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<br /> <br />large numbers of camps, resorts, and summer homes along the Rio <br /> <br /> <br />Grande, especially above the town of South Fork. The association <br /> <br /> <br />of economic benefits of fishing and hunting with the commercial <br /> <br /> <br />life of the cOlllllluni ties is shown by the opening and closing of many <br /> <br /> <br />establishments coincidental to the duration of the fishing and <br /> <br /> <br />hunting season. As surnme.rized in Table 7 it is estimated that the <br /> <br /> <br />annual expenditure of sportsmen fishing in the Rio Grande and <br /> <br /> <br />tributaries affected by the project is about $411,000. Reduction <br /> <br /> <br />of fish habitat and the substitution of a poor reservoir fishery <br /> <br /> <br />for an excellent stream fishery will result in a loss, primarily to <br /> <br /> <br />the local economy, of $181,000 of recreational business. <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />1163 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />