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<br />Two national fish hatcheries, developed <br />with CRSP funds, are performing important <br />roles in the joint State-Federal approach to <br />meeting fish-stocking requirements: <br /> <br />1. Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery is <br />located in a deep canyon on Jones Hole <br />Creek near Dinosaur National Monument in <br />northeastern Utah. The year's production, <br />2,603,600 cutthroat, brown, and rainbow <br />trout, was about 70 percent of capacity. In <br />1974, the hatchery produced about 158,500 <br />pounds. The total capacity with the present <br />access road is about 240,000 pounds. If the <br />access road were improved for all weather <br />conditions so that fish could be taken out <br />all year round, the hatchery could produce <br />about 300,000 pounds. Most of the fish are <br />used to stock Flaming Gorge, Fontenelle, <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />'~.~ ~:;.~~ . <br />,"~, .' tiAl <br />fj '1~1I ".~ ,', ,,' <br />I~l ,:~.' <br />. .'" <br />. . <br /> <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife <br /> <br />and Stelnaker Reservoirs, and the Green <br />River below Flaming Gorge and Fontenelle <br />Dams. Studies were initiated under authori- <br />ty of section 8 to determine alternative <br />solutions to the access road problem, <br />Additionally, deficiencies in the communica- <br />tion system were corrected under the sec- <br />tion 8 program. <br /> <br />2. Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery is <br />located on the north fork of the Gunnison <br />River near Hotchkiss, Colo. Its output of <br />3,329,000 rainbow trout went principally for <br />stocking requirements of Blue Mesa, Craw- <br />ford, Lemon, and Silver Jack Reservoirs in <br />Colorado, Navajo Reservoir in Colorado <br />and New Mexico, and Lake Powell in <br />Arizona and Utah. <br /> <br />One national wildlife refuge and three <br />waterfowl areas under State administration <br />are being developed in connection with <br />the CRSP. <br /> <br />Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge lies <br />along the Green River below Fontenelle <br />Dam, Wyoming, Administration by the Fish <br />and Wildlife Service on acquired and public <br />lands for wildlife management purposes <br />began in 1966. During fiscal year 1975, an <br />acquisition contract was completed for <br />1,000 acres. The land-use plan for this area <br />requires purchase of about 10,900 additional <br />acres of land to be used for waterfowl <br />management purposes in conjunction with <br />adjoining publicly owned land. <br /> <br />Browns Park waterfowl management area, <br />under administration of the Utah Division <br />of Wildlife Resources, is located below <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green <br />River near the Utah-Colorado State line. <br />Management area headquarters have been <br />completed, and 270 acres of impounded <br />water and related waterfowl food plots have <br />been developed at two major sites. A third <br />site, consisting of 541 acres, was completed <br />during the year. A canal was completed to <br />carry water to this unit. Ninety nesting units <br />have been completed on islands for geese. <br />A 5-year report on a study of geese habits <br />and needs is completed and the final report <br />will be published during fiscal year 1976. <br />The overall management area is attracting <br />numerous resident and migratory game bird <br />populations and is increasing in public <br />popularity as a fishing, hunting, and bird- <br />watching site. <br /> <br />17 <br />