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<br />Recreation <br /> <br /> <br />F,lJIe,man'mOSSQhtuOe <br /> <br />Operations <br /> <br />Water and Power now administers recrea- <br />tion facilities at IwO COlorado River <br />Storage Project reservoirs: enlarged <br />Strawberry Reservoir and Fontenelle <br />Reservoir. Temporary 'acilities have been <br />constructed upstream from Soldier Creek <br />Dam while the reservOir is lilling to the <br />level 01 the existing Strawberry ReservOir. <br /> <br />A new 33 unit campground and new <br />culinary waler and sewer systems at <br />Fontenelle Reservoir helped to meet <br />the needs 0' increasmg numbers 01 <br />recreationists. <br /> <br />Planning <br /> <br />Planning for recreation development con. <br />tinued during the year. Investigations <br />were underway on the Dominguez Reser- <br /> <br /> <br />Walersportsattractlhousanos <br /> <br />voir Project; Grand Mesa Project, Uncom. <br />pahgre Improvement Project; and Upper <br />Colorado Resource Study. <br /> <br />Advanced planning for recreation <br />development continued on the Animas.La <br />Plata Project; San Miguel PrOject <br />municipal and industrial system, Bon. <br />neville Unit and Whiterocks Reservoir, <br />Umtah Unit, Central Utah PrOject. <br /> <br />Detailed site planning, design and <br />preparation 01 contract specifications <br />continued on Silver Jack Reservoir, <br />Bostwick Park Project McPhee Reservoir. <br />Dolores ProJect; Ridgway ReservOIr, <br />Dallas Project; and on the enlarged <br />Strawberry Reservoir, Bonneville Unit, <br />Central Utah Project. <br /> <br />Improvements and Additions <br /> <br />Curecanli Unit, Colorado. The tour boat <br />rides at Morrow Point Reservoir have <br />become so popular, the region is con. <br />sidering purchasing one additional boa! <br />to accommodate the demand. <br /> <br />Central Utah Project. Utah <br /> <br />Bonneville Unit. The master recreation <br />plan environmental supplement for the <br />enlarged Strawberry Reservoir was com. <br />pleted. A construction package was <br />designed and awarded. The package m. <br />eluded the access road, boat ramp, and <br />parkmg facilities for the Soldier Creek <br />campsite. <br /> <br />Circulatory roads, boat launChing ramp, <br />culinary water system, and sewage <br />system for Currant Creek Reservoir were <br />completed. <br /> <br />Jensen Unit - The main access road, boat <br />launching ramp, and teveling 'or the new <br />recreation site were completed at Red <br />Fleet Reservoir. <br /> <br />11 <br />