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ciii South Caroli Further extensive and thoughtless development in the tidelands would eventually put an end to much of South * - Carolina's fish productivity. Our fisheries depend upon the high biologic productivity of the coastal bays, sloughs, inlets, sounds, salt marshes and lagoons. Indeed, estuaries are the primary fish nursery. Dredging, canals, and levees, not to mention marsh that has been filled in to provide high-priced lots, are simply not compatible with oysters, clams, crab, flounder , and shrimp. Among other weak sections of the bill is the provision creating yet another bureaucratic agency, and placing the administration of the bill's provisions under the jurisdiction of the S. C. Wildlife Resources Department. It is difficult to understand why the Senate would entrust an agency with demonstrated ineptness in management of resources, personnel and finances with the tideland in terests of South Carolinians. 44 ill would relinquish development of... public recreational facilities WHY BR ITTONS Brittons Offers A Gamecock Charge Account4 to all RegisteredStudents. What Do You Have To Your Student I. D. To Either Location, Downtown Square, and Fill Out A Charge Application. This I~ Way To Stretch Your Dollars & An Opportunity to Credit That Will Be Important To You Later In Y Brittons for FaIl '72 Brings A Superlative New Collection of L.adies Fashions. Brittons Makes Its Selections From The Worlds M Manufacturers. What's More , We've Given It Our Own Special Won't Find Any Thing Like It Anywhere. Why Don't You Visit Brittons And Open A Charge Account An< Yourself: Why Brittons BRI' 1337M1AIN ST - za coast In addition, power would be invested in the lawyers of the interagency council to make decisions regarding claims that should rightfully concern the courts. The "Tidelands Bill" has already passed the Senate. Despite overwhelming public opposition to many aspects of the bill expressed in the public hearing held in that chamber, it was recalled from committee without a single word being altered. Some hard questions also should be asked concerning personal gain for the senators who in troduced the bill. How S. 977 can be regarded as responsible legislative action is difficult to imagine. What are the tidelands worth? This is a perishable resource. Unlike a forest, it cannot be regenerated; once bulldozed and filled to provide another Litchfield (for those who can afford it);it cannot be reclaimed. What South Carolina needs is a bill that zones the f 4~ "II iIi or cc le S, b ri e li b 0 >f $100 Do? Bring or Dutch ; A Great Gai Establish I h r our Career. ost Luxurious$ Touches. You , I See For V ETONS . DUTCH SQUARE MALL } lelands out of wanton destruction by selfish interests; e that really provides for protection as well as wise age. The current "special interest" bill should be killed in mmittee, and the proper research and development of jislation that pays heed to the needs of the majority of >uth Carolinians can be initiated. What has consistentely ?en consistently ignored by the developers, bankers, and ce field "owners" is that "the best multiple use concept r the tidelands is the one presently practiced by the :osystem; it benefits and contributes to a multiplicity of fe forms, one of which is man," according to Bill Camp ?11 of the Audobon Society. Such words such as the basis the new legislation. ecock' s A ccount l00: Limnit) a