Flaming Gorge
National Recreation Area
(USFS)
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Wyoming / Utah
Wyoming / Utah
Established: October 22, 1963
Established: October 22, 1963
- Administrative agreement with the Dept. of Reclamation
NPS Withdrawal: October 1, 1968
NPS Withdrawal: October 1, 1968
- Act of Congress
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Forest Service
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Gorge_National_Recreation_Area
www.aflitt.com: http://www.aflitt.com/FlamingGorgeNRA
Consistent with a departmental policy of reducing joint administrations, the USNPS withdrew in 1968, and the USFS administers the entire area today... The former USNPS portion, north of the Unita Mountains, is characterized by rolling sagebrush rangelands sloping gently west from the shore of the reservoir, and by more abrupt relief to the east. The picturesque Firehole Canyon is part of this area. Campground and boat launch facilities were developed by the USNPS at several sites, including Lucerne Valley on the western shore and Antelope Flat on the eastern. -- Alen K. Hogenauer, Gone, But Not Forgotten: The Delisted Units of the U. S. National Park System
Pruning the Parks: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Was a National Park for Just Five Years
Pruning the Parks: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area Was a National Park for Just Five Years
National Parks Traveler
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in Utah-Wyoming had been in the National Park System for only five years when, on October 1, 1968, Congress transferred it to the U.S. Forest Service. There was little sense of loss. Congress hadn’t mandated NPS administration and the NPS wasn’t deeply committed to reservoir recreation management.
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