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~,,,~-'~,,, :,1 17423 MWR CFA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MIJlrJEST REGION 1709 Jackson street Omaha, Nebraska 68102 IN REPLY REFER TO: MAR 2 0 1969 Memorandum To: Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 7, Building 20, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225 From: Assistant to the Regional Director, Cooperative Activities and Public Affairs Subject: Re-evaluation estimated Recreation Development Costs and estimated Annual Monetar,y Benefits, Narrows Reservoir, South Platte Division, Missouri River Basin Project, Colorado This re-evaluation of the recreational aspects of studied Narrows Reservoir as applicable to estimated costs and monetar,y benefits under the requirements of P.1. 89-72 is submitted in the interests of updating the Recreation Reconnaissance Report completed by the National Park Service in the spring of 1966. It was requested by Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, with concurrence by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in a March 7, 1969 memorandum from the Regional Director, Mid-Continent Region, to this office. The updating of the estimated recreation development costs and mone- tar,y benefits attributed to the recreation development is required at this time due to the increase in construction and recreation costs, the increase in population within the reservoir's zone of recreation influence, and the increase in vehicular traffic. Regarding the latter two factors, the estimated visitor use of recreation facilities in the 1966 report was based upon the 1960 census data. According to t;1e Januar,y 1968 population figures released by the Colorado Division of Accounts and Controls of the State Budget Office, there were 976,026 persons living within a 6O-mile radius of the proposed reservoir and the adjacent cities of Denver, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland. This population represents an increase of slightly over eight percent since 1960 within the foregoing described zone of recreation influence.