| Show I F w aw k t f fy fP y P r R I Is s JN 4 C w wry ry b II 1 t T i 4 f t q A x Fl lu 1 r tr 1 Pk N o t e ta tar s rA r N t 1 r rv v r r WILDER WILDERNESS ESS HIGHWAY HIGHWAY might describe some 13 miles miles I of paved wide shouldered road leading into the Jones Hole Fish Hatchery site northeast of Vernal on the Green River Access to the r the road ad i just st c completed pl t d at t a acost cost of over 1 million is made only by first driving ten miles of dirt rood road which climbs Diamond Mountain Jones Hole Road Done Site Work Now The first chill days of October phase of construction find the 2 plus million milli Jones Raceways pipelines bypass Hole Fish Hatchery slated to channels and o a culinary water become one of the largest in I tank for the Bureau of Sport the West well into the first Fisheries Wildlife sponsored project are arc now being built by bythe bythe the E Arthur Higgins Construction I tion Co of Salt Lake City This I is all part of Phase I site pro pre partition set to be finished in 1 I w 1 r j 1 rH 4 j y r r r I 9 rw w s r l a l rL r n n tir r ti tin i r r r CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT is dwarfed by a massive cliff overlooking the scenic Jones Hole Fish Hatchery site Crews Crew's are building raceways pipelines spring developments and flood control equipment in preparation for buildings to follow soon Staff photo the spring of next year THE MILE access road into the site is now finished reo re- reported ported Allan B Rogers project engineer for the Bureau of Pub Pub- lie lic Roads A team e of inspectors will arri arrive ve Friday to gi give vc the 13 million oil and gravel paved ed cd road their approval Triangle MacGregor-Triangle Co of Idaho completed the road well with their time Mr Ro- Ro Rogers gers noted The heavy oil and chip rock seal coat was applied as the final step just justas justas as evening frosts started setti in on the area WORK NOW complete or be be- be being Ing completed at the hatchery site include a large concrete flood bypass channel other I flood protection devices supply I and drain lines for 40 race race- raceways raceways ways in which fish will live and a hillside culinary water tank to supply the stations station's fut fut- future future ure 10 homes Construction of the 10 homes 1 a visitor center the hatchery I and service buildings fall under I Phase II of the project and had been scheduled to start in August No word about this work has been received yet THE SITE preparation work is to be finished around June of I next spring according to the I Fisheries Bureau The homes and buildings were to be start start- started ed this year and work will con con- continue continue led into early summer of next year Phase three landscaping and station roads was to be wrapped up by October of 1968 The hatchery has a tenta- tenta tentative tentative tive starting date of December 1968 when its first trout eggs are set to arrive From these eggs the hatchery will begin supplying Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation tion reservoirs on eight western states with 5 million rainbow trout annually or 01 some pounds of fish thus UIUS the clams claim that this is to be one of the largest fi fish h hatcheries in inthe the West AN annual payroll is foreseen for the station which will hire 10 permanent staff members plus three temporary and trainee personnel Operating costs wIll reach over quarter one million dollars each year not counting payroll and some same should be adde added to the local economy from the stations station's operation II |
