Show Agencies Meet In Vernal on Flaming Gorge At the invitation of Region al Forester Forestel Floyd Iverson U S Forest Service top agency officials met in Vernal Wed Wed- Wednesday for the purpose of co- co coordinating en interpretive pro pro- grams programs for for- forthe the Flaming Gorge recreation complex PRESENT FOR th the joint meeting were Floyd Iverson Regional Forester US Forest Service Lemuel A Garrison Regional Director Park Ser Ser- Service vice Charles Rippon Assist Assist- Assistant ant Director Region Four Bureau of Reclamation Dale Andrews Chief Lands Divi Division sion Bureau ot of Land Man Man- Management Utah and Kay Wil Us District Manager Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs RockSprings Wyoming The group stated that it was their inthe intent to coop cooperate rate in the full development of the Flaming Gorge complex It a highly attractive area strad- strad straddling border the Wyoming Utah bor der north of Vernal THIS CONCURRENCE is in inline line with an agreement made during 1962 In which the see sec secretaries e and In In- Continued on page 8 I Agencies I Continued from page 1 tenor set forth the mutual recreation responsibilities of the Forest Service on Nation Nation- National National al Forest land and the Park Service on lands under their administration i Also Involved In I Ing Visitor Programs at Flam- Flam Flaming lam I ing Gorge are the Bureau of Reclamation which construct construct- constructed constructed I ed Flaming Gorge Dam and the Bureau of 01 Land Management Manage Manage- Management ment responsible for man- man management I of areas of land ad ad- ad adjacent jacent and programs within the Flaming Gorge Recreation area The group noted that visitor programs will be the key sub sub- subject jest of the joint planning meeting In a statement they said Flaming Gorge is an area steeped in history outstanding i ing in geography with prime opportunities for outdoor rec Flaming Gorge is al already ready well known In this Re- Re Region Region gion It will receive Increasing attention from the traveling American public and is well wellon wellon on Its way to becoming ana a national attraction and for this reason the four agencies concerned con con- concerned will move jointly to undertake a visitor lion tion program which wm will pro vide maximum benefits bene its to the public coming to the area now and in the years ahead The Flaming Gorge tion Area lies in Wyoming and Utah It includes Flaming Gorge Reservoir and a portion of the Green River The con con- concrete concrete crete arch dam constructed i iby by the Bureau of Reclamation is located in the Ashley Na- Na National National Forest and backs up the Green River for 91 01 miles to within a short distance of Green River Wyoming The area within the Ashley National Forest boundary is being administered by the Forest Service US Depart Depart- Department Department ment of Agriculture and the area outside the National For For- Forest Forest est is under the National Park Service Bureau of Reclamation Reclamation tion and Bureau of Land Man Man- Management Management of the Department of Interior the officials poin- poin pointed poin ted out |