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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CRAPl'ER I <br /> <br />GENERAL DISCUSSIONS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigated lands are used to grow hay and pasture for livestock. <br /> <br />Vacationers often pause in the project area on tours of western Colo- <br />rado. Many tourists come for the majestic mountain scenery on the eastern <br />border of the project area and take the Golden Horseshoe drive that circles <br />from U.S. Highway 160 at Cortez through Telluride, Placerville, Ridgway, <br />Ouray, Silverton, and Durango. The Telluride-Placerville area offers <br />numerous recreational opportunities such as jeep trips through the high <br />alpine country, fishing, hunting, and touring of old mining haunts. The <br />Colorado Game, Fish, and Parks Department is planning to construct a fish- <br />ing reservoir on the headwaters of Naturita Creek at the Miramonte Reser- <br />voir site. Hunting is popular throughout the project area. Winter sport <br />and resort areas are expanding in the high mountain areas. <br /> <br /> <br />Need ~or Project <br /> <br />An expansion of the agricultural base is urgently needed to offset <br />the fluctuating and currently depressing effects of the mining industry <br />on the general economy of the project area. New agricultural development <br />would create new settlement opportunities, more work on existing farms, <br />and employment in related service industries. Such development would be <br />a boon to the area's younger generation seeking job opportunities and <br />to many now in the labor force with uncertain futures in the mining <br />industry. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11 <br />