Show Out of State Out te St Travel Increases To F. F Gor Gorge e Flaming Gorge is becoming a known vacation spot concludes District Forest Ranger Richard Benjamin Preliminary investigation of I statistics gathered during the past summer summer indicated that thai I parties who live within a a. a mile mile radius of Flaming Gorge compose only about 40 per per- percent cent of the 1968 visits while visitors visitors visitors visit visit- ors coming from greater distances distances dis dis- distances made up approximately 60 per cent of the total OUR total visitation for 1968 was 11 per cent below that thai of 1967 Mr Benjamin disclosed ed We had approximately Visit in 1968 Mr Sir Benjamin feels there are several reasons for the 1968 decline The flooding in Sheep Creek Canyon in June turned some visitors away Much of the summer was stormy with July as the only month with warm sunny weather Some visitors stayed away because of the stormy weather As for local loca tra travel vel is concerned people seem to follow fads The crowds often go to spots where fishing is reported best FLAMING Gorge fishing was was good in 68 68 but some hotter spots drew local sportsmen away away a a- way from the GorgeI Gorge I believe 1969 will be very similar to 1968 Benjamin foresees fore fore- sees We are planning for another year with more than a million visits to Flaming Gorge |