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Show Camping Restrictions Limit Use Of Navajo Facilities Dixie National Forest officials announced this week that public camp grounds and trailer parks In the Navajo Lake and Duck Creek area, were in readiness for the onenlwy of the fishing season on June 6. 1 Forest service officials prepar-' ed the area for the opening to handle the influx of sportsmen among the first to take advantage ad-vantage of the public facilities. Recreation aid Lane Lister has been assigned by the Forest Ser- j vice to be located at the Duck Creek camp grounds this sea-; son. Fred Perry will be in charge of the Navajo Lake area. During the 1958 camping sea-. son 47,000 individual visits were made to the Navajo Lake area. Ranger Foyer Olsen stated that more are expected during 1959. Camping space in the Navajo Lake camps is limited as a result re-sult of this unusual visitation figure and will not meet the demands de-mands of the popular spot this summer under existing circumstances. circum-stances. In order that facilities might more nearly meet the demand for camping and trailer use, a two week camping limit will be enforced. Ranger Olsen requests the cooperation co-operation of the users in complying com-plying with this new policy. |