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Show The tranquil beauty of a high mountain lake I typified In thU photograph of Pine Lake In Garfield County, The new water collection system In the area promise to Improve fishing and continue to provide recreatlonUtt with excellent facilities. Workmen Install fiberglass rocket motor chamber at Pine Lake In Garfield County to assist In solving some of the problems there. Several such chamber were donated by Hercules. Inc. in an effort to aid in revitalizing the area. Major Projects Assist Pine Lake As Fishery At Pine Ike north of Bryce Ciinvon, the spring water is so cold it takes an hour to boil enough for a pot of coffee. This Is the same water that trickles Into the small reservoir so attractively set among the red cliffs and green pines that It's become a favorite spot for campers and fishermen. Unfortunately, fishing hasn't been at Its best since many fish winter-kill when the waters ice over each year. High alkalinity levels and low oxygen levels In late summer months also contributed to fish kills and slow growth rates. This basically leaves only the smaller "planters" to entice anglers. All of this is destined to change with the Installation of a $50,000 enclosed water supply system which was helped along by of all things discarded rocket motor chambers. Pine Lake is a productive fishery during the first part of the fishing season following planting of both rainbow and brook trout. Since 1967, , approximately 10,000 catchable rainbow and the same number of fingerling brook trout have been planted each year prior to the opening. Preliminary indications show some positive winter survival of brook trout. This species seems to have more tolerance toward the low oxygen, high alkalinity levels of the lake. The "aerospace touch" was added to the new Pine Lake water system by the rocket motor chambers, donated to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources by the Bacchus Works of Hercules, In corpora ted. The large fiberglass vessels are part of the new system which will gather water from the many springs In the area and deposit it in glistening, clear condition into Pine Lake. The result will be a continuous flow which will aerate the water and allow fish to thrive year round. The project was designed to accomplish three major functions, all of which will Pine Lake a better, more "insistent fishery for Utah sportsmen. First, the equip-nnt installed at Pine lake will collect water from several Points surrounding the lake and channel it Into the lake. Water flow had previously been In two wslc creeks that substantially bypassed the lake. Second, the project will add better oxygen-content water to the lake. The rw system will also help eliminate silt flow and flooding conditions, which carry debris, into the lake. Pine Lake project supervisor V. James Overby said. "This addition should allow the fish to double in size in a year or so. It will give us another prime fishing location." Overby calculates that the chambers, as junction boxes and control stations In the new systems, saved the project over 11,000. Since they replace heavier precast concrete or steel vessels, the fiberglass units are far easier to Install. This has cut several days oft the eight-week project for Overby and five other wildlife employees. "We couldn't have gotten anything better suited for this project," Overby commented. He used six of the Hercules-donated rocket motor cases. As many as 35 other complete or partial chambers have been installed at other Division locations. At the Loa Fish Hatchery, they have been turned into a pump house and septic tank; at Mantl they're being used for collecting Irrigation water and sprinkler system; at Farmington Bay they're serving as a storage shed. Since the chambers can be used virtually any place a vessel is needed, Division officials plan to use them other places to help make the sportsmen's dollar go further. John E. Phelps, director of the Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources, noted that the chambers received from Hercules have "furthered wildlife developments in these areas at a significant savings to the division. In some cases, it is likely that individual projects would still have been in planning Mages of development." Comparatively lightweight, the glass filament-wound structures are almost Indestructible. This is why this unique usage eliminates what might otherwise lie n disposal and environmental problem for Hercules. Filament-wound motor cases have been used on Minuteman, Polaris and Poseidon military missiles. |