WOPSY s first ~place, I should like to thank tho Division ot 5 a emg Tans ae apes Sart Fant & of Biclogy and Ma:dicine of the Atomic Dnersy Commissisa on bsnalt of the Ecolosical Sosicty of America for inviting us here end allowing us to liston to the fine work in progross. I an sure ‘we are all geatificd 2 We should elso Tike to corsvatulate the Atonie Inorg 2 Commission on acquiring an ecologist on the biolosy and medicine staff hora, and wa cre very khanpy that it was one ox our members, Doctor wolse. Secondiy, we feol that we must have a2 much nore intenSive training of radiation ecolozsisis, young people who can take their part in what epponrs to be a long-term investigation, Thirdly, we belicve that there sheuld be an intensification of the reserarch prezran en the basic princinies of connunity ecoloty with roference to radioactivity. Fourtinly, in view of the potcsibliity that public pover reactors will be Iccated in various parts of the country, we Q i] nN tw cr] 2°] cq "Wi fo ts} types not now under intensive investisati Q bs rsccmnsnd establishment of research prograns on major cormunity Q $3 > Pacific Northwest Forest, estvcaries and American Troplean Rain + an In the Ferest, and Chappayval, *‘Numbex five, we recommend that more attention ke paid to joint programs in ecolosy and genetics, We feel that there is a gcod ceal of gold to bo nined in such a program, such as, for