WSP12399

• File Number: 8271.200
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - Development and History - UCRB 13a Assessment
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1979
• Title: Upper Colorado River Region Section 13a Assessment - Report to the US Water Resources Council - January 1979 - draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE 3.3: 1976 RECREATION USE OF SELECTED STREJl~S IN THe UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN

RIVER SEGHEm"

fISHING USE",l

BOATING USE.'Ilt2

rampa R.

2,300

300
(May - July)
canoes, kayaks, some rafting

Sou~ce to M~ybell None }
r-., Maybell to Cross Hen. Gorge None
en
W Deerlodge Park to Echo Pnk 350
1-..

20
(J~ne 15 - Sept.)
kayaks, some rafting. experts only

14,733
(April 15 - July 15)
rafts up to 3D', some kayak~ and decked canoes

ill.b

Source to Clark

2,300

None

Clark to H1ghvay 40

4,600

100
(May - August)
rafts and kayaks

North Fork White R.

Source to Buford

5,750

None

Whi.te R.

Buford to P.angely

11,500

600
(~"y 15 - July 15)
rafts, canoes, inner tubes

.

Rangely to Confl.

115

1003
(May - Sept.)
rafts, canoes

*Data is given in the follo~ing M~nner: nu~er1cal figures aye the number of recreation days use
in 1976. (xxx) indicates th~ cm;r:1tl!s of the recreational season; [xxx] if given, are the major months
of the recreational season; type Df crafe is given in descending order of use.

1. Estimates made by Div[sio~ of Wildlife, Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources, unless othe~tse
indicated.

2. Recreation~1 ~oating on Colorado screams, Division of Parks and Outdoor Rec~eatlon, Colorado
Dept. of Natural Resources, ~I"'rc.h, 1977. unless otherwise noted.

3. Rough estimate provided by U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

SOURCE: U.S. Heritage ConservatIon and Recreation Service. Mid-Continent Region, in cooperation
vith thl? j.,'cstern Enerby and Land Use Team. Cooperative Instream FloW' Service Group, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife 5~rvice. Ft. Collins, Colorado.

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