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* THE LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT MATCH- ING PROGRAM also gets the public involved in highway beautification. Landscape projects along state roads are undertaken jointly by the highway department and civic organizations, private developers, local cities and other governmental agencies, and private groups. The program calls for a 50/50 sharing of costs, but the department will accept "in-kind" services, cash, or a combina- tion of the two for the contributing group's 50 percent. These in-kind services can include design plans, labor, equipment, and materials. If your group is interested in participating in the program, contact your local highway department office, or call the department's landscape section in Austin at 512/465-6301. * The department's support of KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, INC. is designed to get grass-roots involvement with local litter reduction programs and individuals statewide. Since the department began supplementing KTB's budget in 1985, hun- dreds of additional community beautification groups have become involved in the organization's programs. For more information on Keep Texas Beautiful, call 1-800-CLEAN-TX. * RESEARCH on landscape design using wild- flowers and other native plants has resulted in innovative methods for soil erosion control in environmentally sensitive areas. In constructing MoPac South in Austin, for example, the depart- ment employed native seeding and grasses to hold the soil together, ditches lined with a special matting which allows plants to grow through it, and extensive preconstruction planning to prevent pollution of Barton Creek by construction activities and heavy equipment. r"'d5 ~E