WSP09951

• File Number: 8281.950
• Description: Colorado River Studies and Investigations -- Upper Colorado Comprehensive Framework Study
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1971
• Title: Upper Colorado Region Comprehensive Framework Study - Appendix VI - Land Resources and Use
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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PART V

PART VI

PART VII

PART VIII

CONTENTS (Continued)

problems and possible solutions.
Irrigated cropland . . . . . .
Dry cropland . . . . . . . . .
Grazing (livestock forage production). .
Timber production. . .. . .
Fire control . . .
Intermixed landownership
Fish and wildlife.
Mineral production . .
Discovery,. . . . . .
Prediscovery rights. .
Marketability. . . . . .
Marketability affects rights to hold reserves.
Extralateral rights. . . . . . .
Adequate nonmineral land not available for
mining purposes . . . .
Locatable or leasable. . . . . . . . .
Placer or lode .. .. . . . . . . .
Common or uncommon - saleable or locatable
Discovery. . . . . . .
Recreation . . . . . . .
Transportation and utilities
National parks . . .
Indian reservations. . . .
National forests . . . . .
Bureau of Land Management.
Urban and industrial . .
Wilderness . . . . . . . . .
Summary of treatment and cost.
Relationship of availability of .land resource to
projected requirements. .
Irrigated cropland . . . . . . . . . .
Dry cropland . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gra.zing (livestock forage production).
Timber production (forest). ..
Effect of alternative plans. ..
Alternative programs . . .
Cropland . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grazing (livestock forage production). .
Annual grazing production.
Timber production. . . . . . . . .
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Land ownership and administration. .
Definition of terms. . . .
Scope of time and detail .
Reliability. . . . . . .
Soils. . . . . . . . . . . .
Irrigation soil classes.
General soil map . . . . .

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