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<br />TABLE 2,1: PER CAPITA INCO~ffi COMPARISONS FOR COLORADO, <br />THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, THE ROCKY <br />MOUNTAIN REGION, AND THE UNITED STATES <br /> <br />\) <br />::n <br /> <br />Rocky Mountain Region <br /> <br />Per Capita Income ($) <br />1965 1975 <br />2656 5987 <br />NA 4087 <br /> (1974 data) I <br /> e- <br />2532 4485 I <br />2785 5861 <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />:a <br /> <br />Geographic Area <br /> <br />Colorado <br /> <br />ueRR <br /> <br />U,S, <br /> <br />Source: U,g, Bureau of the Census. 1975(7) Current Population Report <br />Series (for individual states). Series P-2S, <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP <br /> <br />Of all categories of land use, agriculture accounts for about <br />35 percent of the area. About 60 million of the Region's 72.6 million <br />acres are used for grazing; 1.5 million acres are irrigated; and dry <br />crop land occupies 0.5 million acres. Forests and woodlands cover over <br />one-third of the Region (about one-third of which is classified com- <br />mercial forest land), Approximately 1 percent is devoted to other <br />categories such as water and urban use, while about 4 percent is barren <br />land. <br /> <br />The federal government controls 60 percent of the land in the <br />Region, and most of that is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, <br />Individuals and corporations own 20 percent; 15 percent is managed <br />by tribal trusts; and the remainder, 5 percent, is controlled by <br />individual states, <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES <br /> <br />Fish and wildlife resources are important components of the Upper <br />Colorado River Region's environment. With a limited human population <br />and extensive areas of public lands which have, to a large extent, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2-8 <br />