WSP07219

• File Number: 8220.100.40
• Description: CRSP
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 6/30/1971
• Author: USDOI
• Title: Fifteenth Annual Report on the Statuts of the Colorado River Storage Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

Helpast' of dpar. ('old walN from till'
rpsprvoirs bas l'ft'akd extraordinary
sttt'am fishin~ hl'low Navaju. F'laminj;l
GorJi(i" and (.lpl) Canyon. The rpleast'S
ohst'rvt'd from Morrow Point Hpsi'T1mir
SUJi(J.(pst a similar situation may dN'plop
on downsltt'am rt'<lcht's of lht> Gunni-
son Hivt'r,

TIlt' two national fish hatt-hNit's. dt'vI'I-
upt'd wit.h Colorado Hivt'r Storaj:::1'
I'rojt'd t\d funds. l'ontinut'd to implt'-
ownt lht, fishl'ry managf'nlt'nt f('quirt'-
nlt'ntJ'i of the Upppr Coloradu HivN
~aslll,

(IJ Production at Jones Ilolt' 1\'a.
(iona] Fish Ilall'hery incrpasP<i In mort'
lhan :l,OOO.OOO rainhow lrout finj.~pr.
IinJ,!s. with most of thl' fish llsl'd to
stock Flaming (;oq,w. Skinak{'r, and
FOIIU'llI'Jlt' Rest'rvoirs,

12) .I\n output of 3.000.000 finj{t'r-
linj{J'i and larl!;l'r-sizf'(j rain how trout
from Ilotdlkiss 1\'ational Fish lIatchpry
wl'nl prinl'ipally to BIlll' 1\h'sa, Craw.
ford. and Lt'mon Ht'st'r\'oirs in
Colorado.

DIll' :-Jational \\'ild1ifp Ht'fllgt. and thrt't'
watt'rfowl an'as und(>r Statl:' adminis-
tration art' IWlnJi( tlt'VI'IOPI'd in ('onnp('-
lion with 1h(> CoJorado Hivpr StoraJi(t'
I'rojt'd,

(]) .\t the Set'dskadi,t~ National
\\'ildlift, Rt'fugp twlnw Fonh'nellp Ht's.
I'rvoir, land nf'Ji(oliations C'ontinllt'd for
lhe purchase of thl' full ll.('rpa~t' m'!'(h'd
for wall'rfowl manaJi(eml'nt. No major
struetural improvf'mt'nls will hI' pro-
gramnwd unlil a suffkil'nt afl'a has
ht'pn ohtainpd for dt'VI'lopllwnt,

12l ~lamt~t'nH'nt art'a ht'adquartNs
for ttlt' Browns Park \\'att'rfowl ~Ian-
agpmt'l1t Arpa havt' bt'pn compll'led, 10-
Ii!:pthPf with 270 acrpsofimpoundmf'nt
and relatt'd watt'rfowl food plots on
lwomojorsilt's,

(a) Thl' I\lilll'r :\leJ'iU Waterfowl arpa,
l()('atl.u Oil thp wl'stshorf' of thl' Navajo
Ht'Sf'l"\'oir just south of tht' Colorado-
N!'w 1\lt'xico Statl' Linp, IS ('ssl'ntial1y
compll'!.'!',

(4) The Desl'ft Lakl' Wall-rfowl
l\lanaji:empnt ,\rt'a l'omprif>l's 2,480
actt's of a('quin'd and public domain
land in past/'m Utah 11f'ar th(' Hunting-
ton Nor1h Hl'st'rvoir. Administprt'd by
tht' Utuh Statp Division of Wild lift, Re.
sourn's sinn' January 19G8. thl' area's
l'ontriblltion to watl'ffowl rl'SOllrCI'
managt'm('nt wus siltllifieantly in-
creaSl'tl by rl'habililation of thl' historic
Ol'st'rt Lakl' dike and compl('tion of 5
additional dikt'd an'as Ill'JOW thl' ex-

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iSlinR impoundment. All StructUfl'S
filll't-] durinlo( th(> sprinl'l: 1 ~)71 runoff and
are in liSt> by n'sidf'nt gaml' bird popula-
tions and miJi(ratory waterfowl.
Thl' dams for Dome I.akl's on
An,hull'La Cri'I'k, Colorado. W('fl' ('Olll-
pletl'd and final inspt'dion made. Thi'st,
t.wo small fishinJi!: laki's, with a eom.
hinl"tl liurfll('(' lH'fl'agt' of 80 at'fl'S, will
provide additional public trollt fishillJi(
to h('lp offsi't till' loss ofhahita1 within
tht., major impollndmt'1l1 sit.ps on tht,
Gunnison Hivl'f.
Joint fislwry inVt'stil:ations WNt' eon.
til1lll'd at Lakl' POWI'll hy thl' Ari7.0nll
and Utah fish and I:anw dl'partnwnls
and at FlaminJi( CorJi(p RI'Sl'rvoir hy lIw
Ut....h and \\'yominJi( f)t'partml'ntli,
Thp fourth sl'lo(ml'l1t of thl' G-ypar study
on ttll' l'xistin!-:, and futun' Cun'cun1i
Unit complt'x of Blup Ml'sa, I\lorrow
Poinl, and Crystal I{t'Si'rvoirs was ('om.
plelRd hy thp Colorado Division of
Gamf', Fish and Parks. Plans for a
3.yt'ar fishl'ry sludy. at HNon Ht'SI'r.
voir, WPfl' dpvplolwd hy thl' Nf'W l\h'xi-
('0 O('partment of Caml' and Fish. Im-
pOllndmpnt of till' IIt'fOn Resl'l"\'oir
twgan in April 1971 andtlU'short-tRrm
study will dl'wlop appropriatt:' fishl'ry
manUjiiwnwnt plans for tht, init.ial Yl'ars
of operation and public use,