WSP10016

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 6/30/1968
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Twelfth Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

Exhibit C
Page 12 of 45
Sheet 2 of 2

NAVAJO STORAGE UNIT t COLORADO-NE"'; MEXICO

Major modifications were made in tbe outlet works stilling basin
during FY 1968 as a result of damage from erosion. ~~nor alter-
ations of tbe spillway stilling basin were also made.

Three recreational sites have been developed by the Natlo:lal Park
Service -- Arboles Site in Colorado, and the Pine River a~ Sims
Mesa sites in Ne~ Mexico. Facilities at each of the three sites
include utility systems, boat ~ps, access roads, parking areas.
picnicking and campground areas, and employee residences. Much of
the work done at Sims Mesa was accomplished during FY 1968. Tbe
facilities at the Arboles and Pine River sites ~ere constructed in
prior fiscal years. There are also visitor centers and marinas at
tbe Arboles and Pine River sites.

Operation of these facilities has been turned over to the New Mexico
Parks Oommdssion and to the Colorado Department of Game, Fish and
Parks, respectively. Currently there is a I)-mile reach of unsurfaced
road leading to the Sims Mesa area. However, the New Mexico Highway
Commission has plans to realign and surface this road.

The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and IJlldl1fe 1n cooperation wi tb the
various State fish aod game departments accomplished the following
during IT 1968,

(1) Stocked Navajo Reservoir .-ttb rainbow trout fingerlings,
cbannel catfish aod largemouth bass.

(2) The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish completed addi-
tional segments of the range rehabilitation measures and structural
improvements programmed for the Navajo !6.m and ;,,'ildl1fe ~nagement
Project. They also contioued to operate the facilities developed at
the Miller Mesa Waterfowl M3.nagement Area, Navajo Unit.

Navl!ljo lake RecI'el!ltion