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<br />308S <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Long-term beneficial effects resulting from mitigation and enhance- <br />ment features aseociated with the dam and reservoir will be flood <br />reg~ation and storage and availability of good quality water for <br />irrigation and municipal and industrial usee. <br /> <br />Significant long-term effects will occur from an area previously <br />inaccessible to the average recreationist being opened and developed <br />to provide recreation in the form of picnicking, hiking, photo- <br />graphing, hunting, fishing and water-oriented recreation such as <br />swimming, boating and waterskiing, and developments for fish and <br />wildlife. <br /> <br />Operation and maintenance of the dam and reservoir and administra- <br />tion of the recreational development and associated facilities <br />viII result in beneficial long-term primary and secondary economic <br />and social impacts on the local community and the region. Gains <br />in local and regional economies associated with new uses of the <br />natural resourcee viII aleo have beneficial long-term effects. <br /> <br />G. <br /> <br />Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The dam and appurtenant structures will be permanent features. About <br />4,646 acres of land committed to the dam, reservoir and associated <br />features can be considered as an irreversible and irretrievable <br />commitment of the resource. The remaining lands acquired for the <br />reservoir and associated features represent a significant change <br />in land use from a primarily privately owned rangeland to public- <br />type of use. Althoush these lands are committed to the reservoir <br />area now, they are not considered an irreversible and irretrievable <br />commitment of the resource. If a greater demand should be made on <br />these lands, it would be possible to make them available for <br />different uses. <br /> <br />A permanent conversion of a nine mile river associated ecosystem <br />to a reservoir ecoeystem will occur. <br /> <br />The reservoir is also a catalytic force to spin-off developments <br />and permanent commitments of resources adjacent to reservoir lands. <br />A primary example is Pueblo West, a new master-planned city for <br />60,000 residente, under construction adjacent to the north take <br />line of Pueblo Reseryoir. This community has been planned as a <br />unified residential-recreational-light industrial community with <br />a'~lst-centurf concept of spacious country living. An important <br />factor in the selection of the Pueblo West site vas its proximity <br />to Pueblo Reservoir. Plans are underway on a 920-acre residential <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />52 <br />