WSP04621

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Missouri River basin Comprehensive Framework Study-Volume 1- Report
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 12/1/1971
• Author: Missouri Basin Inter
• Title: Missouri River Basin Comprehensive Framework Study - Volume I - Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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by t1gurc 20. The ~pOrl t1shing cOlpal:ity uf these W<lters
was estimated III be ..Sj.l million I1sherman days in 1965
comp:ucd to :m estimated currenl annual use of 17 A
miJIiun Jays. The l:apJdl)' of these waters for suslOlllleJ
cOll1merciJI fishing is estimated tu be ab~Jul 99 milli<m
puumJs annually compared Iu :1I:lu31 prllduction fur
mJrk~'ling In 1965 of but 5.2 millIOn pounds.

Wildlife pupulatlOns in the basin are as varied as Ihe
wide range of hJbllal whkh supports them. About 60
spedes of big game. small plllll. and watllrfuwl are
sought by hunters. lker aT': the mOSl ahundant big gamll
in the ba'iln. ful10wcd by antelupe. whose rangll is
limited (0 the more open prairie ,egltlns. Pheas.anl is the
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