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<br />o <br />;:~ ) <br />(-:~) <br />'-C <br />w <br />01 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />recreation facilities and their utilization, descriptions of existing fishery <br />designations and enhancements, and a summary of existing proposals by others <br />for fishery and recreation improvements. <br /> <br />Approximately 2,368,000 acres (72 percent) of the study area is made up of <br />public lands which are managed to provide recreation among other purposes. <br />The Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (CDPOR), the Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife (CDOW), the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Bureau <br />of Land Management (BLM), and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) administer <br />recreational facilities within the study area. Private resorts, campgrounds <br />and RV parks are dispersed throughout 908,000 acres of private lands in the <br />study area. . <br /> <br />There are approximately 2800 publicly and privately operated developed <br />tent camping and RV campsites in the study area. One thousand, five hundred <br />twenty campsites are located on public lands; The.largest number of campsites <br />are operated by the USFS (609 campsites), and the NPS (452 campsites at <br />Curecanti and 115 campsites at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National <br />Monument). The CDPOR has 280 campsites under construction at Ridgway <br />Reservoir. The BLM has 32 developed campsites in the study area. <br /> <br />Occupancy rates in public campgrounds vary throughout the study area. <br />Occupancies are highest in Taylor Canyon and Taylor Park with campgrounds being <br />filled to capacity many of the days during the summer camping season. <br />Occupancies. are also high at the Curecanti National Recreation Area with <br />campgrounds full on major weekends and holidays. Utilization of publiC <br />campgrounds in the USFS Cebolla Ranger District is moderate during the summer <br />camping season while overall utilization of campgrounds. in the USFS Ouray <br />Ranger District is low. <br /> <br />The private lands in the study area tend to be concentrated in the valleys <br />along the major streams. Of the 385 miles of major streams in 11 drainages <br />selected for analysis in this study, 110 miles (29 percent) lie on public <br />lands. Of the remaining 275 miles of streams which lie on private lands, less <br />than 30 miles have some sort of formal arrangement for allowing public <br />access, such as a fishing easement, annual lease, CD OW fish stocking agreement, <br />or arrangement for payment of daily fees. <br /> <br />-2- <br />