencies to possibilities for change that were suggested during the course of our review, either by our official advisors, citizens at meetings, or by the study reports. Some of these changes have been instituted, and we understand that others are under active consideration on the basis of material developed by or for us and without awaiting study of the Commission's specific recommendations. With the various interests-private and public, Federal as well as non-Federal-represented in the advisory groups, and with the diverse political, social, and economic backgrounds of the Commissioners, taken together with the comprehensive studies prepared by or under the direction of the staff, as well as the several thousand views received at meetings and otherwise from members of the public, the Commission believes that all factors have been given consideration in the making of its final decisions. All the members of the Commission, including those who are legislators, have looked beyond the narrow requirements of their constituencies, affiliations, and associations to judge the public weal. XII |