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<br />'. <br /> <br />:. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. Change in quantity, and value, of crop production, by county <br /> <br />. Amounts of transfer payments, e.g., for sale of water rights, (a) from outside or (b) <br />from within the impact area <br /> <br />. Number of water right holders (households) directly affected <br /> <br />. Number of farm workers (households) directly affected <br /> <br />. Change in real estate values <br /> <br />. Change in property tax collections <br /> <br />. Change in agribusiness sales (equipment, seed, fertilizer, fuel) <br /> <br />. Change in sales tax collections <br /> <br />. Impact of alternative uses of water on economic activity, e,g., industrial production, <br />use in recreation (hunting, fishing, boating) based tourism <br /> <br />. Investment in construction within the impact area, e.g. for canal lining <br /> <br />The economic impact of each alternative will be estimated by tracing the changes in <br />present economic conditions of the impact area. This will involve measuring changes in <br />basic sector production and determining economic impacts (multiplier effects) on the <br />service sector, estimating changes in employment, by type and sector, on wholesale and <br />retail sales, and on sales tax collections, Changes in real estate values will be traced <br />through their impacts on property tax collections. Changes in property tax collections will <br />result in financial impacts on the governmental sector, including employment. <br /> <br />Sociological impacts are largely a consequence of economic changes in this case. <br />Sociological impacts for each alternative will be estimated by comparing the economic <br />changes identified with known social patterns observed in previous studies. Significant <br />sociaVpsychological impacts will be identified and discussed. <br /> <br />Mitigation Measures <br /> <br />Environmental impacts of land dry-up are one of the major concerns in regard to water <br />transfers as evidenced by litigation and court action involving revegetating of lands under <br />the Colorado Canal and Rocky Ford Ditch. Land stabilization, control of blowing dust, and <br />reduction of nuisance and noxious weeds are required. This study will address revegetation <br />procedures applicable to the soils, water supply, and climate of lands under the Ft. Lyon <br />system. Don Nielsen will contact and meet with appropriate representatives of SCS, CSU <br />Extension Service, the Fort Lyon Co. and certain individuals having knowledge and <br /> <br />9 <br />