Show Meetings outline plans for Sevier River Basin People attending the Information information information tion meetings on development of the water and related land resources of the Sevier Basin were gener generally lly In favor of a wide basin-wide coordinated development development development devel devel- program These meetings were sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- by the Sevier Water Users Association Inc and have been held In the Upper Sevier Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete and Gunnison SaUna areas Additional meetings are planned in the Lower Basin in the near future Although many people in the Basin now have copies of the Basin Report compiled complied by U U. U S S. S Department of Agriculture and the State Department of Natural Resources many people do donut donot not It Is intended to bring to the readers of this paper some basic resource information contained in the report Everyone Every Every- one will wUl be affected if it the people decide to enter into a coordinated coordinated coordinated wide basin-wide development program and should have knowledge knowledge know know- ledge of ot the Basin resources The purpose of the report was to bring information to the people which they can use as a guide for resource develop develop- ment LAND RESOURCES The Report states the Sevier River Basin contains acres and includes portions of Garfield Iron Juab Kane Millard Millard Mil Mil- lard Tooele and most of Flute Piute Sanpete and Sevier Counties Fifty Futy percent of the area is mountains and yields most of the water for irrigation The irrigated crop and wet wetland wetland wetland land area Is about 10 percent of the area or acres Four percent of the area or acres is water surfaces LAND STATUS Private ownership in the Basin is ls acres or 23 percent of the total area The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service adminIster administer administer admin admin- ister 70 percent of the Basin equally divided at 18 million acres each The state owns six percent and the Park ServIce Service Service ice administers 04 percent of the area POPULATION Population numbers peaked in 1920 at and at that time was 93 percent of the state population Population has declined de declined declined de- de to which is about 34 percent of the state The largest decreases have occurred occurred occurred ed since 1950 The decrease from rom 1950 to 1960 was 17 per per- cent Population for the Basin and the state indicate basic differences differences differ differ- in age characteristics 1 Persons between the ages of 20 and 40 make up percent of ot the population in the Basin The comparable figure for the state is percent and 2 the percentage of people 60 years of age and above Inconsiderably in inconsiderably inconsiderably considerably larger in the Basin percent than inthe in inthe inthe the state 97 percent Younger men and women are leaving while older people remain PERSONAL INCOME Personal income has been increasing despite population decreases Total personal income in income income in- in come Increased from about 38 million in 1958 to about 50 million by 1970 By 1960 per capita Income in the Basin was about 1300 This is below the state average When compared compared compared com com- pared to the United States the Basin has a per capita deficit of This Is projected to Increase to a deficit of 2855 by the year 2020 unless re resource resource resource re- re source development programs change the trend Next week employment and trends in agriculture will wUl be abstracted from the report |