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Show development Plan Is Sent To Governor nor Approval the fact that people will solve their own resource problems through their own efforts if given encouragement and help by public agencies. This is basically a self-help program where people define their own problems and work out solutions to them. The RC&D project can supply technical help for most any project and will supply financial grants in many cases. They can also arrange for low-cost loans. In addition to these financial grants from RC&D, many other sources of money are often tapped, tap-ped, such as the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, The Four Corners Organization, Housing Hous-ing & Urban Development, and others. RC&D projects are on a group basis only. However, the groups who may apply for assistance are nearly unlimited. Cities, towns, civic clubs, irrigation companies, grazing associations, associa-tions, sportsman's groups, and even informal groups who have problems that affect them are eligible. And the projects that they may submit are just as unlimited. The local people who have sponsored and endorsed the RC&D project believe that prudent pru-dent use, management, and protection pro-tection of our natural resources is a fundamental requirement for improving the quality of life. Through an RC&D project these resources can be utilized for their best use, and at the same time result in new businesses, busi-nesses, new recreation facilities, facil-ities, improved housing, lvr.hr o.ni improved economic and social life.-W. Lyle Reynolds. The Resource Cons'ervation & Development project application applica-tion for the Mountainlands Planning District has been sent to Governor Rampton for approval ap-proval reports Lyle Reynolds of the USDA Soil Conservation Service. If this application is approved by Governor Rampton, it will go to the Secretary of Agriculture for his approval, and ultimately become a reality in the Mountainlands. Moun-tainlands. The Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) project application is the result of many hours of work by the Summit County Soil Conservation District, Dis-trict, the Kamas Valley Soil Conservation District, the resource re-source committees of the Mountainlands Association of Governments, and representatives representa-tives of the Soil Conservation Service. The Mountainland planning area, comprising Summit, Wasatch, Wa-satch, and Utah counties gives the ideal setting for an RC&D project, since these projects are nearly always multi-county in scope. This gives people a chance to solve their problems on a broader scale, since nearly all of our problems nowadays affect those around us. RC&D projects are developed to help local people realize the full potential of their areas. They are locally initiated and carried out. The RC&D concept is based on |