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<br />OrnliG7 <br /> <br />developed to convert the rich store of nataral resoarces in that area <br /> <br /> <br />into usable products. The more important of those industries are paper <br /> <br /> <br />pulp manafacturing at Glenwood Springs and oil shale mining at Rifle. <br /> <br /> <br />Recently developed methods of refining petroleum products from oil <br /> <br /> <br />shale have eliminated the necessity for large quantities of water to <br /> <br /> <br />be used for cooling purposes. <br /> <br /> <br />Allor parts of three national forests comprising nearly 2 million <br /> <br /> <br />acres cover parts of both slopes. Approximately three-fou.rths of tha <br /> <br /> <br />diversion area ie within forest boandariss. Thess forests ~pport al- <br /> <br /> <br />most 3 billion board-feet of merchantable timber. The present average <br /> <br /> <br />annual cut of about 5 million board-feet can be maintained indefinitely <br /> <br /> <br />under strict management of the Forest Service. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />17a <br />