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<br />RECREATION <br /> <br /> <br />I...A.AAAA.J <br />I...A.AAAA.J <br />u...A..A.A.AJ <br />Durmg fiscal year 1974, major improve. <br />ments and addlllons were made to rec- <br />reation facilities in the Glen Canyon- <br />lake Powell area, at Blue Mesa Reser. <br />vOir of the Curecanti UnIt, and at Heron <br />ReservOir of the San Juan.Chama Proj- <br />ect. At the Glen Canyon National Recre. <br />atlOn Area, a contract was awarded tor <br />rehabilitation of the manna at Rainbow <br />Bridge. In the Curecantl Recreation <br />Area. lake Fork site, picnic area roads. <br />a parking area, comfort stations. and a <br />fistHleaning station were completed. A <br />contract for construction of a boat ramp <br />parkmg area at Elk Creek was awarded. <br />A temporary Information station was in <br />operation at Cimarron. At Heron Reser. <br />voir two utility systems and access <br />roads were completed. <br /> <br />Contracts were awarded lor upstream <br />reservOir stabilization (Emery County); <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />enlarging Elk Creek Parking Area (Cure. <br />cantl Unit); and construction was com. <br />pleted for access roads and parking at <br />the San Juan and Simon Point recrea. <br />tion sites (Navajo Unit). <br /> <br />For the tall water below Navajo Dam, <br />whIch has developed into a "blue rib. <br />bon" trout stream, plans were prepared <br />for recreation facilIties. Access roads <br />and parking areas were completed. <br />Since completion of Starvation Reser. <br />voir, Bonneville Unit, the boat ramp, <br />parking area, and access roads have <br />been so heavily used that plans have <br />been prepared for expandmg these fa- <br />cilities. Facilities are complete at the <br />following reservoirs: Huntington North, <br />lemon, Paonia, Rifle Gap, Crawford, <br />and Steinaker. Facilities have yet to be <br />constructed at Meeks Cabin Reservoir <br />of the Lyman Project and Silver Jack <br />Reservoir of the Bostwick Park Project. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation has as. <br />sumed the admmistrative responslbili. <br />ties for the recreation aspects of the <br />Fontenelle Reservoir Area. Plans have <br />been made to expand existing recrea. <br />tlon and public information facilities. A <br />full-time employee has been hired to <br />supervise operation and maintenance <br />and the construction of the additional <br />facilities. A Youth Conservation Corps <br />camp was established in the spring of <br />1974 to assist in this effort. <br /> <br />