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<br />I <br />" <br /> <br />,'~ fiF,""" <br />~ ~ , ,~\;~ <br />With the p~ject, ........1 g~ss agricultural p~duct1on 'liGUld be <br />increaaed by an eatiuted t25,ooo,ooo, and aDDual net fara 1ncOlll8 <br />would be increased by about h4,OOO,OOO. Approximately 36,000 <br />acres of non-Indian full service land will be adeled to the tax <br />rolls as irrigated faraland. <br /> <br />The p~ject will also help meet anticipated general area <br />recreation needs by providing enhanced opportUDitiea for <br />reservoir boating aad f1sh1ng, h1ldug, C8IIIpiug, and picu1cldng. <br />The C01l8tructiQn of 114ges Basin leservoir will accollllOdate. up to <br />1,800' people per clay, providing the area with an additional <br />210.000 recreation clays _ually. With the cODlltruCtion of <br />Southern Dt. Reservoir, up to 700 people per clay will be <br />accOm.oclatecl. p~vidiq the area with an additional 97,500 <br />recreation clays ........l1y. the followiq table 1& a brea1alown of <br />the _ual recreation resultiq frOlll the p~ject. basecl OIl <br />population p~jecti01l8 for the project area in 1985. <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />lielges Basin <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Southern Ute <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />, ~-, <br /> <br />Aanual recreation cia,. <br />Recreation develoJlHUt <br />Il1ldq traib <br />Picll1c uuit& <br />Callpiq units <br />Boat ramps <br />Paved acceas roacla <br />Recreation 1II1x (percent) <br />Campiq <br />Sightseeing <br />Picu1cldq <br />SwilIaiq <br />Vatersldiq <br />Boatiq <br />F1ahing <br />Other <br />, Total <br /> <br />210,000 <br /> <br />10 1II11ea <br />47 <br />54 <br />7 lanes <br />3 miles <br /> <br />97,500 <br /> <br />, ,t: <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />o <br />16 <br />76 <br />4 lanes <br />2 1II11es <br /> <br />"~. I <br /> <br />c <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 />.{ <br /> <br />, r:~- <br /> <br />, <br />(-,' <br />l,-1. <br />. :-:~ <br /> <br />",:: <br /> <br />Indian Vater liahts Claills <br /> <br />A!! 1aaue of critical iaportallC~ to people in aouthwesteru <br />Coloraelo; as well 88 the rest of Colorado and New Mexico. 1& <br />Indian tribal daiu to water rights. Under the "Winters <br />Doctriu- of 1908, the Supreme Court ruled that when the U.S. <br />Govermant reservecl lan4 for I.dian tribes, it also. by <br />iap1ication, reaervecl sufficient quantities of water for present <br />and future usee of thoae tribes occupylq reservation land. The <br />Southam Ute and Ute Hountain Ute In41an Tribes. have flIed <br />substantial clai.. for reserved watar rights in all of tha rivers <br />ia the San Juaa liver lasin. <br /> <br />c:,1 <br /> <br />6 <br />