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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />:n":~~'~'-~3 <br />U.'_'. "j (j' <br /> <br />General Description <br /> <br />ECONOMY <br /> <br />Mining and agriculture are historic and continuing bases of <br />Boulder County's econonw. These are now augmented by expanding <br />educational, scientific, manufacturing, and commercial enterprises <br />in and near the principal cities. Tourist trade has thrived and <br />expanded decade after decade. <br /> <br />The large and diversified agricultural production places the <br />county etghth in Colorado for farm income. About 48 percent of the <br />county's acreage is in farmlands, a large proportion of which is <br />irrigated. <br /> <br />Boulder, the county seat and principal city, has experienced <br />great economic and population growth since 1950. Major contributing <br />factors have been the tremendous expansion of scientific research <br />at the University of Colorado and at Federal and other national <br />establishments in and near the city and concurrent development of <br />numerous allied manufacturing plants. Longmont and Lafayette,the <br />second and third largest cities in the county, also have grown and <br />prospered because of new industrial developments in their vicinities <br />and associated increases in construction, retailing, and service <br />trades. <br /> <br />Other incorporated towns of Boulder County include: rapidly <br />growing Broomfield near Denver; Louisville and Lyons, trading centers <br />in the agricultural and tourist areas, respectively; and Ward, <br />JamestoWn, and Nederland, mountain communities. <br /> <br />PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS <br /> <br />Previous Bureau investigations of significance in the St. Vrain ' <br />Creek area were primarily concerned with reregulation of existing <br />streamflows and production of hydroelectric power. These studies <br />were included in the "Report on the South Platte River Basin, <br />Colorado-Wyoming-Nebraska" dated June 1959. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />".-./<,' <br /> <br />