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<br />with .11\ additional 'J7,500 r.:'crto-'ation days AlllHwlly_ <br />hrcdkdown of the Hllnllal recreation resulting from <br />population projection. for the projcct urea in 19P5. <br /> <br />The following tahle is a <br />the project, based on <br /> <br />Ridges Basin Reservoir Southern Ute Rescrvoir <br /> <br />Annual recreation days <br />Recreation development <br />Hiking trails <br />Picnic units <br />Camping units <br />Boat ramps <br />Paved access roads <br />Recreation mix (percent) <br />Camping <br />Sightseeing <br />Picnicking <br />Swim:ning <br />"Iaterski ing <br />Boating <br />1"i shi ng <br />Other <br />Total <br /> <br />210,000 <br /> <br />97,500 <br /> <br />10 miles <br />47 <br />54 <br />7 lanes <br />3 miles <br /> <br />o <br />16 <br />76 <br />4 lanes <br />2 miles <br /> <br />6 <br />17 <br />10 <br />6 <br />4 <br />14 <br />29 <br />14 <br />100 <br /> <br />19 <br />15 <br />7 <br />3 <br />6 <br />22 <br />25 <br />3 <br />100 <br /> <br />l!\"DIAK WATER RIGHTS CLAHlS <br /> <br />An issue of critical importance to people in southwestern Colorado, as well as <br />the rest of Colorado and New Mexico, is Indian tribal claims to vater rights. <br />Under the "'\~:inters Doctrine"" of 1903, the Supreoe Court ruled that when the <br />U.S. Government reserved land for Indian tribes, it also, by implication, <br />reserved sufficient quantities of water for present and future uses of those <br />tribes occupying reservation land. The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute <br />Indian Tribes have filed substantial claims for reserved water rights in ali of <br />the rivers in the San Juan River Basin. <br /> <br />Because the <br />Four Corners <br />priority and <br />requirements <br /> <br />reservations were created prior to non-Indian <br />Area, the tribes', rights on local rivers would <br />would curtail other ~ater uses until the <br />were satisfied. <br /> <br />settlement in the <br />receive the highest <br />Indian water right <br /> <br />The Bureau of Indian Affairs has made a detailed preliminary analysis of the <br />agricultural water Claims of the two tribes, and the State Engineer of Colorado <br />has attempted to project the impact of the Indian claims on non-Indian water <br />users. On those streams and rivers with high water use, tribal claims could <br />have a SeVere impact on municipal and industrial water users. In the Mancos <br />and ~, Plata River drainages, for example, all non-Indian irrigation would be <br />eliminated, and ev..n tllen trib31 claims would only be partially satisfied. <br />