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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />,..", <br />' , <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.0872 <br /> <br />Other factors ~ti:f'lueDcingrecreationalde- <br />velopmellt inClude the nuill\iier of psoplewithin apprQ- <br />priate use-distance, the relationship between their <br />needs for recreation and available facilities, afid <br />the economic outloo~ f~,~~~e area. Within a rad!us <br />of twenty-five miles, liiasEtd on 1950 Census Reports, <br />live 36,400 people. With the exception of Raton,all <br />towns therein and the included sections of Las.Animas <br />and Huerfano counties., ColQrado, and of Colfax County, <br />New lIe:ico, decreased i.population during the 1940- <br />50 decado. ' A major cause of this decline has been the <br />closing ef coal mines, due to changing industrial fuel <br />requirements, and costs of production. Local efforts <br />to offset ,this situation, as noted by the wrHers on <br />their inspection, include not only 'new industries, in- <br />stallationof mechanized coal mining equipment, in~ <br />creas.. activity in cattle raising and farming, but <br />also activities resulting from a new concept of the <br />ecenomic importance to the area of the tourist trade. <br />This in itself could be an important factor in working <br />out details of how to Dest utilize the recreational <br />pessi~ilities which could De created by the reservoir. <br /> <br />Existing bodies of water within normal day- <br />use distance (Model and Seven Lakes Reservoirs) are <br />~rte. to have no public recreational function. <br />Bat.. Pass development supplies limited picnick~ng <br />facilities, principally as a roadside park unit. <br />AlsCll, it has ,a new mechanical lift development, said <br />to be intended for observation rather than for skiing. <br /> <br />Beyond this twenty-five-mileradius and ,with- <br />in fifty air miles distance are a number of recreation- <br />al attractions. To the south, in New Mexico, is the <br />unimpressive group of shallow lakes forming theVermejo <br />(iirigation) Project, supplying some local fishing; and <br />the Capulin Mountain National Monument, preserving a <br />huge cinder cone of extinct volcano, and providing <br />scenic and geological interest. <br /> <br />, To the west, in Colorado, are Monument and <br />North Lakes. These are owned by the City of Trinidad <br />and are used for municipal water storage and recreation- <br />al development. Monument Lake, the larger, is operated <br />on a non-profit basis by lease to the Las Animas Chapter <br />of the Isaac Walton League, and offers fishing, boating, <br /> <br />.APP~NDIX G <br />Exhibit No. 1 <br />Pagel3 ,of 24 <br /> <br />