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<br /> <br />.. <br />J <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />With the project. annual gross agricultural production would be <br />increased by an estimated $25.000.000. and annual net farm income <br />would be increased by about $14.000.000. Approximately 36.000 <br />acres of non-Indisn full service land will be added to the tax <br />rolls as irrigated farmland. <br /> <br />I <br />"f <br /> <br />, <br />. , <br /> <br />The project will also help meet anticipated general area <br />recreation needs by providing enhanced opportunities for <br />reservoir boating and fishing. biking, camping. and picnicking. <br />The construction of Ridges Basin Reservoir will accommodate, up to <br />1.800 people per day. providing tbe area with an additional <br />210.000 recreation days annually. With the construction of <br />Soutbern Ute Reservoir. up to 700 people . per day will be <br />accommodated. providing the area witb an additional 97.500 <br />recreation days annually. The following table is a breakdown of <br />tbe annual recreation resulting from the project. based on <br />population projections for tbe project area in 1985. <br /> <br />, l <br />., <br />; ! <br /> <br />Ridges Basin <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Southern Ute <br />Reservoir <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 />Sigbtseeing <br />Picnicking <br />Swimming <br />Wsterskiing <br />Boating <br />Fishing <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 />Indian Water RiRhts Claims <br /> <br />An issue of critical importance to people in soutbwestern <br />Colorado. as well as the rest of Colorado and New Mexico. is <br />Indian tribal claims to water rights. Under the "'Winters <br />Doctrine~ of 1908. the Supreme Court ruled that when the U.S. <br />Government reserved land for Indian tribes. it also. by <br />implication. reserved sufficient quantities of water for present <br />and future uses of those tribes occupying reservation land. The <br />Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribes. have filed <br />substantial claims for reserved water rights in all of the rivers <br />in the San Juan liver Basin. <br /> <br />0311 <br /> <br />6 <br />