LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL


 JVivison of eoloqy

 CaIlahzassee
 June 15, 1967

Honorable Claude R. Kirk, Jr., Chairman
State Board of Conservation
Tallahassee, Florida


Dear Governor Kirk:

 One of the most pressing problems relating to water resources
management is that of flood plain control and zoning. A study of
all of our flood plain problems is now being completed by the
Corps of Engineers, personnel of the State Board of Conservation,
and the U. S. Geological Survey.
 A study on Lake Jackson has just been completed in which it
was recorded that the 1966 high record level of water in the basin
has established a base line for future planning. A report on the
"Analysis of the Water-Level Fluctuations of Lake Jackson near
Tallahassee, Florida," has been prepared by Gilbert H. Hughes of
the U. S. Geological Survey and is being published as Report of
Investigations No. 48. It is anticipated that the data presented in
this report will be valuable to the planning departments of the
City of Tallahassee and Leon County, and will serve as an example
for State studies.
 Respectfully yours,
 Robert O. Vernon
 Director and State Geologist