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<br />ft <br /> <br />000384 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />b) lack of information about the rivers for those using them, <br /> <br /> <br />particularly inexperienced and out-of-state users who <br /> <br /> <br />aren't familiar with Colorado rivers; <br /> <br /> <br />c) limited auto-river access points at beginning and end of <br /> <br /> <br />runs causing traffic, trash and parking problems; <br /> <br /> <br />d) use-landowner conflicts over access to the river and <br /> <br /> <br />trespassing violations along the river; and <br /> <br /> <br />e) public safety (from drowning or injury, but also sanita- <br /> <br /> <br />tion and drinking water). <br /> <br /> <br />With the above concerns in mind this effort to estimate river usage <br /> <br /> <br />in Colorado was undertaken. This report contains results of a boater-use <br /> <br /> <br />inventory designed to find out where and when the river use occurred in <br /> <br /> <br />1976, and by what type of user. It is not a guide to rivers in the state <br /> <br /> <br />and should not be used that way. It is not intended to tell boaters where <br /> <br /> <br />they should go and what type of water to expect. That could be a future <br /> <br /> <br />project with a larger scope and longer time period. <br /> <br /> <br />For the protection of the rivers in the state, private landowner <br /> <br /> <br />rights, and the protection of the rights of the individuals using the <br /> <br /> <br />rivers for recreation, a solid basis of information or river-use estimates <br /> <br /> <br />is needed. This report shows what our present recreational river resources <br /> <br /> <br />are and the extent to which they are being used today, and provides the <br /> <br /> <br />background of data necessary for enabling equitable management of these <br /> <br /> <br />rivers. <br /> <br /> <br />The purpose of this report is to serve as information for the Division <br /> <br /> <br />of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, the Division's Board-members, the State's <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-3- <br />