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. and improvement of faoilities dedioated to fisherman use. The State of Colorado va.lUl s the ]lio Grande as one of its best trout streams and one that is heavily fished by both residents and non- residents. The latter patronage is largely due to the proximity of the stream to population centers in Texas. Oklahoma. and other plains states where trout fishing is almost nonexistent. U. S. Fish Cultural Station 28. The U. S, Fish Cultural Station. a faoility of the Fish and Wildlife Servioe. looated a short distanoe belaw the confluenoe of Willow Creek and the Rio Grande. has for many years helped to meet the ever-inoreasing demands for stooking trout waters on publio lands. Wi th the Projeot Charaoter of the streams Within the Reservoir Site 29. All streams within Wagon Wheel Gap Reservoir site will be affeoted, Three miles of the Rio Grande and a total of 4 miles of Bellows. Sunnyside. Shallow. Farmers. and Deep Creeks between the top of the flood control pool and average annual maximum pool will be replaoed by a reservoir fishery about one-third of the time. Be- tween the average annual maximum and average annual minimum pools about 5 miles of the river and 2 miles of Bellows and Farmers Creeks will be low-quali ty stream fisheries 30 peroent of the time. The A. miles of the Rio Grande and.J..miles of tributaries wi thin the average annual minimum pool will be inundated most of the time and will oease to exist as stream fisheries. Dam Site to Goose Creek 1175 3D. The l~ile stretoh of the Rio Grande from the dam site to 13