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<br />OOO~~)7 <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />Region 3: GREEN AND YAMPA DRAINAGE SYSTEM <br /> <br />Yampa River - Use on the Yampa from Yampa, Colorado, to Maybelle is slight-- <br /> <br /> <br />only 300 user-daYs in over 125 miles. The river is slow moving in most <br /> <br /> <br />places, frequented by open canoes, rafts and kayaks. <br /> <br /> <br />From Maybelle to Lilly Park the river cuts through Cross Mountain <br /> <br /> <br />Gorge, only nine miles in length but characterized by very difficult water <br /> <br /> <br />suitable only for experts and fools. That stretch receives very little <br /> <br /> <br />use, only an estimated 20 user-days per year. <br /> <br /> <br />Below Lilly Park the river enters Dinosaur National Monument where <br /> <br /> <br />it joins the Green at Echo Park. Use is great (14,733) but is controlled <br /> <br /> <br />by the National Park Service (as described in the introduction to this <br /> <br /> <br />report). See Map 4 and Table 4. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Elk River - The Elk is the only tributary of the Yampa to support any boater <br /> <br /> <br />use, an estimate of 100 user-days per year. <br /> <br />Green River - After leaving Flaming Gorge Reservoir and entering Colorado <br />the Green flows through Brown's Park. Here the slow-moving river is used <br />by kayaks, rafts and canoes an estimated 300 user-days per year. <br />Below Brown's Park, at the Gates of Ladore, the Green also enters <br /> <br />Dinosaur National Monument. Here, as on the Yampa, the river is managed <br /> <br /> <br />by the National Park Service. Shortly downstream from Echo Park (the <br /> <br /> <br />confluence with the Yampa), the Green River enters Utah. <br /> <br />Tributaries - There are no tributaries of the Green presently being used for <br />boating. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-26- <br />