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<br />The study area contains no known mineral resources in sufficient <br />quantity to permit their extraction for commerical purposes. No <br />prospecting or mining, however, is permitted in the monument. <br /> <br />Gunnison River water is a prime regional energy resource being <br />considered for possible development. Conditional decrees in the <br />study corridor have been awarded by the water courts of Colorado <br />to the Colorado-Ute Electric Association, Pittsburg and Midway Coal <br />Mining Company, and the City of Delta. Because of the limited <br />amount of available water and the fact that, in some cases, the <br />proposed water development projects associated with these decrees <br />overlap, it is likely that only one, or possibly two, of the projects <br />could be developed. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />Approximately 26 miles (42 km) of the 29-mile (47-km) Gunnison <br />River study segment are eligible for inclusion in the National Wild <br />and Scenic Rivers System as a wild river. The eligible river <br />segment and its immediate environment of about 12,900 acres (5,200 <br />ha) extend from the upsteam (southern) boundary of the Black <br />Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument to about 1 mile (1.6 km) <br />below the confluence with the Smith Fork River. The <br />recommendation of the U. S. Department of the I nterior and the <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources is that the eligible <br />segment be designated a component of the national system by <br />amendment of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and be classified as a <br />wild river. <br /> <br />Management of the river will continue under the administration of <br />the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management. If the <br />river is designated as a component of the national system, the <br />Bureau of Land Management will develop a detailed management plan <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />x <br />