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Exhibit C Page 6 of 45 SIleet 2 of 3 FLAMING GORGE STORAGE illlIT, UTAH - WYOMING The National Park Service and Forest Service have coope~ted closely in developing recreational sites on Flaming Gorge Lake. Improvements have been completed or underway at four major developed areas, in addition to minor developments throughout the area. In utah - Lucerne Valley: Construction of facilities is essentially complete. Facilities include boat ramp, docks, parking areas, campground, pic- nic area and shelters, water and sewer systems, sanitary facilities, fish cleaning stations, visitor contact stations, employee residences, utility buildings, access and circulatory roads. Additional develop- ments constructed this year were sanitation facilities, swimming beach, campground shade structure, campground sites, seeding and planting. Antelope Flat: Facilities previously completed include a campground, picnic area and shelters, access and circulatory roads, culinary and irrigation water system, sewer system, utility buildings, boat ramp, parking areas, fish cleaning station, and visitor contact station. Additional developments completed this year were swimming beach, sani- tation and campground facilities. In "'Yoming - Buckboard Crossing: Facilities already constructed include a boat ramp, access and circulatory roads, sanitation facilities, water and sewage systems. Facilities added this year include boat docks, sani- tation facilities, and fish cleaning station. Firehole Site: Access road, boat ramp and parking areaS were pre- viously provided. This year boat docks and sanitation facilities were added. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife worked in cooperation with the wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Utah Fish and Game Department in the following activities during IT 1968. (1) Stocked Flaming Gorge Reservoir with about a million fish obtained from Federal hatcheries. Seventy percent of these were rainbow trout fingerlings. In addition, State facilities provided numbers of brown trout, kokanee salmon, and crappie. (2) Continued Joint fishery investigations at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The objective is to obtain useful information which may be helpful in sustaining or improving fishing.