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<br />...-j <br />.... <br />C\l <br />N <br /> <br />flows was $3,568,962. The numbEr ~,f vhiL; te. Din',sa.ur National Park <br />increased from 10.928 in 1940. t' 12 911 in 1950, to 37,000 in 1960 and <br />66,500 in 1962. Visits to White and R ~tt ~Hti0nbl Forests in the area <br />were 19,600 in 1940. 119,OJO in 1950, cindj;.I.,600 in 1960. Steamboat <br />Springs calls itself Ski 'I<wn, '~SA. c:nd bcis 'u=ld " winter carnival for <br />many years. Expansion of skiing fdciiitie; huE. is being actively pro- <br />moted. <br /> <br />Future Economic ACI:iviLies <br /> <br />Future development will center dL'und the production of mineral <br />fuels and recreatLm. The recent upt'Jrn !n demand for coal of the region <br />is likely to be sustained 0.5 electric p, )~-'er requirements increase and <br />steam generation is called upon t" b"ar dn increasingly greater share of <br />the load. The coal mining industry hEd b2e,me so highly mechanized, <br />however, that this cann:;t be expected t,', ~ncrease labor requirements <br />significantly. It is als(" likely that by 1980, the technology of nuclear <br />power will have advanced u the point when, this will become an important <br />source of power for electricity generat~Gn, etc., and the uranium mining <br />and processing industry in this arE&will als;) revive. Future prospects <br />for growth in liquid petr.)leum pu"duction are less optimistic. <br /> <br />Another mineral fuel reSQurce "f t~'l" study area which could have an <br />important impact upon fature. devE.lcf'ments in thl'2 region is oil shale, the <br />richest known deposits of which Hre aL,ng Piceance Cre,ek within the study <br />area. Planners currently pnndering the pr'sp",ctive development of a <br />shale oil industry, howev"r, fc'res'2e th,,'najn population growth along <br />the Colorado River Valley betw<:>en R ifie and VceEeque, Colorado, which is <br />outside the study area. The timing and magnitude of a shale oil industry <br />is subject to a wide variety (,f opini.,ns. Dc,velr'pmental work has been <br />and is being done, but there aI'" numeruus imponderables involved. The <br />present study assumes that the industry will develop on a moderate scale <br />and pace. <br /> <br />The area has the mineral resources fle'r a perrochemical industry <br />based on petroleum, shale oil :Jr cC.lal and development of such an industry <br />remains a distinct possibility, if n(.t a pr"bability. <br /> <br />Outdoor recreation., for which the area is abundantly endowed, will <br />rapidly grow in importance as the p,c,.pulatL'fl centers of the nation grow. <br />Agriculture will remain important tb)'ugh "mpl.uying a smaller share of <br />the labor force. The rost development ",f tbese trends in recent years <br />is seen in Figure 6. <br /> <br />Population Trends <br /> <br />The total p0pulation (of th,~ area ha; changE'd very little in the past <br />two decades as the foll,)wlng table indicd["", <br /> <br />_")(L <br />