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Show PART III PRESENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT the total activity, in the San Juan-Colorado 6 percent, and in the Green River about h percent. Also, manufacturing activity in the present econ- omy relates largely to the processing of agricultural and forestry prod- ucts. Noncommodity-producing industries contribute the greatest share to total regional economic activity. These business sectors account for 59 percent of total processing sector output in the Upper Main Stem Subre- gion, 51 percent in the San Juan-Colorado Subregion, and k8 percent in the Green River Subregion. Aerial view of FMC Corporation's sodium carbonate mine and plant, about 20 miles "west of Green River, Wyoming. It is within the noncommodity group that the major effects of out- door recreation and tourism are reflected. Nonresident recreation ex- penditures for goods and services represent new money brought into the region. Value added, made up of wages and salaries, profits, and other in- come; Federal, state, and local taxes; and depreciation, totaled $^69 million in the Upper Main Stem Subregion, $350.6 million in the Green River Subregion, and $322.7 million in the San Juan Colorado Subregion for the year 1965. |
