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<br />(4) unp.Il$11cwnent <br />, <br />, <br />Diverse impacts on local unemployment are l~kely to result <br />from the proposed action. There will be an ~xpanded number <br />of employment opportunities for local I and temporary <br />residents. In addition to prO'Jiding new jobsl to relieve the <br />chronically high unemployment in Archuleta County, the <br />project-related jobs will also prO'Jide opportfmities for new <br />entrants into the job market and reduce ~he problems of <br />higher unemployment levels in the fall when iseasonal slm!ler <br />positions are eliminated. On the other hanp, the projects <br />will create the potential for a larger seasonal unemployment <br />problem in the spring. The extent and significance of the <br />unemployment problems will depend upon ithe number of <br />temporary seasonal jobS filled by tempora~ residents, who <br />then leave at the end of the season, and the I degree to which <br />these jobs are taken by second-wage earners in a household or <br />other persons desiring only part-time/seasonal employment and <br />who are not active in the labor force the ~emainder of the <br />year. The greater the tendency for either 0:B these phenomena <br />to occur, the less severe the unemployment pDoblems will be. <br />I <br />I <br />The other potentially adverse effect on ~e local labor <br />market would result from what has ~come known as <br />"announcement effects" and delays. Announcerltent effects come <br />into play when information regarding jolP opportunities, <br />especially t~rary jobS such as construction or ski area <br />employment, becomes widespread through either the news media, <br />Job Service or "grapevine", and job seek~rs come to the <br />area. Depending on the situation, the I results can be <br />beneficial if the people that arrive do not eonstrain the job <br />opportunities for permanent residents, hav~ the appropriate <br />skillS, have presently found a position, and are limited in <br />number. Often, however, too many pepple corne with <br />inappropriate skills and limited economic ~esources. These <br />people may then become a burden on tl)e local welfare <br />structure and raise local unemployment. ' <br /> <br />There can be no guarantee of prO'Jision of jobs to local <br />residents, but to the extent job skil~s are available <br />locally, local residents will have an advantage O'Jer <br />newcomers. i <br /> <br />The area within and around the San Juan I National Forest, <br />identified as Social Resource Unit K, has been characterized <br />by a relatively stable economy in which $'Jerall settlement <br />and employment tBtterns are changing very slowly. <br />! <br /> <br />216 <br />