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Browns Park waterfowl management area. under administration olthe Utah Division 01 Wildlife Resources. Is located below Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green River near the Utah-Colorado State line Management area headquarters have been completed. and 270 acres of Impounded water and related waterfowl lood plots have been developed at two major sites. A third site. consisting 01 541 acres, was com- pleted during the year. A canal has been com- pleted to carry water to this unit. Ninety goose- nesting units have been completed. A 5-year re- port on a study 01 goose habits and needs was completed The overall management area is allracting numerous resident and migratory game bird poputations and is increasing in public popularity as a Iishing, hunting and bird-watching site. Miller Mesa watertowl area is on the west shore of the NavajO Reservoir just south 01 the Colorado-New Mexico State line. A small reservoir and two terrace ponds have been completed and filled. About 170 acres 01 agricultural land have been planted to barley, oats, wheat, and aUalla lor wildlife management purposes Waterfowl use pallerns indicate that birdS Irom other agricultural and res ling areas in the San Juan Valley are using the Miller Mesa site with increasing frequency. Desert Lake waterfowl management area comprises 2,480 acres of acquired and public domain land in eastern Utah near HunUngton North Reservoir, Administered by the Utah Divi- sion of Wildlile Resources since January 1968, the area's contribution to waterfowl resources management was Significantly Increased by rehabilitation of the historic Desert lake dike and completion 01 five additional diked areas below the existing impoundment. These structures are all lilled and the lakes are used by resident and game bird populations and migrant waterfowl. A pipeline has been completed to assure an ade- quate water supply to ~he area. 18 Several prOjects have been initiated to mitigale fishery and big game losses and to work out problems caused by the construction 01 CRSP leatures: Curecanti Unit, Colorado. The fish study on the Gunnison River continues. Navajo Unit, Colorado and New Mexico A design has been prepared to provide for modillca- tion of the outlet workS and spillway at Navajo Dam These structures. in their present form, lend to increase nitrogen supersaturation problems believed to cause fish kill in the stream belOW Bonneville Unit, Central Utah ProJect, Utah. Feasibility studies have been completed for the Wissiup Waterfowl Management unit which is the first of six units to be constructed to mitigate wildlife losses Flaming Gorge Unit, Utah. Designs have been completed lor modillcation 01 Intakes to the power penstocks at the dam to establish tem- perature control lor water released into the river below the dam. Lyman Project, Wyoming Channel modification studies in the river below MeekS Cabin Reservoir have been completed. Seedskadee Project, Wyoming A fish study in the river above Fontenelle ReservOir has been completed - oM ....... - - : ,'. . .