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<br />OOJ288 <br /> <br />Colorado and New Mexico, like other states, annually receive 25 percent of the revenues <br />from the National Forests within their boundaries. These funds must be used for public <br />schools and roads in the counties in which National Forest lands are located. These revenues <br />are from timber and forest product sales, livestock grazing fees and permits for land uses <br />such as ski areas. Other land use permits authorizing electronic sites, powerlines, roads, and <br />even commercial motion picture permits contribute to the total. County receipts in 1974 <br />from these sources included: Archuleta $97,078.87; Cor>ejos $36,071.49; Mineral <br />$78,714.36; Rio Grande $33,287.89; and Rio Arriba $180,568.12. <br /> <br />Major points of interest within the unit are the many streams and rivers; Platora Reservoir; <br />the vast road less areas which provide dispersed recreation; the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic <br />Railroad; and the many old mining buildings scattered throughout the Forests. <br />