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- 10 - <br />Many sloughs were located adjacent to the mainstream waters - some <br />at considerable distances from the channel. Most have stream flows only <br />during periods of high water and form highly productive brood ponds-for <br />carp and other nondesirable fish. It was decided that the most complete <br />and efficient coverage of these sloughs could be made with a helicopter. <br />The Blacks Fork River, some seventy miles of which were scheduled for treat- <br />ment, often drops from a spring flood of over 1000 cfs to less that 10 cfs. <br />Sometimes these drastic flow-pattern shifts take place within a few hours, <br />leaving great pockets full of nongame fish. Because of the stream's <br />unpredictable fluctuations and lengthy inaccessible reaches, helicopter <br />application seemed to present the best method for obtaining complete <br />treatment coverage (Figure 7). <br />In order to expedite the operations of both airboat and helicopter <br />units, special crews and vehicles were assigned to service them with gasoline <br />and rotenone. <br />All past experience indicated that each major station should have <br />a two-man crew on duty during its operation. On the larger-stations, the <br />rotenone requirements were sufficiently great to demand almost continuous <br />handling of stockpile barrels. Furthermore, the possibilities of-flow <br />stoppages or variations required constant vigilance. A sizeable number of <br />engine driven and hand-operated pumps were available to assist with. rotenone <br />transfer. Each operating station was equipped with a tool kit, first aid kit, <br />snake-bite kit, lantern, rubber gloves and rotenone measuring devices. <br />Public Relations <br />Early in the general planning it was agreed that maximum public <br />cooperation would be essential for successful project completion. T"o <br />advertise the purpose of the project, a series of lectures was given to <br />service clubs, chambers of commerce, and other interested groups. Numerous <br />press releases were prepared by the information divisions of both states, <br />and the Utah Department produced descriptive television material which was <br />channeled in both Utah and Wyoming. Besides innumerable person-to-person <br />contacts with sportsmen and ranchers in general, a special effort was made <br />to obtain the complete cooperation of all landowners on whose property <br />treatment stations were to be located. While much of the land within the <br />project's general scope is in Federal or state ownership, sizeable acreages <br />of private property were also included. To have made personal contact-with <br />all the owners would have been almost impossible. However, the names and <br />addresses of all corporate and individual landowners, with stream=adjacent <br />properties, were obtained from the three Wyoming counties involved, and each <br />owner was mailed a brief descriptive notification of the project (Figure 8). <br />All ranchers in Utah and Colorado normally concerned with the bridge across <br />the Green River at the detoxification site were personally contacted and <br />appraised of the project and the necessity for closing the bridge for <br />several days during the operation. There was no dissent encountered. <br />It seems probable that this sizeable public relations and informa- <br />tion program was worth the effort. Despite the fact that dozens of men and <br />vehicles worked night and day on private lands, landowners were helpful and <br />cooperative in the extreme and no unsatisfactory public contacts are known <br />to have occurred. <br />