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<br /> <br />Facilities at the <br />campgrounds include a <br />combined entry and <br />administration building, <br />camper service buildings, <br />comfort stations and group <br />picnic shelters. Many of <br />the campsites have <br />electrical hookups <br />available. <br /> <br />Downstream of Pueblo <br />Dam there is a day-use <br />development which <br />contains a swimming pond <br />with sandy beach, bath <br />house complex, fishing <br />pond and about 200 picnic <br />sites. <br /> <br />Construction of the Pueblo <br />facilities stimulated local <br />economic activity, and <br />present-day visitor use <br />continues to generate <br />benefits to the local <br />economy. This economic <br />stimulus complements <br />winter skiing activity, <br />providing a yearround <br />recreational economy in <br />the area. <br /> <br />Arkansas River <br />White-Water Rafting <br /> <br />. <br />In recentjte)!J$, the <br />Fryingpan'!Ar~nsas <br />Project has supported <br />white-water recreational <br />rafting in the Upper <br />Arkansas River Basin <br />between leaOiA)le and <br />Pueblo Reservoir, a <br />distance of 165 miles. <br />This section of river is <br />internationally recognized <br />for its whilewater <br />experience, and over <br />233,000 visitors enjoyed <br />rafting in 1993. <br /> <br />The Arkansas River <br />Headwaters Recreation <br />Association (AHRA) was <br />established to intensify <br />management on a 14B-mile <br />stretch of the river which is <br />managed jointly by the <br />Bureau of land <br />Management and Colorado <br />Division of Parks and <br />Outdoor Recreation. The <br />project supports the AHRA <br />by augmenting summer <br />river flows to extend and <br />enhance the rafting <br />experience. <br /> <br />23 <br />