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Land uses, of course, do not have to be exploitive. They can be in full harmony with public interest, with the capabilities of the land, and must be for a stable economy. But that won’t just happen! We hear much these days about multiple uses of our water and our forests. That is all to the good. We must also think in terms of multiple, harmonious uses of our other land resources as well. This is inherent in full, complete conservation on a planned basis. And to achieve harmonious multiple use of all land resources, we need to apply one, in particular, of the principles that has proven essential in conservation work on our agricultural lands. Emphasis must be given to decisions, and planning, by local users themselves, on the individual farms in our Culpeper Soil Conservation District, in the Mountain Run Watershed; planning bolstered by technically sound facts.
A simple but awsome realization gradually forms in the minds of many conservationists about man and his relationship to the land. In land, man can destroy something he cannot create. He can alter or modify, for better or for
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