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1 ~ i ~ ~. . ~ f ~ . ~ RECREATION, FISH AND WILDLIfE BENEfITS Preliminary figures given for tha Animas-La Plata Project in the Bureau of Reclamation "Summary of financial & Economic Data" statement on May 23, 1977 list annual recreation benefits of $267,000 and fish and wildlife benefits of $68,000. These estimates are now .,1 in the process of being ravised to reflect more accurate estimates by the Bureau of Reclamation. More recent estimates for man days of use for the Animas-La Plata Project ara as follows: Recreation: 220,000 man days. fish 55,000 man days. ,'I Current recreation man days were computed by the Bureau of Reclamation and should be considered preliminary as of December, 1977. Their final figures will not be available until spring of 1978. Current fishing benefits heve been developed by the U.S. fish & Wildlife Service based on a computer simulation model which derives water body. Again, these figures should be considered pre~iminary - ~ ~ ;~ ~ man days of use as a function of the fisheries productivity of the and subject to change. As of December, 1977 figures on wildlife benefits were not available and were ~ included in this study. Current values used to estimate benefits of recreation average $2.00/man day. These values give a benefit of $440,000 to recreation. The $2.00 figure is based on estimates which have not been revised since at least 1973. Since 1973 the consumer price index has risen 47.9 percent. It seems only logical that tha value of a man day should be revised upwards to reflect reality. This adjustment would 21