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<br />VISITATION BY RESERVOIR
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<br />Reservoir
<br />
<br />Year
<br />First
<br />Visited
<br />
<br />1973
<br />
<br />1969
<br />
<br />1970
<br />
<br />1971
<br />
<br />1972
<br />
<br />Blue Mesa.Morrow
<br />Point 1966 411.300 561,900 750.400 731.900 716,100
<br />Crawford 1963 98,500 99,700 114,400 145,100 105.400
<br />Flaming Gorge 1962 1.156,000 1.201,000 917,900 973,300 958,800
<br />Fontenelle 1965 4,100 11,700 17,600 48,900 56,300
<br />Huntington North 1967 36,800 49,200 37.400 44 ,000 45,900
<br />Joes Valley 1967 76,200 119,100 128,700 134,800 127,000
<br />lake Powell 1962 962,000 1,001.400 873,100 970,900 1,209,100
<br />lemon 1964 44,400 30,100 49,300 50,600 44,900
<br />Meeks Cabin 1973 2.400
<br />Navajo 1963 517,300 596,800 645,900 667,000 436,000
<br />Paonia 1962 8,300 7,900 7,500 6,800 9,500
<br />Rifle Gap 1967 45,000 43,600 78,100 73,900 59,200
<br />Starvation 1970 28,100 58,700 143,800 98,900
<br />Silver Jack 1973 34,600
<br />Steinaker 1963 23,100 38,100 46,500 50,700 36,900
<br />TOTAL 3.413,000 3,788,600 3,725,500 4,041,700 3,941,000
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<br />FISH AND WILDLIFE
<br />
<br />Releases 01 clear cold water from the
<br />reservOirs have made It possible to es.
<br />tabllsl1 trout fIsheries below Flaming
<br />Gorge, Glen Canyon, and Navajo Dams.
<br />In recent years. however, water released
<br />from Flaming Gorge Darn has become
<br />progressively colder, which has im-
<br />paired the growth and spawning of fish
<br />In the first few miles of the river below
<br />the dam. At the Bureau of Reclama.
<br />lion's Engineering and Research Center
<br />In Oem-cr, technicians are studying
<br />ways to raise the tallwater temperature
<br />by modifying the outlet works to take
<br />water from a higher elevatIon in the
<br />reserVOir, which will provide warmer
<br />water downstream.
<br />
<br />An extensive fish.stocking program is
<br />being carried on cooperatively with the
<br />Fish and Wildlife Service and several
<br />State fish and game departments to
<br />meet the stream and reservoir manage.
<br />ment needs WIthin the Upper Colorado
<br />Ri\ler Basin. These needs have recently
<br />been increased by the addition of new
<br />water surface areas for fishing in Silver
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