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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />003025 <br /> <br />will be used for other purposes, which would leave a rounded <br />figure of 108,000 acres as the net area of irrigated land. <br />The studies also indicate that 7,200 acres of the land pres- <br />ently irrigated could be provided with needed supplemental <br />water for full crop production. <br />The exportation of water from subbasin streams has <br />been studied for several years. One potential export diver- <br />sion plan under consideration is the collection of runoff <br />from a number of the headwater streams of the Yampa River and <br />by a system of canals, pipelines, tunnels ,and reservoirs, the <br />collected water would be transported to eastern Colorado for <br />use in the South Platte basin. If these diversion works are <br />constructed and operated as envisioned, an average annual <br />diversion of about 40,000 acre feet will be taken from sub- <br />basin streams. <br />A second potential export is the proposed U. S. <br />Bureau of Reclamation Yellow Jacket Project designed for the <br />irrigation of lands in the White River basin. If the project <br />is constructed and operated as planned, an annual average of <br />3,300 acre feet would be diverted for use in the White River <br />basin. <br /> <br />Large strip-mineable coal deposits occur in the Steam- <br />boat Springs-Hayden-Craig area. Current production from this <br />area provides about 40 percent of the coal mined in Colorado. <br />At such time as market conditions justify the development of <br />the full coal mining potential of the basin, the municipal <br /> <br />10 <br />