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<br />r-- <br />r-- <br />["- <br /> <br />mE SAVERY-POTHOOK RECLAMATION PROJECT: ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC EFFEcrS <br />ON EXISTING RANCHES AND NEW FA~I UNITS <br /> <br />1'1. G. KearI'!.! <br /> <br />A study of the Savery-Pothook reclamation area was initiated at the request <br /> <br />of the "Wyoming Reclamation Projects Survey Team" headed by Oscar K. Barnes of <br /> <br />the University of Wyoming. The purpose was to make an independent evaluation of <br /> <br />the proposed project. An important aspect was the economic effect of the project <br /> <br />on ranch units existing in the area, under various assumptions. The size of new <br /> <br />farm units and the types of enterprises which mi~ht be feasible on new farm units <br /> <br />were also investigated. <br /> <br />I d . 2/ <br />ntro uctlon- <br /> <br />The Savery-Pothook Reclamation Project, as proposed, is a participatin~ <br /> <br />project of the Colorado River Storage Project. It is located on the Little Snake <br /> <br />River, which flows in a westerly direction out of the fledicine Bow ~Iountains and <br /> <br />through undulating foothill areas near the boundary between l~yoming and Colorado, <br /> <br />and southwesterly to its confluence with the Yampa and thence to the Green and <br /> <br />the Colorado Rivers. Baggs, Wyoming, the largest town in the reclamation area, <br /> <br />is located about 76 highway miles southltest of Rawlins, [{yoming, and about 40 <br /> <br />miles north of Craig, Colorado. The entire project is in two separate areas--one <br /> <br />in the vicinity of Baggs and upstream and a second in the Two-Bar, Lily Park, and <br /> <br />Deer Lodge areas located from about 38 to 55 air miles downstream from Baggs, <br /> <br />near the confluence with the Yampa River (Fi~ure 1). <br /> <br />l! Assistant Professor of Arricultural Economics. Douglas E. Agee, Extension <br />Economist, assisted in collecting and summarizing data. His other work <br />assignments prevented him from participating in preparation of budgets and <br />drafting this report. <br />~ Principal source of the general information and facts and data included in this <br />introduction have been: Savery-Pothook Project, Colorado-Wyoming, House <br />Document No. 461, 87 Congress, 2nd Session (U.S. Government Printing Office, <br />Washington, D. C.: 1962). <br />