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<br />Recreation <br /> <br /> <br />Lake Powell watel skiing <br /> <br />Operations: The Bureau of Reclamation <br />administered recreation facilities at three <br />Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs <br />Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee <br />Project in Wyoming is administered by the <br />Fiaming Gorge Office in Dutch John, Utah. <br />Red Fleet Reservoir of the Jensen Unit, <br />Central Utah Project. was opened to rec. <br />reation use in 1982. The area is a fee area <br />and is administered under a service con- <br />tract with a private company. Completed <br />facilities at Soldier Creek were administered <br />by the Forest Service. <br /> <br />Recreation Planning: Recreation planning <br />for profects under planning investigations <br />status continued on Diamond Fork and <br />Jordanelle Reservoir of the Bonneville Unit, <br />Central Utah Project. Colorado State Divi. <br />sion of Parks and Outdoor Recreation is <br />preparing designs and specifications for <br />recreation facilities at Ridgway Reservoir, <br />Dallas Creek Project in western Colorado <br />under a grant from Reclamation. <br /> <br />Recreation Construction: Dallas Creek <br />Project. Colorado: A boat ramp to serve <br />Ridgway Reservoir is included in tile con. <br />tract for construction of the dam presently <br /> <br /> <br />Fishing for trout in a Uinta Basin strenm <br /> <br />under way. Construction of additional <br />tacilities is anticipated to begin in 1986. <br /> <br />Dolores Project, Colorado: Completion of <br />the contract for the recreation facilities for <br />the McPhee Recreation Area will be com. <br />piete in 1985 and will be transferred to the <br />San Juan National Forest for management. <br />Additional facilities at House Creek and <br />seve I al fisherman access sites around the <br />reservoir will go to contract during the Fis. <br />cal Year 1987. House Creek boat ramp and <br />House Creek road remain under construc- <br />tion. <br /> <br />Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, Utah: <br />Strawberry Bay campground facilities, <br />picnic areas and marina were completed <br />and are open for public use under Uinta <br />National Forest management. Other areas <br />completed this last year include Haws <br />Point fisherman access, Chicken Creek <br />East fisherman access and Soldier Creek <br />Dam fisherman parking, Construction <br />contract awards scheduled for Fiscal <br />Year 1985 Include completion of Chicken <br />Creek West fisherman access, Straw, <br />berry O&M buildings and Strawberry <br />Reservoir and Heber City and Administra. <br />tive/Visitor Center / Fish Stripping Facility <br /> <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />{o <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />Cross country skiers in Colorado mountains <br /> <br />located on the Strawberry River above <br />the reservoir. In the Upper Stillwater <br />drainage, two campgrounds, including a <br />picnic area and a fisherman access area, <br />are presently under construction and are <br />expected to be completed during 1985. <br /> <br />Navajo Project, New Mexico: Planning for <br />recreational facilities in the Navajo Dam <br />Tailwater area is complete and a contract <br />has been awarded for construction to <br />begin in the spring of 1985 and to be com- <br />pleted in 1986. <br /> <br />19 <br />--:il <br />