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Marsh Urges Study
On Potomac Basin
Rep. John O. Marsh, Jr., has urged Congressional approval of broadened research authority for the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
In a statement to a House Public Works Subcommittee, Marsh noted that the Commission had been bound by the compact creating it nearly 30 years ago to studying only pollution problems of the Potomac and its tributaries.
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cent of cost, except for low-income farmers.
In general, cost-sharing for enduring practices, such as putting in perennial grasses for permanent cover, will continue at a 50 per cent rate.
About one-fourth of the national ACP funds already are used for installing permanent vegetative cover. Some of the conservation practices include construction of farm and wildlife ponds, putting in trees and shrubs for forestry purposes or to prevent erosion, and improvement of existing cover on farmlands and livestock ranges.
All of these have direct and indirect benefits to the public. Water quality is improved for all downstream users when permanent cover helps stop water siltation where where it starts. Ponds and reservoirs also help prevent stream siltation and floods, provide wildlife habitat, and often serve public recreational uses. Trees and shrubs beautify the countryside as well as help prevent soil
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