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The Subarctic volume, the fourth in the Handbook of North American Indians series, was published early in 1982, and publication of the Southwest II volume is scheduled for the spring of 1983. First editing, artifact and photo selections will be completed for the Arctic volume, the next in the series, in the spring of 1983. A new managing editor for the Handbook was recently hired and this will help to accelerate production. 

The Museum of Man exists as a programmatic concept within the facilities and administrative framework of the Museum of Natural History. It has no resources, building, or activities of its own, except as reflected in past years in the operations of the Center for the Study of Man. The significant Congressional reduction in the Center's FY 1983 base has created a need to review operations over the next few months relative to continuing filming, archival, immigration and other studies, and any associated staff work. The concept of a Museum of Man continues to have basic appeal and the Institution will examine ways to further its programmatic development. 

In FY 1982, the Museum of Natural History undertook the management of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port, Florida (formerly called the Fort Pierce Bureau), as an integral part of its marine research program. The name change was made to reflect the fact that the facility at Fort Pierce is not a bureau in and of itself with a program of its own, but rather a locus for the conduct of research and available to scientists from several of the Instituion's bureaus. Over the planning period, a series of cooperative efforts with other bureaus and outside scholars will be developed to explore further the life history and systematics of various kinds of organisms from the Indian River and adjacent Atlantic Ocean. This activity is funded exclusively with trust funds, and resources are expected to remain relatively stable over the planning period. 

[[underlined]]Astrophysical Observatory[[/underlined]]. Over the next five years, the Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) will concentrate available new resources on two major questions of astronomy: (1) the origin and evolution of galaxies, and (2) the origin and evolution of stars like the Sun, including the Sun itself. During the 1980's, these two areas are particularly ripe for investigation. The study of galaxies should bear significant results because of the increasing availability and reliability of large and sensitive instruments, such as the Observatory's Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT)2 located at Mt. Hopkins in Arizona, and X-Ray Imaging Detectors. The study of the Sun and similar stars is important because of the necessity to understand their close relationships to planetary sciences, earth sciences, and biological sciences. During the planning period, an effort will be made to increase selectively the research staff to take advantage of these opportunities. Particular emphasis will be given to 

2. Renamed the Fred L. Whipple Observatory on September 14, 1981.