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<br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SMITH: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SMITH: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SMITH: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />area, to the region. There is some $3~ million <br />dollars in five big-game units spent in the <br />State of Colorado. The project, through the <br />loss of hunting, will reduce a certain amount, <br />we estimate about 15 percent, to the state <br />economy." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"conceding that, my next question is, are <br />there any funds available from what is <br />described sometimes in the newspapers as a <br />'vast public fund of capital' of Fish and <br />Game that is available to assist in the devel- <br />opment of the overall northwestern part of <br />the region?" <br /> <br />"Normally, yes, we do get money from the <br />legislature every year for development. I <br />think for the whole region it is $50,000 and, <br />as you know or may not know, our land acqui- <br />sition program is at a standstill now. until <br />we can come up with a gOOd plan, we don't <br />have any money to spend for acquisition. The <br />development cost is too sInall." <br /> <br />"I take it then that these people who are <br />irrigating their lands feel that that's a <br />reasonable alternative, however, to having <br />this all taxed to their property. How do <br />you feel about that as a policy matter?" <br /> <br />"Taxation?" <br /> <br />"Yes." <br /> <br />"We are willing to pay taxes." <br /> <br />"No. What I really mean is that these <br />people have to pick up that $900,000 just be- <br />cause they turned their lands into a more <br />profitable agricultural community, hopefully <br />for the benefit of the state. I can't see <br />why they have to pay all of the traffic on <br />this. This is the point that I'm not clear <br />on. II <br /> <br />I <br />