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<br />Recreation <br /> <br />Tht' USt' of Colorado Hiwf Sturag!' Project <br />reservoirs for fecrt'alion !IUrpOSes <br />nmlinupd its gl'neral upward trt>nd during <br />1969. The 12 comp]f>ted rt'sPr'o'oirs <br />sustained a use of 3..113.000 retff'ation <br />days during 1 !Jfi9 as ('ompan'd to <br />3.2M,HOG in 1068. This reprt'sents ahout <br />;,4'%% incft'Hse which was du(' to a gl'llpral <br />upward In:.>nd in recfpution activities and, <br />hl.'l'au~ of added recreation facilitit's at <br />Flaminf,::Gorgt'. Glen Canyon, Navajo, and <br />Blue t-.1t'sa Rf'st'rvoirs. Followin~ is a <br />tahulation of the visitation at these <br />rt'sl'rvoirs (rom 19(;5 through IUH9. A <br />graph which shows the rapid increase of <br />total visitor liSP during tlw last 5 Yl'ars is <br />also :-ohown. <br /> <br />WIH'n plans WNl' heing mad\' (or tilt' <br />developmf'nt of recrl'ation silt'S on ttlPSI' <br />fl'Sl'ntoirs, consel'Vativt, estimau's were <br />made as to the expt'cLl'd puhlic usp for <br />f('(:reation pllrpost's.lt wasestimah'd <br />that these .tTPas w{JuhJ sustam ahout <br />2.337,000 recreation days wllf'n <br />fully dt'V(>[OIlt'd. With considt'fahh' <br />dt'velopmf'nt still to he accomplished. <br />lhe 19fi9v1sit.ation fih'1.lrpS W('f(' ahollt <br />46 Ilt'f(.t'nt hi~h{'f than tilt' original <br />t'stimnu's. <br /> <br />Tlw dpwlopment of ha<;ic recreation <br />fadlities is ahout complptpd at all <br />f('servoirs. except for FlamingGoqw, <br />Lake Powpll, th(' Curpl'unti Unit. and <br />ft'servoirs still to tlt' l'onstructed a'i part of <br />till' Cpntral Utah Projt'd ,U1d the five <br />Wt'sh'rn Slopp Colonldo project.'i. Tht'se <br />ltrl'as hav(' lar~e dev(>lolJnlent prolV'ams <br />which will ('ontinU(! for several years. Glen <br />Callyon is about 25 pt'rl't'nt compleh': <br />FlamingGorgt~ isabout60 pt'r('('nt <br />{'ompletc:and the CUf('canti Unit, whkh <br />indudl"s Blue Mesa, J\'loTroW Point. and <br />Crystal Resprvoirs, is only ahout 25 <br />Iwrcpnt compleu'. <br /> <br /> <br />('{Jmpin[: on J,ake POUlt'll <br /> <br />23 <br />