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<br />Or- ,.. "') '^ .... <br />. J~0j : <br /> <br />Estimated future projected crop yields were estimated for various crops <br />both non-irrigated and irrigated. These projections over. the 60-year <br />period from 1960, or currently, to 2020, vary from approximately 140 <br />percent to just over 200 percent of the current noirmal yl\,,J.ds. Utilizing <br />these projected crop yields and current land and agricultural areas in <br />the Basin and allowing for some adjustments in land use, indicates that if <br />the average fanner in the Missouri Basin keeps up with the estimated pro- <br />jected crop lields, the Missouri Basin can produce el10ugh 111 1980 and 2000 <br />to meet the demand allocated to the Missouri Basin, and will nearly do so <br />in 2020 _ though not quite. . This does not allow for any project-type de- <br />velopnent which is being considered in connection with the work of Work <br />Group V. <br /> <br />There are about 9-1/2 million acres of land for potential future irri- <br />gation i.n the Missouri River Basin. About one-third of this area is in <br />future Bureau of Reclamation programs and the remaining in private enter-. <br />prise, primarily from ground water. The farm deli very for this. irrigation <br />development is estimated to be about 13.4 million acre-feet. <br /> <br />In the Missouri Basin there are two factors which must be considered <br />for future agricultural production in meeting the future needs: one is <br />the need for food and fiber to feed the growing population in the Nation <br />and to meet export requirements which I have described; and the other, <br />which is most important in the Missouri Basin, is the need .for stabilizing <br />the general economic base in the Basin by the stabilization ef~ects of <br />irrigation developnents, rather than relying solely on dryland agriculture, <br />which is subject to the vagaries 0:( the climate. <br /> <br />Forestry i'roduction - In. view of an increasing supply of suitable <br />species and raw wood products and of increasing local.and national demands <br />for them, a major increase in the production of forest products is antici- <br />pated over the next 50 years. The assumed saw timber cut in these projec- <br />tions will allow inventory volumes of growth both to increase over the. <br />.projection period. .The cut of saw timber is projected to rise from 554 <br />million board feet in 1962 to 1,354 million in the year 2020.. This will <br />equal saw timber growth by 2020 but during the projection periods the <br />inventory will have . increased by 11,000 million board feet. Total timber <br />cut is expected to increase from about 104 million cubic feet in 1962 to <br />about 400 million cubic feet in 2020. If good timber management is prac- <br />ticed most of this period, timber cutting may well increase more. <br /> <br />Municipal and Industrial Water Supply ~ In the Missouri Basin there <br />are approximately 1,800 water systems serving municipalities and communities. <br />.Of these, approximately 231 serve municipalities with a population of over 5 <br />million. There are over 1,500 amaller systems serTing popl1lations of ;Less <br />than 2,500, but with a. total combined popl1lation of about 2 million. In <br />e4dition, approxiJDately 1-1/2 million people are dependent upon their own <br />water supply, primarily in the farm segment of the ecoDOlllY. In addition to <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />;~~:; <br /> <br />~~.~;:;2 <br />....... <br />... <br />"':"::."': <br />~..- '.' "." <br /> <br />.;-,~.;:'~: <br /> <br />~~~t~.: ! <br />~;~~::~~:~ <br /> <br />. ~ '.".. <br />~::.::~'.;; <br />.~.~!.:>: <br />'>~;':"::": <br />;~:'.;':-" . <br />:.>\f. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~~~;~r I <br />~ <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />. '.:...~:; .-:. <br />~:.;~.>~ ' <br />:;i?~;~~;:~ <br /> <br />~:::':':-';'- I <br />...;.......; , <br />:'.:", <br />~.:.:~:2-".i.r <br />~>:-.:f~ <br />:"'. .::~.: <br />,. .- <br /> <br />~ .-:;..' <br /> <br />;~1>.:..~: <br />..:......... <br />~._~.;~{..:, . <br /> <br />~:j;Ft. ~:. <br />J.. . <br /> <br />;~j;)(;~~!~;.;~;i?;'~~!(~i;~%'2;;V'~~~;~k'!;;~~~~~~~~'9~'~;tf~:0',:;r~"~~'i; <br />