FLOOD05417

• County: Mesa
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Sixteenth Annual Report - Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects for Fiscal Year 1972
• Date: 1/1/1972
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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The Colorado River Storage Project Is
a major contributor to the increasingly
popular water-oriented ftlcreational
opportunities in the Intermountain
West. A visit to many of the breathtak.
ingly beautiful wonders of nalun~ by
waterways made available by one of the
14 storage reservoirs has been a reality
for thousands who heretofore could
only read of such an adventure. A tabu.
lation of the number of visitor days to
recreation areas made possible by the
Colorado River Storage Project and Par-
ticipating Projects as shown on the
opposite page reveals that millions
afford themselves this opportunity each
year, many on a repeat basis.

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Major improvements and additions dur-
ing fiscal Year 1972 were made to
recreation facilities in the Glen Canyon-
Lake Powell area. at Blue Mesa Reser.
voir of the Curecanli Unit. and at the
Heron Reservoir of the San Juan-Choma
Project. These included a water treat-
ment plant. sewage system, paved park.
ing area, an access road to the conces-

sionaire's lodgll ilt Lens Fl!rry. it snwillolf!
system correction and floating comfort
station at Rainbow Bridge, and addi-
tional water and sewage facilities at
Wahweap. all in the Glen Canyon
National Recreation Area, In thtl
Curecanti Rllcreation Area a tree plant-
ing project for the visitor center at Elk
Creek WflS completed, and water, sewer,
and electrical facilities were construc-
ted at Lake Fork, At Heron Res(!rvoir
a rest stop and overlook were started,

Plans are being dllveloped to provide
recreation facilities at Tyzack Rllservoir
of the Jensen Unit of the Ctlntral Utah
Project. Rt.ocfeation facilities at Flaming
Gorge, while only about 60 percent com-
plete. are extensive, Howevtlr. available
facilities are taxed to capacity on many
weekends and holidays during the
summer months. Glen Canyon facilities
are about 30 percent compltlte as are
those at the Curecanli Unit, Starvation
Resllrvoir on the Bonneville Unll has
a boat ramp, parking area and access
road, Facilities are completo at tho fol.
lowing reservoirs: Huntington North.
Lemon. Paonia, Fontentllle. Rifle Gap,
Crawford.anrl Steinaker. Facilities have
yet to be constructed at Meeks Cabin
Reservoir of the Lyman Project anti
Silver Jack Reservoir of the Bostwick
Par!. Project.

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