Show S i t e f rl r r rI 4 r 1 w I 1 I I r lit l lY Y i 3 t T 1 a ati ti 1 a aw w E w M P h Fo w IA VISITATION TO FLAMING GORGE Recreation Area Project is skyrocketing with an estimated expected before the end of the year Participating sports centering around the massive reservoir are considered the main at I traction This Bureau of Reclamation photograph shows the scenic grandeur of Flaming Gorge Visit Visitation fion Skyrockets Travel to the National Park Service administered portion of Flaming Gorge Recreation Area is only less than the total visitation to the area in calendar year 1964 dent Russell E Dickenson an- an announced announced Friday Visitation for the first seven months of 1965 is people compared with people for the same period in 1964 and people for the 1964 cal cal- calendar year At this r rate te visita predictions tion for 1965 may exceed predictions of visitors for cal cal- calendar year 1965 July visitation was an increase of 45 per cent over the visitors recorded in July 1964 The three day Fourth of July weekend was the greatest weekend yet recorded at Flam Flam- fog ing Gorge Superintendent Dickerson pro pro- provided provided vided the following information on visitor use figures for the month of July campers boats fishermen and swimmers and water skiers In addition visitors attended the evening campfire talks at Lucerne Valley and An An- Antelope campgrounds These campfire talks are given en every Saturday and Sunday at pm he said r the recreation area which is a mecca for boaters fishermen water skiers and I other water sport lovers Picnic and camping sites also are being enlarged as rapidly as possible to take care of the mushrooming number of tourists I |