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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />...).;'. ~.., <br />....l..- <br /> <br />(Introd uction) <br /> <br />period, frc!:l tho last kUling frost in tho spring to tho first killing <br />frost in tho fall, -varics frcm 83 days at Loadvillo in tho hoadwaters <br />rogion, to 173 days at puoblo. ,'ithin tho oxpansivo agrioultura1 plains <br />rogion tho avorago frost-froo poriod is about 165 days with but Ii ttlo <br />variation. <br /> <br />PROJECT I:iPACT Oli REGIONI.L DEVELOP1IENT <br /> <br />Tho Eastern Slope is still prin.~ily a producer of agricultural and <br />other raw n.~tcrials, in spito of its industri~l possibilitios and the <br />inpotus thoroto cuusccl by rlorld .Ior II. Its chief cor.nodi tios oro largo1y <br />sont outsido tho ~roa for procossing and finishing. In 1939 tho total <br />value of nanufaoturod products was $53,283,000 of which $22,324,000 repro~ <br />son toe. voJ.uo ac.dod by DC.nufacturo. Tho potentio.1 Gunnison-1..rl:ansa.s <br />Project would providc tho noans for increa.sing agricultural production <br />and furthering industrialization. 1..'1. increo.so in nanufa.cturing o.nd sorvico <br />indsutrios to bO with agrioulturo, forostry, and mnil1G woulcl holp to <br />noko 0. healthier, stronger, and Dere proe.uctivo oconony. <br /> <br />Population <br /> <br />With tho oxcoption of tho drought poriod of tho 1930'S, tho popula_ <br />tion of tho Arkansas Valloy has incroasod sinco sottlonent fir.st bogo.n. <br />Puob10, Colorado Springs, and ITalsonburg havo shown tho groo.tost incroaso. <br />!.dvorse oconomc conc.itions of tho "coprossion", prolonged drought, ~nl <br />o.cuto "dust bowl" periodS resultetc in 0. ceore~se in population of thoso <br />countios in which agriculturo is tho princip~l industry. During tha.t <br />poriod cities and tm{ns incro~sod in pepulation as 0. rcsult of an influx <br />of 1'001'10 from ruro.l to urban aroas. Sinco 1940 tho population of tho <br />!~ko.nso.s Valley has shown an incroo.so duo to Lnnufaoturing activitios <br />o.ttendo.nt upon the l1lltiol1lll orxrgonoy. J, r:oponcbblo wo.tor supply,'{ould <br />contribute gro~tly toward naking this increaso pornunont, <br /> <br />Tho population growth is oxpoctecl to oontinuo roughly parallel to <br />tho no.tionc.l growth, and norml gro"th woul<l probc.bly add 94,000 persons <br />to tho aroa. by 1985. Tho Initial DovolopJoont of tho Gunnison-J~ko.nsa.s <br />Projoct, howovor, would havo 0. pronouncod offoct upon tho population in- <br />croase. Tho Initial Dovolopncnt whon conpletod, would support thousands <br />of poople diroct1y a.nd inlirect1y for opero.tion, no.intonaneo an<l roplo.oe- <br />J:JOnt of projoct foo.turos, Inc'.ustrio.l dove10pnont in the o.roo. would roo.oh <br />0. now 1'00.1<: c.nd it is c.nticipo. ted that mn,' porsons would novo into tho <br /> <br />2 <br />