Show Bright Future of Flaming Gorge Area Arca limy 1 11 of cul loads of Front will hive e hundreds of antes this thiR week in quest of boating gold oilier folios of I on A largo will ho he to the tho scenic t fit fishing lull the tho foot GOO inn mn nearing iu in the tho l Gorge area of Utah It wont won't he until next tar taJ how how- however however ever that the reservoir will become n a prime attraction attraction tion TIllS YEAR MOST water sports spotts areas conven- conven convenient convenient to metropolitan Stilt SnIt Luke City Ogden und and Provo will vill bo be crowded over 01 holidays Beginning in 1963 the tho Flaming Gorgo Notional Recreation Area Aron sonic unites away ul l Convenient cOll 11 by WH way of conti- conti rental highways 30 o 40 will offer of n advantages It should take tl the tho pressure off Yellow Yellow- Yellowstone stone f Lake and oth other 1 favorite vacation places Unique for such enterprises camp cump and nud picnic boat HII 1 other facilities will he be rea ready y for use before or current with the filling of the tho lake Another unique feature of the tho Pluming Gorge Gorgo project h is that the United States orest Service gold and the tho National Park Service are aro preparing to adminis- adminis administer tel ter it si side side-by-side c-b c si e with full cooperation and few fow if an any visible o ADJOINING NATIONAL parks and national forests operating tinder different use lure mo nothing lIew is new Hew and n a historic to both agencies which often feed in the tho higher echelons is if- parallel of n a recreation area The Tho National Park Pa Service Ser most an- an na recreation amens in connection with fe federal eral re- re reclamation re reservoirs notably Lake Mend At Flaming Gorge however the lout most scenic attractions arc aro well ins llo the tho Ashley National Forest where n a variety of recreational l facilities already exist to nc- nc accommodate the tho expected explosion Many 1 expected at the tho outset that the tho Park urk Service would supervise supervise nil of Flaming Gorge out but apparently the tho Forest Service has convinced Washington that this would seriously interfere with the tho successful use uso administration oi of the tho rest of the Ashl Forest and that it can provide proper recreation facilities and aud supervision to the tho upper 28 s mills miles of the reservoir inside the tho forest Eventually the tho rc reservoir ol will extend DO 90 odd miles to the tho vicinity of Green River Wyoming Tho national forests forest's rugged topography breath breath- breathless loss less canyon n alid alpine vegetation break breakaway away to like desert CO 11 11 hr dotted with pinon ml idol l juniper at the tho boundary of the tho forest noor the tho Wyo W o line NATIONAL PARK planners are oro In laying ing out launching ramps sites and other othor developments in I Lucerne Valley nn and Antelope Flat currently drab mb compared with the tho green re red gorge gorgo of the tho national forest They have havo the tho nd- nd ad antage however of greater accessibility to the tho pro pro- projected no reservoir which at one 01 place south of the tho state stateline line lino will ho nt at least nine nille miles wide wille The 1110 Forest SOl Ser SOlvi Service vi vice vico co plans dc including boat bont ramps for people Park facilities will take care caro of more molo Like Liko the tho Park Service Irest I Service will pro pro- provide vide vido a visitors center contel but the location of n main lodge if ally finy has not been determined Ii If the tho parallel administration plan is carried out friendly ly between agencies could prove a ad Ito this area which eventually will attract half million a visitors annually The Tho am is GO nules mUes front from G Green Hi River VOl Wyoming highway 31 30 und and the thc Union Pacific 47 miles from US 40 und the tho loop trip from Salt Lake City is via miles Venial and Green Groen Hives 1 Even Even- Eventually tUI a 11 hi highway front from the tho M Lake Luko area in the magnificent high Uinta country r will eat cut the tho dis trance from the Wasatch Front FLAMING GORGE Dam Iam will start torill storing water about November 1 catching the 1961 spring The 1110 lake expected to extend northward through time tho canyons about 30 O nines miles the first year will flood time the Linwood area nr n and require require relocation of time the present access road front from the tho north The Tho recreation area 1 could prove pro the tho outstanding summer attraction of Ute limo Intermountain West important economically I to dozens of Utah and Wyoming It is a 11 special Sl extra dividend from tl a key water tutorage mud U power project of time the theU U Upper cr Colorado River Storage Tribune Program e |