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is located in a deep canyon on Jones Hole Creek near Dinosaur National Monument in northeast- ern Utah. Operation began three years ago. This year's production of 151,819 pounds of brook, cut- throat, brown, and rainbow trout lingerlings is a little more than 50 percent of capacity. If road con- ditions were improved for year- round access, then production could be increased 10 the full ca- pacity of the hatchery. Most of the fish are used 10 stock Flammg Gorge, Fontenelle, and Steinaker ReservOirs and the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam. 2. Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery IS located on Ihe North Fork of the Gunnison near Hotchkiss, Colo- rado. Its OUlput of 3,021,248 fin- gerlings and 50,000 larger-sized rainbow trout went principally for stocking requirements at Blue Mesa, Crawford, Lemon, and Sil- ver Jack Reservoirs in Colorado and Navajo Reservoir 10 Colorado and New Mexico. One natlonal Wildlife refuge and three waterfowl areas under state adminis- tration are being developed in connec- tion with the Colorado River Storage Project. 1, Seedskadee National Wildlife Ref- uge hes along the Green River below Fontenelle Dam, Wyoming. The land use plan for this area requires purchase of approxi. mately 11,900 acres of land to be used for waterfowl management purposes in conjunction with ad- joining publicly owned land Ad- ministration of acquired and pub- he lands for wildlife management purposes began in 1966. Land purchase negotiations continued during the year, but no major structural improvements will be programed until a suflicient devel- opment area has been obtained, 2. Browns Park Waterfowl Manage- ment Area is located below Flam- ing Gorge Reservoir on the Green River in the vicinity of the Utah- Colorado State hne. Management area headquarters have been completed, and 270 acres of im- pounded water and related water- lowl food plots have been devel- oped at two major sites. Work continued at the third site to devel- op an additional 120 acres 01 pond-marsh habitat for waterfowl together with an expansion of the acreage 01 wildlife food plots. The overall management area is al- ready attracting appreciable num- bers of resident and migratory game bird populations and is in- creasing in public popularity both as a fishing and hunting site. 3. Miller Mesa Waterfowl Area is located on the west shore of the Navajo Reservoir just south of the Colorado-New Mexico State line. A small reservoir and two terrace ponds have been completed and are full. About 170 acres Of agri- cultural land have been plan led lor wildlife management purposes to barley, oats, wheat, and alfalfa. The area has not yet been opened to hunting. Waterfowl use patterns indicate that birds Irom other ag- ricultural and restlOg areas in the San Juan Valley are using the Miller Mesa site with increasing frequency. 4 Desert Lake Waterfowl Manage- ment Area comprises 2,480 acres of acquired and publiC domain land located in eastern Utah near Huntington North Reservoir, Ad- ministered by the Utah State Divi- sion 01 Wildlife Resources since January 1968, the area"s contri- bution to waterfowl resources management was significantly in- creased by rehabilitation of the historic Desert Lake Dike and completion 01 five additional diked areas below the existing impound- ment. These structures are all filled and the Jakes are used by resident and game bird popula- tions and migratory waterfowl. Eflectiveness of the area will be enhanced by improvement in one water supply facility, The unfin- ished work includes 18,000 leef of plastic and concrete piping from the end of the Huntington Canal system northward, control struc- tures, and a bypass direct to Des. ert Lake. With completion 01 23