Excerpts from the report: The area of the basin encompassed by this study is approximately 17,211 square miles and extends across Alabama from the Alabama-Georgia state line to the confluence of the Tombigbee River with the Alabama River approximately 45 miles north of Mobile. The Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers join upstream to form the Alabama River proper. The Cahaba River flows into the Alabama River approximately 16 river miles downstream from Selma. Thirty-five of the 67 counties in the state are completely or partially within the basin. Participation in the Type 4 Cooperative River Basin Study by the U. S. Department of Agriculture is under authority of Section VI, Public Law 83-566 as amended. The principal participants within the Department of Agriculture are the Economic Research Service, Forest Service, and Soil Conservation Service. The study to date has been oriented toward an inventory of natural resources and an evaluation of problems and needs. Included in this report are: (1) objectives of the study; (2) an inventory of natural resources; (3) human and economic resources; (4) problems and needs related to our natural resources; (5) projected demands for agricultural products; and (6) a list and description of resource areas to be considered for further study.