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. . -8- the State will play host to. more than six million tourists. The Sta.te Game and Fish Commission' estimates that in 1956 hunters and fishermen spent an e'stimated $91,654,900. While it is impossible tocbhin comparable figures for the South Platte Basin alone, it han established fact that the. ares offers unusually fine oppprtunitiesfor,hunting and fishing. Likewise; it has both summer and winter sportsarea$ and a large.number of lakes.and reservoirs which provide amphopportunities for the burgeoning marine activities. In planning for the future development of the Basin, due consideration must be given, to the recognition which industrialists are giving to the climate and recreational facilities of the .area. It has been stated that these two factors outweigh 'salaries and wages with more than 40 percent of workers. No future storage or water utilization projects should be planned , . . . without giving full and detailed consideration to the ,recreational potentialities which each may provide. This principle should app,ly from the crest of the Divide to the; point at which the Platte enters Nebraska. Care should be . taken to insure an intelligent balance being maintained. between the need.s of therecreationist" lumberman, r.anche.r. and/or livestock.. produ~er. Overriding these usages is always the need for the maximum production of water on a sustained-yield basis. Both the natural vegetation. and native timber and grasses m1,lstbe managed and used in order to receive maximum yields of the annual precipitation of snow and rain. It is essential to expand the research activities of the U. .S. Forest Service, the, Agricultuul Research Service and others, and information relative to .increasing stream flow such as .is being gathered at; the Fraser Experiment Station should be applied over the entire mountainous area.