7938

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7938
• Author: Colorado River Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish & Wildlife Council.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: April 18-19, 1995.
• Copyright Material: NO

Economic/Demographic Profiles
In addition to the interactive portion of this study, the Grand Canyon Trust
will complete an independent analysis of the economic and demographic structure
of three subregions within the Colorado River basin to construct a contemporary
profile of the public constituency of the area. These analyses will provide
information to Reclamation valuable in its role of managing basin resources.
The first analysis will examine the economy and demography of the upper
basin of the Colorado River. The basin defines a 53 county physiographic island of
over 125 million acres in northern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, western
Colorado, central and southern Utah, and southwestern Wyoming representing the
drainage of the Green and upper Colorado River. Data will be gathered from the
Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and state
economic agencies, among others. This data will be aggregated and organized onto
b computer software designed for this analysis. The Trust will perform statistical and
trend analysis on the data, produce graphic and tabular outputs, and interpret and
analyze the outputs. The second analysis will target the Colorado Plateau, a 31
county subset of the upper Colorado River basin, using the same approach and data
sources as described above. Finally, an intensive subregional analysis of the greater
Grand Canyon region will allow researchers to go beyond the county level data
analyzed in the first two parts as well as groundtruth and verify the trends and
conclusions that emerge from the broader profiles. This analysis will provide a
much greater, in-depth analysis of the economy of the subregion and its economic
and environmental linkages.
Final Economic/Demographic Profile reports July 19%
Final Rewrt
At the conclusion of the facilitated discussions and the economic /demographic
analyses, the Grand Canyon Trust will prepare a final report summarizing strategies and
recommendations to assist Reclamation and the Department of Interior in meeting
present and future water resource needs of the entire Colorado River basin. The report
will address management options, administrative options, and legislative options that
can be used in developing and making decisions that augment and improve
comprehensive management of Colorado River basin resources.
Resource areas to be considered will include, but not be limited to, water, fish and
wildlife, power, cultural resources, and recreation. The report will include, but not be
limited to, analysis and recommendations on the following topics: water development
and management, water marketing, environmental protection, conservation and
6 enhancement, salinity control, Native American water rights and trust assets, reservoir
and river operation, power marketing, recreation development and management,
endangered species, and drought and contingency planning.
Final Strategies and Recommendations report September 19% 4/1/95
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