| Show Congress Posses Passes Legislation Creating F G Recreation Area passed passed On Monday Congress a bill creating the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area to be administered by the Forest Service Department of Agriculture In discussing the effects of the legislation on op- op operations operations In th the new National Recreation Area Regional For For- Forester ester Floyd Iverson of the In- In Intermountain Intermountain Region Heglon of the For For- Forest est Service and Superintendent Phillip Iverson of Dinosaur r N Na- Na National Monument Park Service Department of the In In- In Interior explained that the Na Park Service and the Forest Service have cooper cooper- cooperated from the beginning In the development of the Flaming Gorge area We will now work together closely to effect an orderly transfer of responsibilities ies This will likely be com com com- completed during the winter months to assure that recreational ac ac- ac within the new National Recreation Area are not dis- dis disrupted dis All recreational les ies and offices will continue to operate on a usual business basis LOCATED IN southwest Wyoming and northeast Utah the acre Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area en compasses 66 square miles of water surface behind the Flam ing Gorge Dam on the Green River niver This dam was completed ed by the Bureau of Reclamation tion in 1964 backing water to within a few miles of Green River Wyoming The For F o r est e s t Service the Na Na- Na National Par P a r k S e e c e and the Bureau of Reclamation combined their efforts to dev dev- develop elop and manage the facilities around the reservoir The National Park Service has man man- managed aged the lands around the reo re- north of Red Canyon ly Ing mainly in Wyoming The reo re- 27 miles of reservoir and adjoining lands are 10 lo- lo located in the Ashley Nation al Forest in III utah and have been managed by the For est cst Service Representatives from the Bureau of Outdoor recreation tion Forest Service and Na Park Service studied the entire area in 1967 and mended that it be placed wholly under the administration of the Forest Service This sug sug- suggestion was aimed at simplify ing and reducing the cost of management of this complex development which attracts more than visitors each year The bill passed the House by bya bya a unanimous vote and this cleared the legislation for ex petted White House approval |
