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<br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />1964. This preject will beceme the secend participating preject te be <br />turned ever te a water hser's erganizatien fer eperatien, <br /> <br />AJ)VANCE PLANNING ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />A supplemental ecel1emic justificatien repert en the Crystal Dam <br />and Reserveir .of tbe C\1recanti unit was cempleted and ap'proved by <br />the Secretary .of Interiet, Precenstructien activities including studies <br />and preparatien .of designs, and estimates centinued en the Central <br />Utah project, Silt project, and Lyman project. . The definite plan <br />repert fer the Lyman prej ect was cempleted and the repert for the <br />Bonneville unit .of the ,Central Utah project is nearing completion, <br />Quality of water studies were continued in the upper Colerado River <br />Basin as authorized by law, <br /> <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE DEVELOPMENT <br />Rough-fish control m~asures were completed for 445 miles of the <br />Green River and tributaries in September 1962 prior to clesure. of the <br />Flaming Gerge Dam, This pregram was planned l\1ld executed with <br />the cooperation of the Qolorado, Utah, and Wyoming Fish and Game <br />Depl\l'tments,; . .. <br />. Ipstalll\tion of the. pu~l' and powerline for the St. ewart Lake State <br />Waterfowl Refuge in Utah was cempleted in October 1962. These <br />facilities will previde w~ter frem the Green River to replage Ashley <br />Creek flows dIverted to Steinaker Reservoir. . ... <br />Land and wildlife marjagement plans were developed fer the Flam- <br />ing Gerge and N avaje jmit program areas in ceeperatien with the <br />Bureau .of Land Management and the State fish and game depart- <br />.ments, Purchase of base properties by the Bureau. .of Sport Fisheries <br />and Wildlife and related Fazing adjustments fer wildlife en the public <br />demain will permit the ~a.nagement plan to be effected. <br />To initiate the progralm .of land acquisitien, 1,560 acres were ac- <br />quired at the Flaming Gerge un\t fer big-game ll;nd w:aterfe>yl man- <br />agement a.nd 378 acr~s were acqull'ed at theN avaJo umt for b~lf-ga!'ll" <br />range, Related fencmg, ,water develepment, and range rehabilItatIOn <br />measures were started at: the N avaje unit, . . <br />Two fishery investigat~bns were initiated: the 6-year reserveir-man- <br />agement study at the N~vajo unit .which will be cempleted in fiscal <br />year 1968, and the 3-year Greim RIver fellewup study te assess the <br />effects .of the clesure .of Flaming Gorge Dam and the reugh-fish contrel <br />operatien .of September 1 ~62, . ... <br />Pla.nning activities centjinued threugheut fiscal year 1963 fer current <br />and futureJacilities, _Acquisitien of land and water areas were majer <br />.objectives during theyeaf, and actiens preparatery to negetiatien re- <br />qUll'edcensiderable time il.nd effort, Numereus decisions were made <br />jeintly with the State fis!!. and game departmentstP determine. lands <br />required fer big-game. upland-game a.nd waterfowl management, <br />public fishing, or liuntingiaccsss, and sites for public fishing lake and <br />national fish hatoheries, , . <br />. - I <br />. .. PUBLIO BECREATlON F.ACILl:rIES. . <br />i <br /> <br />. In the Flaming - Gorge ~ litioillilRecreation Area, c~ristrl1eti()n .qf <br />the Lucerne Valley (U~b:) - access road.-andparkillgl\rea. is subs~n- <br /> <br />