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<br />MAY 1982 <br /> <br />Current estimates indicate a gradual growth in the overall number of <br /> <br />jobs in the area. Employment trend estimates perceive the number of jobs in <br /> <br />agriculture will increase due to the Dolores Project and the Salinity <br /> <br />Control Program. All other sectors are expected to increase also. The top <br /> <br />employing sectors are expected to be wholesale-retail trade, services, <br /> <br />government, mining and construction. <br /> <br />Wetland and Wildlife Resources <br /> <br />Agricultural land, coniferous forests, drainages, ~tlands and <br /> <br />brushland combine to provide a high diversity of wildlife habitat in the <br /> <br />McElmo Creek Basin. Much of this diversity have been induced by irrigated <br /> <br />agriculture, which began in the 1880's. Irrigation converted a xeric basin <br /> <br />into a multifarious of habitats, including ponds, marshes, reservoirs, <br /> <br />cropland, and those habitats created by the irrigation water conveyance <br /> <br />systems - the canals, laterals and ditches. <br /> <br />111-17 <br /> <br />001853 <br />