AAAS:
Delay Construction of Red River Dam

Whereas a unique natural area of geological, botanical and zoological significance, valuable in research and instruction as well as providing rare scenic beauty, would be destroyed by the construction of the Red River Dam in Kentucky; and

Whereas man, though able to build laboratories, can never recreate a natural area that has been annihilated; and

Whereas alternative means of flood control and water storage may be found; and

Whereas the dam was authorized and funds were appropriated without adequate consideration of the intangible value of the area to be lost; therefore

Be it resolved that the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science appeal to the President of the United States to direct the Water Resources Council to study the advisability of the Red River Dam in Kentucky and to delay construction until a more thorough study can be made; and

Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be sent to the President of the United States; to the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Secretary of the Army; Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of the Interior; and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

[Adopted by the AAAS Council, December 30, 1967.]