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RECREATION During Fiscal Year 1973, major jmpfove- menls and additions were made to rec- reation facilities I" the Glen Canyon- Lake Powell area, al Blue Mesa Reser- VOir of the Curecantl Unit, and at the Heron ReservOir 01 the San Juan-Cha- rna Project Allhe Glen Canyon National Recreation Area modlflcallons Included se.....er connections at Bulllrog Basin, construction 01 floating boat pumpoul stations at Hlte and Halls Crossing, two modular quarters for employees al Halls Crossing. additional vehicle and boat trailer parking, and the drilling and cas- Iflg of a third water well at Wahweap In the Curecantl Recreation Area picnIC area roads, parking comfort stations, and a fish-cleaning station are undef construction The boat ramp parking area at Elk Creek will be enlarged A temporary Information station is in op- eratlon at Clmarron. At Heron Reservoir a water well was completed and con- tract awarded to construct two utility systems and access roads Plans are being developed to provide recreation facilities at Tyzack ReserVOir of the Jensen Unit of the Central Utah Project For the lallwater below NavajO Dam, which has developed Into a "blue ribbon" trout stream, plans were pre- pared for recreation facilities, and a contract was awarded In June to pro- vide fisherman access and parking Al- though Starvation Reservoir on the Bonneville Unit has a boat ramp, park- Ing area, and access road, plans were made for expanding the facilities due to the heavy use expeflenced since com- pletion of constructIon FacilIties are complete at the follOWing reservoirs: Huntington North, Lemon, Paonia, Rifle Gap, Crawford. and Steinaker, Facilities have yet to be constructed at Meeks Cabin ReserVOir of the Lyman Project and Silver Jack ReserVOir 01 the Bost- Wick Park Project In September 1972fhe Secretary of the Interior translerred to the Bureau of Reclamaflon full responsibility for fund. Ing and expenditures 01 recreaflon and fIsh and Wildlife developments at all prOject features of the Colorado River Storage PrOject From 1956 to 1972, these actiVitIes had been handled by the National Park Sefvice and the Bureau 01 Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, ThiS transfer of responsibility should permit better coordination of the con- struction and operation of prOject facllr. ties, including those relaltng to recrea- tion and fish and Wildlife Funding for these public use facIlitIes should be somewhat easier to obtain under a fully coordinated program The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was established by PL. 92-593 on October 27, 1972. ThIS legislation allows greater latitude to the National Park Service for planning and adminiS- tration of the area, but does insure that the dam and reservOir will contmue to be operated In accordance WIth pur- poses of the Colorado River Storage PrOject Act Another recreation precedent was es- tablished at Fontenelle Reservoir late in Fiscal Year 1973 Here, for the first time in the history of the Upper Colo- rado Region, the BUreau of Aeclama. tlon assumed responsibilities for the administration of the recreation re- source at a CRSP prOJect. Agreements transfefflng adminIstrative responsI- bilities from the National Park Service to Reclamation were signed on June 8, 1973 In addition to handling routine operation and maintenance, Reclama- tIon plans to expand eXisting recreation and pubhC information facilities. DUring 1974 a Youth Conservation Corps camp will be established al Fontenelle to assist In thiS effort 21