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Page 8 A boat dock and other improvements are under contract. A test well has been drilled and a boat-launching ramp has been completed at the Iola Site. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and vlildlife, in cooperation with the Colorado Fish and Qt.me Department, performed the following during F. Y. 1967: (1) ~ecuted a contract in June 1967 for the first segment of a 6-year study at the Curecanti Unit complex of Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal Reservoirs. This study is to obtain information necessary to develop superior fishing. (2) Optioned 65 acres of private land on the Gunnison River immediately upstream from the Blue Mesa Reservoir headwaters. When access right-of-way and necessary land exchanges are completed, this public site will aid both streamside and float fishing use. As a related weasure, engineering speci- fications were completed a.ld a $105,000 construction contract executed for two fishing lakes on Archuleta Creek. Known as Dome lakes, these impound- ments will be the first in the ser i e s of fishing lakes intended to offset stream-fishing losses on the Gunnison River. GLEN CANYON STORAGE UNIT, ARIZONA - UTAH The Glen Canyon Unit is located in northern Coconino County, Arizona, and in !(Sne and San Juan o:>unties in southeastern utah. The primary purposes of the unit are the regulation and storage of flows of the upper Colorado River and the generation of hydroelectric power. The last of eight generators, each of which has 112,500 kilowatt capacity, began producing commercial power on February 28, 1966. The powerplant has a nameplate rating of 900,000 kilowatts. Net power generation to date is 6,770,601,200 kilowatt hours. The water surface elevation of lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam was at its highest point during F. Y. 1967 of 3,544.91 at midnight on JUly 1, 1966. The elevation at midnight on June 30, 1967, was 3,529.15 compared to 3,544.91 at midnight on JUne 30, 1966. Construction continued on the joint Bureau of Reclamation-National Park Service visitor center complex at Glen Canyon Dam. As of JUne 30, 1967, . the contract was 97.7% completed. A Memorandum of Agreement was executed during 1966 under which the Bureau will provide the building and all major maintenance. The National Park Service will finance and construct exhibits and will staff the building. The visitor center and the associated self- guided tour through the Glen Canyon Powerplant were open for visitors during the summer of 1967. Recreation facilities have been constructed and improved constantly since the storage of water began at lal,e Powell. Wahweap and u.es Ferry in Arizona have boat ramps, campgrounds, picnic areas, marinas, parking areas, and water distribution and sewage disposal systems. Wahweap also has an