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<br />,"1J1G~9 <br /> <br />Recreation is a major use of land in the basin and is generally <br />compatible with other resource uses. The water areas have in- <br />creasingly heavy recreation uses for lioating, fishing, water <br />skiing, and general vacationing. <br /> <br />Mining, transportation, utilities, and urban areas occupy a small <br />percent of the land area for high value purposes. Mining, for <br />exam~le, presently uses relatively few surface acres to exploit <br />the underground mineral resources, and this is particularly true <br />in regard to oil and gas production. <br /> <br />Land Ownership <br /> <br />The basin has four Indian reservations which are prominent in the <br />ownership pattern. The largest of these is the Navajo Reservation <br />including about 7,391,400 acres which extend into New Mexico, <br />Arizona and Utah. The Ute Mountain Ute Indian land is composed of <br />about 448,000 acres in Colorado; 107,500 acres in New Mexico, and <br />13,500 acres in Utah. The Southern Ute Indian land is composed of <br />300,000 acres in Colorado. Jicarilla Apache land area occupies <br />about 614,000 acres in New Mexico. The remaining Indian land is <br />within the Navajo Reservation. No attempt was made to separate <br />the Indian Trust Lands, the tribal-owned fee patent lands, the <br />individually owned Indian Trust allotments, or the Bureau of Indian <br />Affairs federally owned land. They are all included in the table <br />as Indian land. The private non-Indian land is 13.1 percent of the <br />basin total, and is in all states except Arizona. State and local <br />government land is 2.9 percent of the basin total with the majority <br />being state land. <br /> <br />Federal land is administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the <br />Forest Service, and the National Park Service. Forest Service land <br />in the basin includes a large part of the San Juan National Forest <br />in Colorado; portions of the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests <br />in New Mexico, and a portion of Manti-La Sal National Forest in <br />Utah. <br /> <br />National Park land is composed of Mesa Verde National Park, Yucca <br />House National Monument, and.a portion of Hovenweep National Monu- <br />ment in Colorado. In New Mexico, the National Park Service has <br />Aztec ruins and Chaco Canyon National Monuments. In Arizona, <br />National Park Service areas include a portion of Navajo National <br />Monument, and all of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. However, <br />the Canyon de Chelly land area is considered as Navajo Indian <br />ownership. In Utah, a very few acres of Natural Bridges and <br />Hovenweep National Monuments are in the basin. <br /> <br />III-28 <br />