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<br />11 <br /> <br />Project Economics <br /> <br />The estimated $125,000 cost to rehabi litate Jackson Lake Dam would <br />serve both general recreation and fish and wi ldlife. For al loca- <br />tion purposes, the cost can be divided equally between these two <br />funct ions. <br /> <br />The Colorado Division has agreed to cost-share the $125,000 rehab- <br />ilitation cost for Jackson Lake Dam and the $815,000 cost for the <br />hatchery unit equally with the Federal Government in accordance <br />with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act <br />(79 Stat. 213). T~e Colorado Division also would assume the annual <br />operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of $18,000 for Jackson <br />Lake Dam and $64,700 for the hatchery unit. <br /> <br />As indicated in Table 3, Costs of State Wildlife Management Area, <br />the estimated specific cost of acquiring sufficient land and devel- <br />oping it amounts to a capital cost of $2,635,000, with an annual <br />OM&R cost of $37,000. As explained in our 1966 report, the manage- <br />ment area would mitigate as well as enhance fish and wi ldl Ife <br />therefore the costs associated with the.area should be proportion- <br />ally divided. Our estimates indicate that 47.3 percent of the total <br />cost of $2,635,000 or $1,246,000 should be attributed to mitigation <br />and thus be included with joint costs, and that 52.7 percent or <br />$1,389,000 should be attributed to enhancement. Of this $1,389,000, <br />41.6 percent or $578,000 should be nonreimbursable (producing water- <br />fowl use benefits of national significance in the amount of $30,600), <br />and $811,000 should be cost shared (producing upland-game hunting <br />benefits of $4,500; waterfowl hunting benefits of $27,000; and <br />wi ldl ife-oriented recreatiqn benefits of $11,500). <br /> <br />The annual OM&R cost of $37,000 should be divided into $18,000 of <br />joint costs, serving mitigation, and the balance of $19,000, serving <br />enhancement, to be borne by the Colorado Division of Game, Fish and <br />Pa rks. <br /> <br />In summary, our analysis shows that the fish hatchery and rearing <br />unit described in this report supplement would contribute signifi- <br />cant fishery benefits to the Narrows Unit. We shall be pleased to <br />assist your.staff in integrating the fish hatchery and rearing unit <br />Into the project plan in order to real ize the full potential for fish <br />and wi ldl ife. <br /> <br />Any modification or change in the prqJect plan should be brought to <br />the attention of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and the <br />