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<br />on230 <br /> <br />o Ar_ ~rved by ColCM"ado-Ute membwit $Y'ta. <br /> <br />OllSN.1e <br /> <br /> <br />r <br />, <br /> <br />,..,... <br />~ <br /> <br />E~lUIly <br />"1~"(:00Il <br />",-. <br /> <br />CClto''''''OI:..... <br /> <br />I;'.."NO <br /> <br />Colorado River Water Conservation District <br /> <br /> <br />...,.. 01 pnm..ry ~ic Inll.-nc:. and ~,..lionaI UN. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Like ~nd re~l"Yoir fishing in Cok>rado h.u inuea.scd ninefold <br />\incc the 1940!. and is cxpc<:tcd to inctCi!\C .lnother 33 per<<:nL by <br />1983. SpccHic..allV, in lhc Y.unp.l River aolsin, camper l.Iwgc has <br />increased ne.uly threefold in the past 20 yurs and is projected to <br />double apin in the next 20 YC<lJ"S. Juniper-c..oss Moonuin will <br />fulfill a major part of th,u incrc;ucd dClTl.ilnd. In comPMi~ to <br />most other mounu.in rC~(\Ioirs, Juniper is lower in elevation, <br />larger in size .00 has a longer and more gr.dl.U1 shOl'clinc. These <br />factOf'l will contribute to a longer summer reCle.ltion sc.non and <br />signific..ant.ly greater swimming ind water skiing activitY. Boating <br />docks and ramps, swimming and picnic are;n and overnight camp- <br />~rounds will be provil.Jcl.J. Speci..1 emph..~i~ will be given hiking.aml <br />nature tt.iJ.ils through the previou!Jy inaccessible but ~'ta.cul.1r <br />s.cenery of the project area. <br /> <br />If the Unilcl.J SLoI.lc~ i~ to ,achieve energy ~If....ufficiency. NOflh. <br />west Colorado will playa rnoljor role. The U.S. Geological Surwy <br />C!otimalCd ~I deposits in the V.mp. V.lley ,it more th.n 23 <br />trillion teMU. Another study has estim.lted tholt there ,lire 6.7 billiun <br />bdm:h uf crude uil .ml.J 103 uillivn (;ubic fel:l of n.lur.l ~~ in Ihl: <br />entire region. In 1977. the three counties of Routt, Moffu .nl.J <br />Rio Bunco produwl.J wmc $378.5 million or 54 percent uf Ihl: <br />toul SLilte prodw;tion of crude oil, nolturoll goU and coal. Addition- <br />ally, Morbt County produced more than $1 million in uranium <br />from ... signific.nt deposil north of Junipcr-Cro~ Mounta.in. The <br />Piceance Creek Basin. just south of Juniper<:toss, has been esti. <br />mated to conuin more thi,," one trillion b.Hrcls in the richest oil <br />sholle depo\it in the world. A critical belor in energy devtlopmt'nt <br />will be water: the Department of Interior estimated 10LlI w.Her <br />needs for energy 'development in Coloroldo .u 325,000 olClc.fect. <br />In com~rison, one acre-foot is considered sufficient to meel the <br />tota.I.1nnuoll Wolter requirements of. bmily of four. <br /> <br />Though Juniper<:toM Mounuin was not designed specifitally ,/oS <br />01 flood control project, it will be filling during Ihe s.c..wn of hi~h <br />run-off a.nd flood and should .usist in flood control on the Y.1mp.. <br />.1nd Green Rivers downstrc.lln of the project. <br /> <br />AlmO~1 the enlire y...mp... BJ.!tin i~ in wmc form of "'&f'iculluroil <br />production: grazing. irrigation and dryland crops. Of the 82.600 <br />irrigated acr..-s in the b.lsin. about 37,000 acres arc short of late <br />~a!tOn water. Some 60 percent of the Craig.M..ybell irrig,ilcd arc... <br />is generollly in short supply of water after June 1 S. Besides provid. <br />ing supplemental W.lter for irrigated l.nds and e.1sing the compel- <br />ition for w.lter between .lgriculture .lnd the developing energy <br />industry. Juniper-<:ro>> Mounuin will have me tapability of <br />irrig.lting between 5,000 and 10,000 new olcrCS in the project MC.!.. <br />A univen.ity lotudy, adjusted for inf!oltion, reported that for evcry <br />acre of irrigated agri,uhure, $920 is pumped into the region.J.1 <br />eronomy, dire'tly and indirectly. Thus, the tou! value of new <br />irrigated lands from Juniper-<:roM would range between $4.6 <br />million .nd $9.2 million. <br />