WSP07287

• File Number: 8271.200
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - Development and History - UCRB 13a Assessment
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1979
• Title: UCRB Region Section 13a Assessment - Technical Report - The Availability of Water for Oil Shale and Coal Gasification Development in the Upper Colorado River basin - revised draft - June 1979
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE 3.3: 1976 RECREATION USE OF SELECTED STREAMS IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN (Cont'd)

River SeRment

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F1shinp; Use""

2
Boating Use*

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Colorado R. (Dtah)

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Westwater Canyon

11,0004
(May - Sept.)
rafts. some kayaks

1,150

Westwater Canyon to Conf1.3

3,0004
(May - Sep,-)
rafts. some kayaks

included above

Green R.

Desolation Canyon to
Green River, Utah

1,0003

29,2254
(lace April - Sept.). [May - June]
rafts and kayaks, some decked canoes

Labyrinth Canyon

4,000 - 5,0003
(lace April - Sept.) [May - June]
rafts, kayaks, canoes

Ea~le R. (Colorado)

Minturn to Dotsero

24,000

350
(!lay - July)
kayaks. canoes. rafts

R08rin~ Fork (Colorado)

Aspen to Glenwood

40,500

10,400 (9.000 - Carbondale to Glenvood)
(April - Sept.) [May - July]
kayaks. decked canoes, some rafts

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*Oata 1s given 1n the following manner: Numerical figures are the number of recreation days use
in 1976; ( ) indicates the months of che recreacional season; [ 1 if given. are the major months
of the recreational season; type of craft is given in descending order of use.

1. Escimates mad~ by the Colorado Division of Wildlife unless otherwise indicated.

2. Recreational bo~ting on Colorado streams furnished by the Colorado Divi310n of Parks and Outdoor
Recreation. Harch, 1977. unless otherwise noted.

3. Rough estimac~ provided by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

4. Firm est1matp provided by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Source: Compiled from agency sources by the U.S. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Mid-Continent
Region, In cooperation with the Western Energy and Land Use Team, Cooperative Instream Flow Service
Group, U.S. Fish and tH1dl1fe Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1978.

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