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Show Newspaper Rock Visitation is VJay Up Visitation records for Newspaper News-paper Rock State Historical .Monument show 5254 persons visited the Monument this year during May, which brings the year-to-date total to 10,062. Last year at the end of May the year-to-date total was only 3,586 or only about Vi the visitors using the park thus far this year, it was reported this week by Gordon W. Topham, Ranger. The Visitation records for Goosenecks State Reserve show an increase of 63 per cent for the month of May and a year-to-date total visitation of 4,735 this year as compared to 3,767 total visits through May in 1974. The high increase in visita- tion for the month of May is probably partly do to the exceptionally heavy outdoor use over the Memorial Day weekend. This heavy use caused some extreme safety and over use problems in many of our state park areas throughout the state, which caused us to realize the need for establishing a carrying capacity figure for each of our areas with respect to rest-rooms, rest-rooms, campsites, parking, other facilities, safety conditions, condi-tions, etc. All things considered it looks like we . are going to experience some heavy use through out the San Juan and Grand County areas, which should help make a good tourist season. |