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<br /> <br />-1' <br />" <br />, <br />, <br />*l' <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />o <br />(J This appendix presents the results of comprehensive investigations <br />.:-:) for formulation of framework plans to provide a broad guide to the best <br />00 use, or combination of uses, of water and. related land resources to meet <br />en foreseeable needs. It provides appraisals of natural resources and their <br />~ geographic distribution, projections of future requirements, associated <br />problems and needs, and presents a framework program and alternatives to <br />serve as a general guide for resource development and conservation to the <br />year 2020, with intermediate objectives to the years 1980 and 2000. <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado Region comprises the drainage of the Colorado <br />River above Lee Ferry, Arizona, and the Great Divide Basin in south- <br />central Wyoming. The region includes parts of Arizona, Colorado, New <br />Mexico, Utah and Wyoming and totals 113,496 square miles in area. Nearly <br />two-thirds of the land is in public ownership. <br /> <br />The region is sparsely populated, averaging only three persons per <br />square mile.' Only Grand Junction, Colorado,' and Farmington, New Mexico, <br />exceed 20,000 population. The 1965 population of 366,000 is projected to <br />nearly double by 2020. <br /> <br />The region is and probably will remain largely an exporter of raw <br />and partially processed materials and other resources, including water <br />and an importer of finished products. A majority of the available water <br />is now committed to downstream delivery and transmountain diversion. The <br />minerals industry is engaged in mining, partial refining, and transport <br />of numerous commodities to other areas for finished processing and <br />manufacture. <br /> <br />Agriculture is livestock oriented. Beef cattle and sheep are pro- <br />duced on the range and irrigated-farm base and are then mostly marketed <br />outside the region. About 87 percent of the projected production of <br />electrical energy will be exported. The bulk of mineral production will <br />be for petroleum, uranium, coal, molybdenum and trona production. <br /> <br />Outstanding opportunities are available to local residents to par- <br />ticipate in year-round recreation activities. A great munber of visitors <br />from adjoining regions and throughout the United States also. enjoy the <br />fishing, hunting, skiing, camping, and other outdoor sports. <br /> <br />The Office of Business Economics and Economic Research Service (OBERS) <br />March 1968 projections were modified to better fit the situation in the <br />region. <br /> <br />These modified projections are designated as the regionally inter- <br />preted OBERS (RI OBERS) projections and are the basis for the framework <br />