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  |\n| --- |\n\nReport No.395th CongressFebruary 10,19782nd Session  \nPAGE  \nGENERAL  \nEditorial/0pinion:Reorganization of NaturalResource Responsibilities66House,Senate Recess for Lincoln DayCongressmen,Senators Announce RetirementsSenate Committees Make Adjustments75  \n刀4  \nENERGY  \nSenate Committee Questions DOE &BLM Nominees76Administration Backs Coal Slurry Pipelines78  \n# FoRESTRY\n\nForests Subcommittee Reviews Four Bills71Interior,Forest Service Explain Budget Requests79  \n# OCEAN RESOURCES\n\nJoint EPA,NOAA Authorization Hearings Held73  \n# PUBLIC LANDS\n\nATaska Subcommittee Reports D-2 Bil168Senate Committee Questions DOE &BLM Nominees76  \n# WILDERNESS\n\nConferees Agree on Endangered Wilderness Bil167Subcommittee Completes Absaroka-Beartooth Mark-up70  \n# REGULAR FEATURES\n\nPubiic Hearings on Environmental Issues79  \nEDITORIAL/0PINION  \n# REORGANIZATION OF NATURAL_RESOURCE RESPONSIBILITIES\n\nWe are ambivalent about the reports that reorganization ofthe natural resources functions of the federal government isnot included in the Carter Administration's priorities for1978.Originally,recommendations of the Office of Managementand Budget group working on reorganization were to have gone tothe President by the end of this month and an administrationreorganization plan was expected shortly thereafter.It is nowunclear when the recommendations will be sent to the Presidentor when he wil1 act upon them.Our ambivalence stems from theneed we see,on the one hand,to_do something to restructurethe federal agencies with natural resources responsibilitiesand the opportunity on the other hand,for disaster andmischief which such an effort represents.  \nThere is a certain comfort in knowing how the systemfunctions and how to deal with it,even if it is also clearthat it is not the best system.Considering the possiblenegative results of reorganization,some public interest groupswould prefer to stay with the status quo rather than gamble onalternatives.We do not believe that this is necessarily inthe public interest.  \nAlmost everyone agrees that there are serious problemswith the present organization of the federal government.  Thefragmented,uncoordinated water resources policy of federalagencies like the Corps of Engineers and the Soil ConservationService practically ensures the waste,  unacceptableenvironmental costs and unwise planning,  with whichconservationists are all too familiar.  \nAnother example of this disjointed approach is the splitof respons ibility for marine mammals and endangered speciesbetween the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS).  NOAAhas general responsibility for managing marine mammals,exceptthat some marine mammals are managed by the USFWS.  Inaddition,USFWS manages the polar bear,a threatened marinemammal which spends much of its time on land,and the seaotter,an endangered marine mammal which spends most of itslife in the water.  \nUnfortunately,there are a number of similar examples ofunwise and/or il1ogical federal resource management.  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