| Show Forest Asks Bids for Flaming GOl Gorge g Dock For lovers of the outdoors a special dream is rapidly nearing the fulfillment corn com completion of Flaming Gorge Gorg Dam with aU all its attendant developments Prominent among the many recreational re and other multi multi- use undertakings In that area are current preparations for tor a boat marina near Cedar Springs Campground outside the construction town of Dutch John i Prospectus and bid In invite invite- Hons for the marina have I been mailed throughout the I Intermountain Region and to other parts of the Nation ac ac- ac according cording to Andrew R McCon McCon- McConkle kle kie Supervisor of the Ashley National Forest Proposals will be received at Mr Me- Me Conkle's Conkie's office In Vernal un- un until Until til 2 pm August 3 for per mat mit to construct operate and maintain the marina and re- re related re- re related facilities THE MARINA will lie about a mile upstream from the huge dam under construction tion by the Bureau of Reclamation matlon mation Features will include a floating dock with mooring space for at least 75 boats buoys boat rentals a store a aboa boa boat t ramp now being con strutted by the Forest Ser Ser- Service vice parking and other facU facil i sties es One of several to be built by private capital In that locale the marina will be completed in stages over the next three years a new reser- reser reservoir reservoir voir awaiting it Impounded by the new dam the Green River r will begin swelling Continued on page 8 Continued from page 1 Jog in creating art Inland sea en 9 n miles long with roughly y 37 miles of oC shoreline More than tha 60 miles mUes will be within Ast Astley Ash Ash- Ashl l ley National Forest Swimming boating includIng Ing special scenic tours fish fish- fishing fist lug ing and other aquatic sports sport will combine with scenery of on the Ashley National Forest b to create one of Americas America's most mos outstanding recreation The proposed marino marina and anc plans for tor water fun how how- however however ever are only part of the lh Forest Service recreation pro pro- program pro program gram underway at Flaming Flamini Gorge Plans are progressing on schedule for the ultimate development of about 65 6 campgrounds capable of ac- ac accommodating ac accommodating people at once There will be more than a dozen scenic over over- overlooks overlooks looks plus boat clubs resorts youth tamps camps and 50 miles mUes of of scenic access roads Present facilities in the area orea include more than 20 2 camp and picnic units and a a scenic overlook Major pro pro- protests tests tl this s year call for work on an two boat ramps comple comple- completion tion ion of 73 family units at Mus Mus- Mustang tang ang Ridge Campground and two campgrounds In Sheep Creek reek Canyon BECAUSE OF Americas America's skyrocketing interest In the Great Outdoors the Forest Service is according ion a prominent role among Its is other use multiple ces es of water timber forage cud and wildlife Since the basic objective Is Isto iso to o administer each use and resource harmoniously conn can facilities on the Ash ley ey National Forest has en- en entailed tailed ailed p almost skin akin to city planning ng The planning Manning in fact began sev sev- several eral sal years ago when a plane pIano ironed droned over the area taking pictures The following year niter after a 1 careful study of the toP topo- I raphy graphy a recreation planner began vegan conferring with the 1 Ashley National Forest Sup Sup- Supervisor and the ranger station station- stationed ed d near the Gorge With aerial erial photos and sketch sketchpads pads cads he rugged trails stopping for long tramps ramps through the wilds frequently pausing to make drawings and calculations This This preliminary planning and nd coordination of all the tho resources required two mon men UIS hs La Later ter landscape architects drew rew up the camp and picnic grounds rounds In detail During the entire process careful otten- otten Hon ton was given such basic fac- fac factors fac tors rs as water terrain and roads oads Campgrounds were located near springs or streams Creams wherever possible In Instances provisions had to be belade made lade for wat water purifying un un- unTERRAIN its TERRAIN HAD TO be con dered with view to scenery shade lade good topsoil Camp and nd picnic areas were also linked to adequate roads yet yetI I separated far enough to pre prea I serve the primitive beauty of at the forest forest- forest The rho Forest SerVice maintains a forest atmos atmos- atmosphere phere so each ach area is sur sur- surrounded rounded by a buffer zone zono of trees and vegetation Family units table grill grUl camping and parking space with joint sanitary and garb garb- garbage garbage age were facilities limited to two or three per acre for relative prIvacy Tourists may well leave Flaming Gorge wondering which Is most the colorful geography history or the reservoir itself From the little town of Manila on the Wyoming Utah border a road I loops to Dutch John n a few miles away headquarters for forthe forthe the construction of the dam The road crosses the river at atone atone one point and suddenly Flam ing in Gorge explodes Into view The drab spattered juniper hills break brenk open to reveal the of sandstone ill in var var- ious shades of orange In sharp contrast the tho Green River loafs through descend descend- descending Ing between the more somber walls of Red Canyon to mt meet et the Colorado ONE OF TilE THE first camp camp- campgrounds groundS constructed under the new program was Little Hole near Dutch John Rest Rest- RestIng Ing amid junipers on the Ule river riverbank riverbank bank It was once a hideaway for such Old West as Butch Cassidy and his gang A road rond encircling the tho area orca traverses Sheep Shet-p Creek Canyon the drive through the said to represent a billion years of I rods formations within 20 miles I People In adjacent towns are arc friendly and many with little urging will wUl recount tales of robbers cat tle an rustling assortment of Intrigues that surpass most If not all the TV Westerns for excitement and adventure The gun smoke has faded but the memories are still sUll pungent and in this modern modem era of development Ameri- Ameri Americans cans will find II a new mecca in inthe inthe the recreation facilities pro pro- provided provided vided In the Flaming Gorge area of the Ashley National Forest |
