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<br />6 <br /> <br />Key rural towns in the Lower Gunniso" ,'Jrea include Delta U,;n,) people <br />in 1970) and Montrose (6,500 people i~ 1970). Preliminary county <br />populations and projections were furnished by the Colorado Givlsion of <br />Planning. Portions of these counties 1 Ie oUlsidethe boundary area. <br /> <br />County 1970 19~2...__~_ 1990 2000 <br />De 1 ta --- 15,290 18,600 1+0,000 60,000 <br />Montrose -18,370 21,500 24,000 30,OOCJ <br />Ouray 1,550 2,500 3,500 5,000 <br /> <br />About 42 percent of the area is in private ownership. The significance <br />of 58% 'of the drainage area being in federal ownership is readily al"~;a" <br />rent when considering the need for a cooperative watershed treatment <br />program. Much of the highly erodible land is managed by the BLM. Most <br />of the 36 percent of the Lower Gunnison area managed by the O,S. Forest <br />Service is in the high elevations and is a low producer of salt and <br />sed i men t. <br /> <br />003054 <br />