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Show Recreation Sites Readied By BLM For Summer Use With the weather breaking, Utahns again are resuming various kinds of outdoor recreation and the Bureau of Land Management developed recreation sites are being readied for an influx of users. The bureau manages 21 developed recreation sites and four primitive areas in Utah, according to Paul L. Howard, the BLM state director in Utah. Calf Creek Falls, about 15 miles east of Escalante on Highway 12, has water, 10 camping sites, three picnic units and hiking trails. A $2 per day fee is charged at Calf Creek. The nearby Escalante Canyons, are not recommended for extensive hiking yet this spring because of high cold water throughout the area, said Howard. Paria Canyon Primitive Area near Kanab also is very wet and deep water makes hiking difficult and dangerous at this time of year, particularly because of the extra moisture received in southern Utah during this past winter. The Canyon Rims Complex near Monticello including Windwhistle campground with 19 camping units, where a $2 fee is charged, Anticline Overlook, Hatch Point with 10 camping units and Needles Overlook are all open, water is available at Hatch Point and Windwhistle cam pgrounds. Most roads in the San Rafael Swell area are slick and muddy. The bureau's Cedar Mountain picnic site and San Rafael campground are open but no water yet is available at any of the camping areas. The visitor center at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is open only on weekends until after Memorial Day, i In the Moab area Fisher Towers is open but no drinking water is available. Nearby Dark Canyon and Grand Gulch primitive areas are very wet with snow in some areas and not recommended for hiking until May. Ljttle Sahara recreation area near Jericho is open with some new facilities. There is drinking water available at two areas. More than 30,000 persons visited this sand dunes area on Easter weekend, Howard noted. Starr Springs cam pground near Bullfrog Marina will be closed until June or July for road repairs. All BLM-administered areas in the Henry Mountains are closed until early May or June because of snow and road conditions, |