Laserfiche WebLink
<br />ua053l <br /> <br /> <br />00 <br />'O~ <br />mil <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />[] IJD D <br />Industry <br /> <br />Industrial development has historically <br />been limited in tltis area because of geograph- <br />ical location. unavailability of many natural <br />resources. limited supplies of skilled labor. <br />certain institutional factors such as 513ft.' and <br />local regulations, and competition for industry <br />from the larger urban areas. Industrial develop- <br />ffit."nt potential is in those industries which arc <br />not market or resource oriented but whose <br />marht or resource supply is based on agricul- <br />ture. Normally industries which 3rt' not market <br />or resource oriented are small in nature. <br /> <br />The basin employed 3,:'!75 people in manufacturing, 1,923 in contract constrUl;tion. and <br />2.428 in transportation. communications and public utilities on 1%0, (6) This was a gain of <br />only 286 employees since 1950 in the nonagricultural sector. The 1950-1960 rate of growth in <br />these sectors was somewhat less than state trends and occurn.'d at a time when the basin lost <br />4,772 employees in the agricultural sector. <br /> <br />The 1958 Census of Manufacturing listed approximately 110 manufacturing plants in the <br />basin. Only ten of these employed 100 or mort: people and 44 of these plants appeared to be <br />linked directly to agriculture. Manufacturing establishments in the basin are generally small <br />and many are oriented toward agriculture. Plants in the garment. mobil home, pet food, <br />boat-trailer, and heating and air-conditioning equipment industries, some of which have bt'en <br />in operation since 1958, arc among those employing 100 or man.' people. Rt'cent trenJs <br />toward decentralization of industries. slIch :is tht' meat packing industry, may holJ some <br />promise for increased industrial proJuction in this art'a. <br /> <br />Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Resources <br /> <br />The major wildlife ft.'sources of the Big Blue Basin consist mainly of upland game birds, <br />waterfowl Jnd deer. Some of the better quail and plwasant hunting areas of tht' statt' an.' <br />found in this region. fertile soils, generally favor.lblc climatic factors and an abundance of <br />food support good g<)nJe bird populations. :-:esting cover is the principal limiting f;Jctor of <br />pheasants. Severe winter weather limits quail populations in certain years. However. :J series of <br />mild wint~rs willt'asily allow tht' buildup of quail populations. <br /> <br />Cottontail rabbits are generally abundant oVt'r most of the basin. Squirrel and Jl't'r are <br />of lesst'r importance due to habitat restrictions. The stream courses. o..::cupying a small part of <br />the total land area of tht' basin, constitutt' the primary squirrd :md Jeer habitat. D~er wen' <br />rare as recently as tl'n years ago, but deer hunting is incn.':Jsing in the I:lasin with an estnlated <br />300 head harvl'steJ in 1965. (31 <br /> <br />., <br />