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<br />Recreation <br /> <br />Till' USt' of Colorado HiVt'r Storagt' "TojPeI <br />rt'st'r\loirs for reen'atian purpos!'s <br />continued its~wnl'ral upward tn'nd during <br />196~), The 12 complcu'd rps('rvoirs <br />susL."1im'd a use of 3.-113,000 H'Crl'Cltion <br />days during 19fi9as comparpd to <br />:l,254,HOO in lUGS. This reprl'slmls about <br />,! 4%% increase whkh wasdut' to a gl'lwrul <br />upward trend in rt'crl'ation activities and, <br />IM'C<lUS(, of addNJ recreation facilitips at <br />F]amin~ Gor~('. Glen Canyon. Navajo, and <br />Blue ~tpsa I{('servoirs, Following is a <br />ullm!atioll of the visitation at tlwsl.' <br />resPTvoirs from 1965 throul,(h 19l19, A <br />J.,rraph which shows t1w rapid incn':lSt' of <br />total visitor liSt' during thl'la..<;t 5 yt'ars is <br />also -"hown. <br /> <br />Wht'll plans Wf'fl' Ix>ing made for till' <br />devl'loplnt'Ot of wen'alian sites on tht'sl' <br />rt's{'n:oirs, c()ns~rvativl' estimates were <br />matlp as to the l'xpl'ch-d puhlie usp for <br />rt'crpation purpost's, It waspstimalt'd <br />that tlWSf! areas would suslmn ahout <br />2.:137,000 reen'ation days whl'n <br />fully d{.Vt'lorwd, With t'onsidcrab](' <br />devt'lopnll'nt still to hl' ;ll'complishl.'d. <br />tilt' 1 !ffi9 visitation fil-.rures wen' ahout <br />,1fj pt'rl'('nt hif:::lwr than tilt' ari~inal <br />t'stimau's, <br /> <br />The df>v('lopment of hasic n'('fl'ation <br />fadlitit's is ahout complt'u'u atall <br />n'sprvoirs, (~xt'ept for Flaming GorJ!e. <br />Lak(' Pawl'lI. the Curecanti Unit. and <br />rt'servairs still to he t'onstructpd ,L'i part of <br />till' Ct'nlral Utah I'rojet'l ,md tht' fiv{' <br />WI'sh'rn Slupt' Colorado projpcts, Ttwsf' <br />art'as havp larJ{(' dcv{'lornlt'nt !lrog-rams <br />whiLh will continue for sl'veral yt'ats. Glen <br />Canyon isahout 25 pl'rct'nt ('omplt'te; <br />Flamin~Go!l::(' is at)(Jut fiO rwrn'nt <br />complete;and the Cllrecanti Unit. whit'h <br />induues Blue ~Iesa. Morrow Point, and <br />Crystal Ht's('I"Voirs. is only ahout 25 <br />percent t'ompletp, <br /> <br /> <br />Co.mpinl! (ffl f.,ahe Powell <br /> <br />23 <br />