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<br /> <br />RECREATION <br /> <br /> <br />\ <br />\ <br />I <br />\ <br />\ <br /> <br />TIlt' 1I~' of Colorado H j\'l;'f Slora~(' rt'~'rvoirs <br />fur n'{'reation pur post's ('ontillUt'U its gl'lll'ral <br />upward In'\HI tlurin~ HHiH. TlwTl' Wl'Tt' <br />a.25.i,757 visitor days at llll' 12 Colorado <br />Hivl'f feSt'rvoirs in l~l{)H as cumpan'd tu <br />2.9:lH,700 visitor days in UIt)7. This H)lh';:, <br />innt'ilS(' was mainly fell at G \l'1l Canyon and <br />Hlllt' i\h'sa !tt'sprvoirs wlwre auditiullal radii. <br />tws h;JVl' het.n ;u.ltlt.d. F()llowin~ is a tabula- <br />tion of tlH' visitation at tlw:'ot' n'sl'rvoirs from <br />1!Jli2-IHGH Of as ttll'';,' wen' comp\ptl,<J and <br />Tl'lTI,,,tioll use I)l'~an. A ~raph which shuws <br />tlll' rapid incn'ase of total visitor llM' during <br />tlll' last six YP,lfS is also shown. <br /> <br />.\t Lakl' Powell all :tl'l'l'SS hl(!hway was com. <br />plt.'h-'t1 in l~liH to lilt" Bullfrog Basin Hecn'a- <br />lion Silt'. Bullfrog IS IOl'att'li alung the uppl'r <br />part uf tht' rl'Sl'r\'oir and is about 100 milt's <br />dOSl'r to Salt Lakp City than till' Wahwt'ap <br />sitt' in j\rizon<l. COllslru...tiul1 of hasic (t'l'ft'a- <br />liun facilities is Iwarly ,,'omplt'tt'd at Bul1fro~ <br />Hasin. <br /> <br />Tlw ~ational I'ark St'rvkt' is (:()ntinuin~ 1.'011- <br />strudion work on basic facilities al tilt' Elk <br />Crt't'k and lola Sites un tlw Blut' ~h'S;:1 Hpst'r. <br />voir. Camping and picnicking facilitil's weft' <br />iH.ldt~ alonl! with a Ilt'tlt'r ;JCl'PSS road. parking <br />art'as, and comfort statiulls. '{par HHi8 was <br />only tlw Sl'cuml full p'af of USt' at Blue ~l('sa, <br />!Jut with the i1ddt>u faci\Ltips about 125,000 <br />mon' visitor days wNt' rt'l'ordpd than in 1 ~ln7. <br /> <br />Flaming eorj,(l' Rt'St'r\'olr was again thl' most <br />IXlpular and heavily w,l'd fI'cn'ation an'" of <br />till!' Colurado HiVt'r Storugt' l'roj('ct. It sus- <br />tained IWirrly 1.5 million visitor days which is <br />Lrr abOVt' till' parly t'stimatA's m;ldt' for till' <br />art'a at this stagt. of dt'vt:'\uj1l1H'nt. <br /> <br /> <br />23 <br />