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<br /> <br />"I 0 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, I think you folks will find another use, and a profit- <br />able use, for Bonny Reservoir. Here on the bare prairie there has come <br />into being a clear blue lake which eventually will cover some 2,000 acres. <br />The drawdown will be slight, and the 11 miles of shoreline will be mostly <br />clean sand beach. Picnic tables, grills, and shade trees are already <br />being prOVided, and the reservoir area will be managed by your own Colorado <br />Fish and GaneCommission. As long ago as 1950 they stocked the waters <br />with 100,000 bluegills, and other fish will be added in the future. <br />The value of this lake to your general community is hard to <br />reckon in dollars. But it has a very substantial dollar worth. Bonny <br />Reservoir lies at least 7S miles from the nearest comparable" body of <br />water. Fishermen will come to this lake in large numbers. Each fishing <br />party will buy gas and soft drinks and hot dogs at your fillings stations <br />and food and equipment in your stores. The fish they take out will provide <br />many a luxurious meal, and meals are worth money. <br />Ducks and geese have been dropping down on Bonny Reservoir from <br />the minute they first spotted its sparkling waters. Because of its <br />sloping shores and relatively steady volume, it pror.ri.ses to be one of the <br />best game si tes in the State of Colorado. So the stream of fishermen Will <br />be augmented by a stream of hunters. They, too, will buy gas and shells <br />and lunches and hunting licenses; and they too Will bring home meat for <br />the table. <br />Just as people corne to hunt and fish, they 1i:I.llcome to enjoy <br />the\llselves in the water and on the banks. They will buy boats and boating <br />equipment, and bathing suits and rubber floats and all the other appurten- <br />ances of water sports. All these things have a value beyond computation <br />in satisfacticn and healthful recreation; but they have a decided dollar <br />value too. <br /> <br />2485 <br /> <br />6 <br />