LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL


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                       TALLAHASSEE

                       July 20, 1965

Honorable Haydon Burns, Chairman Florida State Board of Conservation Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Governor Burns:

   The Florida Geological Survey will publish, as Report of Investigations No. 41, a comprehensive report on the water resources of the Econfina Creek Basin area in northwestern Florida. This report was prepared by the members of the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Florida Geological Survey, as a part of its water resources study program.
   The Econfina Creek is one of the largest discharging streams of the State, and its potential for meeting water resources needs is great. The publication of the total resources study, to be accomplished in a series of papers, will contribute toward the stabilization of the economic development of the Panhandle area, and will provide a basis upon which a large water-using economy can be based.

                            Respectfully yours,
                            Robert 0. Vernon,
                            Director and State Geologist