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Fish and Wildlife Two National fish hatcheries are per- forming important roles in the joint State- Federal approach to meeting fish stocking requirements 1. Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery is located in a deep canyon on Jones Hole Creek near Dinosaur National Monument in Northeastern Utah. In 1980 the hatchery produced 158,296 pounds of fish, which is about 70 per- cent of capacity, Total capacity with improved access road is about 225,000 pounds. 2. Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery is located on the north fork of the Gunni- son River near Hotchkiss. Colo. Its out- put of 67,054 pounds of fish went principally for stocking requirements of Blue Mesa, Crawford, Lemon, and Silver Jack Reservoirs in Colorado, and Navajo Reservoir in Colorado and New Mexico. During fiscal year 1980, the Water and Power Resources Ser- vice contracted with the Fish and Wildlife Service to expand fish rearing facilities; these have now been com- pleted with Y ACC labor, One National Wildife refuge and three waterfowl areas under State administra. lion are now being developed. 1. Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge lies along the Green River below Fontenelle Dam, Wyoming, and since 1966, has been administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service. 2. Brown's Park Waterfowl Management Area, under administration of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, is located below Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Green River near the Utah- Colorado State line. The overall man- agement area is attractir:ag numerous resident and migratory game bird populations and is increasing in public popularity as a fishing, hunting, and bird-watching area. 20 3. Miller Mesa Waterfowl Area is on the west shore of the Navajo Reservoir just south of the Colorado-New Mexico State line. A small reservoir and two terraced ponds have been completed and filled, About 170 acres of agri- cultural lands have been planted with barley, oats, wheat, and alfalfa for wildlife management purposes, Water- fowl use patterns indicate that birds from other agricultural and nesting areas in the San Juan Valley are using the Miller Mesa site with increasing frequency, 4, Desert Lake Waterfowl Management Area comprises 2,480 acres of acquired and public domain land in eastern Utah near Huntington North Reservoir. Administered by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources since January 1968, the area's contribution to waterfowl resources management was signifi- cantly increased by rehabilitation to the historic Desert Lake Dike and completion of five additional diked areas below the existing impoundment. Several projects have been initiated to mitigate fishery and big game losses and to work out any difficulties during the construction of CRSP features: Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, Colorado: Com- pleted the purChase of 1,080 areas of land for big game mitigation. Dallas Creek Project, Colorado: Pur- chased 685 acres of big game range adjacent to Ridgway Reservoir. Central Utah Project, Utah: Bonneville Unit - Negotiated the largest acquisition under single ownership (23,347 acres), for big game range mitigation Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery Jensen Unit - Contracted with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to improve range conditions on 500 acres of big game winter range. Flaming Gorge Unit, Utah: The contract awarded to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for a fishery study on the Green River below Flaming Gorge Dam to determine the effects of the power intake structures modification continued in its second year. Lyman Project, Utah/Wyoming: Marsh Lake Dam was reconstructed and Marsh Lake stabilized through transfer of storage to the new Stateline Reservoir. Seedskadee Project, Wyoming: The third year of 3 year fishery study on the Green River below Fontenelle Dam was com- pleted and a contract for a habitat im- provement program was awarded.