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Show creates part of the problem. Alternative recreation opportunities must be provided if needs are to be met. The recreation program does not provide specific plans for facility location, but rather provides the mechanisms through which these specific plans could be developed. Fish and Wildlife The fish and wildlife program is formulated on the basic assumption that the 1965 resource base provides a sound foundation on which to formu- late a plan to satisfy all projected fish- and wildlife-oriented recrea- tional needs. The plans and projections involving other phases of the framework program have a significant effect upon the fish and wildlife resource base. Features are included that both benefit and detract from the basic fish and wildlife resource. They may result in a species composi- tion change or a use-type change, such as a reservoir providing a fishery at the expense of wildlife production. The ultimate need is for an expanded, well balanced plan for the enhancement of fish and wildlife resources, especially wildlife, to meet future demands. To determine the viability of the fish and wildlife program within the comprehensive framework program would require extremely detailed information concerning the environmental conditions of the areas to be developed. A more detailed analysis of the regional comprehensive program may indicate the need for a larger, more positive role for the fish and wildlife program. Electric Power Projections of electric power requirements, as provided by the Electric Power Work Group, and those developed in the course of economic input-output model studies are at variance. The economic studies indi- cate electric power requirements in the order of one-third of those projected in the Electric Power Appendix. Such a difference would result in about 0.^ million acre-feet less water depletion in the Region, assum- ing a proportionate balance between energy generation within the Region and import-exports. This represents about l8 percent of the total regional increase in water depletion requirements for all uses during the 1966 to 2020 period. It must be remembered, however, that projections of electric power requirements beyond 1980 are extremely difficult to esti- mate, especially since a major influence is the increased per capita use, and the trend toward substitution of electricity for other forms of energy. Though there is considerable variance, and the differences have not been resolved, those projections contained in the Electric Power Appendix have been utilized in the framework program. 113 |