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<br /> <br />~, . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In fact, during the Past half year, the Bureau of Reclamation <br />has carried out a study which reveals that over the Vlest as a whole, the <br />computable economic value of recreation and of fish-anti-wildlife enhance- <br />ment provided at Reclamation reservoirs arr~unts to at least ~J6 million <br />a year. As a result of this study. we now know that recreation is more <br />than merely an incidental benefit from Reclamation; it is a full-fledged <br />majOl' benefit in its own right. <br />This benefit is now yours. Bonny Dam is working for you today <br />as it backs up the water to fill your lake and guardS the pass through <br />which the invading floods have come. It Will work for ;you in greater <br />measure in the future as you tap its waters for irrigation. It will do <br />still more work as the other features of the Missouri River Basin Project <br />rise to join hands vnth it in a concerted effort of teamwork. <br />In time, we Will Win in the Missouri project some 2-1/2 million <br />ldlowatts of hydro power--enough to bu.ild up and drive five industrial <br />metropolitan centers like San Francisco. Scattered throughout the Basin <br />and made available to all its people!;. these kilowatts will make possible <br />the establishment of enterprises of dozens of kinds--processing plants, <br />pachng plants, canneries, mim.ng, mills, and more others than we can <br />think of. They Will make better liVing possible in towns and on <br />farms. They will create jobs and opportunities. <br />And in time, we will bnng water to more than 6 million acres, <br />multiplying their yield and value, and iilcreasing both the amount and <br />the variety of the products they will grow. V'ith a greater variety of <br />higher-yield products, the area Will attain a greater stability and a <br />higher level of basic agricultural earning power than it has ever had. <br /> <br />2484 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />