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<br />TABLE 2.1: PER CAPITA INCOME COMPARISONS <br /> <br />:::~.::'" <br />S:{~) <br /> <br />Per Capita Income ($) <br /> <br /> Geol\raphic Area 1965 1975 <br />M <br />~ State of Colorado 2,656 5,987 <br />.... <br />l\J Upper Colorado River Region NA 4,087* <br /> (1974 data) <br /> Rocky Moun tain Region 2,532 5,585 <br /> United States 2,785 5,861 <br /> <br />*Unweighted mean fOT Upper Colorado River Region counties. <br /> <br />Source: U.S. Bureau of Census, Current Population Report Series P-25 <br />(for individual states), 1975. <br /> <br />Telephone interview with David Larson, Colorado Department of Labor <br />and Employment, December 6, 1978. <br /> <br />:t;f~~ <br /> <br />LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP <br /> <br />Of all categories of land use, agriculture accounts for about 85 <br />percent of the area. About 60 million of the Region's 72.6 million acres <br />are used for grazing; 1.5 million acres are irrigated; and dry cropland <br />occupies 0.5 million acres. Forests and woodlands cover over one~third <br />of the Region (about one-third of which is calssified commercial forest <br />land). Approximately 1 percent is devoted to other categories such as <br />water and urban use, while about 4 percent is barren lan~. <br /> <br />The Federal Government controls 60 percent of the land in the Region, <br />and most of that is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Individuals <br />end corporations own 20 percent; 15 percent is managed by tribal trusts; <br />and the remainder,S percent, is controlled by individual States. <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES <br /> <br />Fish and wildlife resources are important components of the Upper <br />Colorado River Region's environment. With a limited human population ,and <br />extensive areas of public lands which have, to a large extent, escaped the <br /> <br />~..;-.: <br />.:' . <br /> <br />2-8 <br />