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Fish and Wildlife Two National Fish Hatcheries are per- forming important roles in the joint State- Federal approach to meeting fish slock. ing requirements at GRSP reservoirs. 1. Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery IS located in a deep canyon on Jones Hole Creek near Dinosaur NatIOnal Monumenlm northeastern Utah. In 1981. the hatchery produced 155.000 pounds of fish. which IS about 70 per- cent 01 capacity. Total capaCity With an improved access road IS about 255.000 pounds. 2. Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery is located on the north lark of the Gunnl' son River near HotchkiSS. Colo. lis out- put of 102.688 pounds 01 fish went principally lor slockmg requHements of Blue Mesa. Crawford. lemon. and Silver Jack ReservOirs in Colorado: and NavajO Reservoir in Colorado and New Mexico. The increased production capability was due to completion of expansion of fish.rearmg facilities at the Chipeta Unit of the Hatchery. One National Wildlife Reluge and three waterfowl areas under State administra. tion are now being developed.. 1. Seedskadee NatIonal WildlIfe Refuge lies along the Green River below Fon. tenelle Dam. Wyoming. and Since 1966. has been administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Development and acquisition of private land holdmgs began at an accelerated scale durmg the year. 2. Brown.s Park Waterfowl Management Area. under admmlstration 01 the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. is located below Flammg Gorge Reservoir on the Green River neat the Utah- Colorado State Ime The overall man. agement area is atlractlng numerOUS resident and migratory game bird 20 populations and is increaSing in publiC popularity as a fishing. hunting. and bird.watchlng area. 3. Miller Mesa Waterlowl Area is on the west shore 01 the NavajO ReserVOir just south of the Colorado.New Mexico Stale line. A small reservoir and two terraced ponds have been completed and Jitled. About 170 acres of agri. cultural lands have been planted With barley, oats. wheat. and alfalfa for wildlife management purposes. Water. fowl use patterns indicate that birdS from other agricultural and nesting areas in the San Juan Valley are using the Miller Mesa site With Increasing frequency. 4 Desert lake Waterfowl Management Area comprises 2.480 acres 01 acqUired and publiC domain land in eastern Utah near Huntington North Reservoir. Ad. ministered by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources since January 1968, the area.s contribution to waterfowl resources management was signifi. cantly increased by rehabilttation to the historic Desert lake Dike and com. pletion of five additional diked areas below the existing Impoundment. A number of measures have been initiated to mitigate Ilshery and big game losses caused by the construction of CRSP features: Wayne N. Aspinall Unit. Colorado: Pur. Chased 1.950 acres of land lor bIg game mitigatIon. Dallas Project, Colorado: Purchased 410 acres of big game range adjacent to Ridgway Reservoir. PrOVided for reim. bursement of construction 01 14.3 miles o! deer. proof fence along Highway 550. Funded a terrestrial and aquatic wildhfe momtoring study by the Colorado DiviSion olWildlile. , Dolores PrOje<:l, Colorado: Purchased 2.045 acres of big game range for mitiga. tlon olthe House Creek recreation development and reimbursed Section 5 funds for previous acquisition of mltiga. tion lands. Central Utah Project, Utah: Bonneville Unit - Completed acquisition of the largest acreage under Single ownership (23.347 acres) ever acquired in the Upper Colorado Region. Jensen Unit - Completed range rehabili. latlon measures on 500 acres of BlM range for wildlife mitigation. Upalco Unit - Acquired fee title on 42 acres and wildlife easements on the re- mainder olthe Yellowstone Ranch. Flaming Gorge Unit, Utah: Purchased 2.305 acres of land for big game mitigation. Lyman Project: Purchased 1.882 acres of land in Utah for mitigation of big game losses. Completed stabilization of MarSh lake through transfer of storage to State. line Reservoir. Seedskadee Project: PurChased fee title to 160 acres and wifdlife easements on 1,026 acres at Seedskadee National Wild. life Refuge. Awarded several contracts for fencing and development of the Refuge. Initiated 3.year habitat improvement pro. gram for the Green River Tailwater below Fonlenelle Dam.