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natural drainages, waterways, fence rows and roadsides, and 4) urban, residential and commercial areas which have replaced former cropland. Based on the District's 1996 Crop Production Report, irrigated croplands and pasture comprise about 60% of the lands within the District. The most commonly used method of irrigation is surface irrigation using furrows. Major cultivated crops and acres under irrigation in 1995 were: Crop Am:s Forage Crops, Pasture Peaches, Other Fruit Small Grain Vegetables Gardens, Nursery 1470 3030 160 610 ...2Q4 Totals 5474 Non-irrigated areas of potential farmland comprise 166 acres, less than 2 % of the total, About 40% of District lands are classified as urban, suburban, or commercial. Most of this area is in the western portion of the District south of the City of Grand Junction, 4. Economy, In 1995, the crops produced on the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District lands provided a gross income of about $12.69 million to area farmers, for a gross return of approximately $3318 ptlr acre of farm land. Although other activities, notably, energy development and manufacturing, contribute to the local economy, agricultural use is normally the most stable and consistent year after year. Many small businesses, particularly in the east portion of the Grand Valley, depend on District farmers for support, c. PROJECT RIGHTS-OF-WAY The Mutual Mesa Lateral traverses primarily private land. Although there are some instances in which OMID obtained deeded easements for portions of its canals early in its existence, OMID generally does not have deeded easements for the majority of its canals, Extensive research of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's records reveals no deeds granting OMID or its predecessors easements across the land traversed by the Mutual Mesa Lateral. Therefore, OMID's title to an easement for the Mutual Mesa Lateral must result from something other than a 1II-4 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I