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<br />North Fork of the Gunnison River <br /> <br />Gunnison River Basin Roundtable - HB 1177 <br />November 3, 2006 <br /> <br />Tom Alvey - Representative for NOlth Fork Water ConsC/7Jam)l District; LelYJux Creek Water Users <br /> <br />Dixie Luke - At large membel~ Fire A10untain Canal Co) and Ragged hItn Water Users <br /> <br />North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River <br /> <br />1) Background-(Map) <br /> <br />North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River <br /> <br />1) Background-(Map) <br /> <br />North Fork irrigated acres <br /> <br />North Fork public, private and irrigated lands <br /> <br />History of Region <br />1880's - Settlement based on farming and ranching <br />1890's - Coal discovered <br />Early 1900's - Became fruit growing center. Unique climate led to many small farms on <br />mesas and larger ranches in higher valleys. Coal mining remains important <br /> <br />Economy of Region <br /> <br />Agriculture <br />Mining <br />Tourism <br /> <br />Agricultural Economy <br />Agriculture (>25,000 acres) <br />farm sales of better than $15,000,000 (probably 2-1 livestock to crops) <br />