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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPORT Introdu ction Authority In accordance with Departmental policies concerning interbureau cooperation in the River Basin study Program, Region Three of the National Park Service has been requested by Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation, to survey an::! appraise the recreational potentialities of the Pine River Proj- ect and the effect the proposed Pine River Project extension will have on existing recreational resources. Originally this request was made in accordance with the terms of the agreement covering interbureau coopera- tive studies by the two Regions during the 1947 fiscal year. The agree- ment has, in effect, been extended to cover current fiscal year River Basin Study cooperation by arrangements mutually agreeable to the two regions, as evidenced by the letter of authorization issued by Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation on January 14, 1948, am officially accepted by Region Three, National Park Service, on January 19, 1948. Purpos e The purpose of this report is to provide the Bureau of Reclamation with the fi rrlings of the National Park Service regarding th" appraisal of recreational values which existed prior to development of the Pine River Project as now operated, those which are believed to be currently extant in the project, and the effect the proposed project extension developments will have, if any, on present conditions so far as general recreational values are concerned, other than those involving fish and wildife values. In order to comply with Bureau of Reclamation requirements it is necessary to express recreational values in monetary terms, as nearly as it is yet deemed practical to do so. Possible recreational values which would exist in the absence of any recreational developments to encourage am accommodate recreational uses by the public must also be considered as well as to what extent provision of appropriate facilities could increase recreational phases of project utilization. In 1941 a comprehensive report was prepared by the National Park Service on "Recreational and Wildlife Values as Related to Land and Water Use in the Vallecito Reservoir Watershed ,It The Vallecito Reservoir investigations upon which this teport was based were made by Associate Recreational Planner L. Vernon Randau, Region Three, who likewise drafted the report. The report was transmitted to Bureau of Reclamation officials i~; .,;:. ~~ '~" '.., '.>