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<br />,:1 -~ /" I:':: <br />~~ W ... ~.' <br /> <br />County Road #4. Construction roals and operation and Main- <br /> <br />tenance trails provide nccess from the nbovc-~entioned rONIs <br /> <br />to the various features. <br /> <br />Th~ are.:l .:It n~.:lrby lo.~,;rcr clev.:1.tions has no urb9..n or indus- <br /> <br />tri~l Jevelopment, an~ the chief source of inCOMe COMes from <br /> <br />farMS, ranches and tourist businoss. The nr~a supports <br /> <br />trout fishine and bie ~a~e huntine. <br /> <br />L~nJs in lower elevntions within the 8ec~raphic area 3re <br /> <br />utiliz~d by private Inndowne~s for livestock ~r.~zins. <br /> <br />!~ithin the Arkansas Valloy on the Eastern Slope, uhich the <br /> <br />North 8id8 System s~rvcs, continued econOMic dcvclop~cnt is <br /> <br />hoavily dopcmdont upon cstablishinro an adequatd watdr supply. <br /> <br />IrriE',:ltiun \-later is obtained priMarily from nnt-ivc flm-rs of <br /> <br />the Arkansas River and frl)!'l 't"ells, t.;rith hip;h historic,'11 ";.Jnter <br /> <br />shortn.?~s. .i\rk~i.1sa.B n.ive:r flot>1s ho.vc been p;rco.tly OV8r <br /> <br />nppropri3teu for Many YCQrs ~nd the potenti~l for developing <br /> <br />new "atcr SOurCdS in tho Ark,ms:ls Vallcy is practic:Jlly nOll'" <br /> <br />existunt. Hence, many of the ~rm.;rin~ citit::.s of the nI'i,;:,1. nre <br /> <br />s8~kinc to purch~se ecrly Ark3nsas River d~creed water riphts <br /> <br />cnd/or acquire stJck in irri3ntion c~nponiGs to nu?m8~t their <br /> <br />pruscnt supplies. <br /> <br />33 <br />