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<br />'-' <br />"":) <br />Co'.) <br />~\~ <br /><...:' <br />o <br /> <br />further refined to reflec:t specific local water development projectS to be implemmted within <br />the time period of the analysis. <br /> <br />Table EX-I summarizes the economic impact to the Four Corners region of critical habitat <br />designation for the foue fIShes. Under the WF scenario, the present value of output changes in <br />the regional economy due to fish considerations is -$63.8 milliOD, which lepleseals seven one- <br />hundredths of one perceut of the present value of the baseline (WOFBA) stream of output <br />Job creation is projected to lag the WOFBA scenario by about nine one-hunderdths of one <br />percent, which represents about 53 jObs foregone annually. <br /> <br />Table VH RqiolW I"I'CXIII Value ud AmnuIbed mcftlllelltal CriIiaI RJbitat <br />ImpKII ('"to DlIcllWll Rate) <br /> <br />IDEVIA noNS over Baseline <br />IMIllion 191C1$ ~en:ent <br />INPV :5 percent -63.781 ..0.079 <br />lAiiiluallzed values -3.226 ..0.113 <br />yment ".I$ona lPerant <br />jA.verage Annual Incremental <br />Uobs Foreoone 53 ..o.Otl9 <br /> <br />Table EX.2 summarizes the economic impact to the Native AmeriCUI subset of the Four <br />Comers region, Ipportioned on the basis of popu1atioll sht1n3 of the regional eoonomy. Of the <br />study's two apploaches to apportioning the regional impads to the tribal coonomies--one OD <br />the basis of population and the other on the basis of employment IIwa--the latter lends to <br />underestimate the eQOnomic C:OlIBequences because tribal eoooomies generally have a below- <br />average level of economic activity. <br /> <br />UDder the WF scenario, the present value of output chauga in the tribal economy due to fish <br />considerations is -$18.49 million (twenty-nine percent of that of the Four ComcCI region). <br />A8ain, job creation is projected to lag behind the WOFBA ac:enario by about nine one- <br /> <br />vii <br />