Show o Low Love bid approved for dam dOl intake modification The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a contract for modifications of power plant intakes at Flaming Gorge Dam designed to improve trout fishing on the Green River A bureau spokesman said the agency's Washington headquarters had approved award of the pact to Construction Co of Seattle which submitted a low bid of last month The modifications are designed to increase the tern tem temperature of water released through gh the dam near the Utah- Utah Wyoming line in an effort to restore the fishery on the Green SINCE TilE THE reservoir was filled in 1970 the ribbon blue-ribbon trout fishery on the river downstream from the dam has deteriorated because the wa water ter teris is colder than ideal for trout production and survival As a result many trout have migrated further downstream The project calls for construction construction construction con con- of shutters which willbe will willbe willbe be attached to the dams dam's three intakes to permit withdrawal of water from warmer upper levels of the reservoir rather than the colder deeper levels from which it is now taken Installation will be made during the peak off-peak recreation season October to April |