Resource Stats
From Glen Canyon Dam AMP
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FISHING
| FISHING |
- LEES FERRY: GCNRA- GCNRA visitation was 2.27 million people in 2011; 178,922 in the Lees Ferry District (NPS 2012- CFMPEA pg 87)
- Between 2009 and 2011, 8,048 people participated in guided fishing trips on the Colorado River in GCNRA, averaging 2,682 people per year during this period.
- FISHING: Between 09-11, An average of 1,000 anglers visited Lees Ferry that did not use commercial guides and who fish from shore, bring their own boats, or rent boats (Anderson et al. 201)
RAFTING
| RAFTING |
- (SOURCE: CFMP-EA_pg 87)
- RAFTING: Approximately 50,000 visitors per year experience the Glen Canyon Reach on guided raft trips from GCD to Lees Ferry boat ramp operated by an NPS concessioner.
- RAFTING: Approximately 24,000 visitors participate in commercial and noncommercial river trips each year.
- The Colorado River Management Plan set a visitor capacity of 60 trips at one time (1,100 people) based on campsite size and location and other resource factors.
- Durning peak summer months, a maximum SIX trips (motorized and non-motorized)launch each day.
- Summer trips range from 6 to 16 days, and Maximum group size is 32 people.
- Non-Motorized use period (Late September throught March)
- Approximately 1/2 of trips launching at Lees Ferry terminate at Diamond Creek, and other trips terminate at Pearce Ferry.
- Diamond Creek is located at river mile 225, and is accessible by a rad on the Hualapai reservation.
- HUALAPAI RIVER RUNNERS: conduct one-day river trips from Diamond Creek to the Quartermaster Canyon areas near RM 263, where visitors debark and take helicopters to the rim.
- Hualapai operate short pontoon trips near Quartermaster Canyon as well.
- Visitor Use statistics for Hualapai river trips are not available.
HIKING
| HIKING |
- (SOURCE: CFMP-EA_pg 88)
- The Colorado River is a popular destination for many of Grand Canyon's 37,000 overnight backpackers and thousands of day hikers.
- Approximately 56% of backpackers camp overnight in the popular Cross-canyon Corridor that includes three campgrounds and a trail system that links South Rim to North Rim.
GENERAL VISITATION
| GENERAL VISITATION |
- GCNP- Glen Canyon National Park was visited by 4.36 million people in 2011 (NPS 2012)
- Grand Canyon-
- About 18,000 people visit the Grand Canyon daily in October
- Nearly 5 million people visit the Grand Canyon Park each year, and 1,500 people call it home.
Source: Las Vegas Sun Article- LINK
GENERAL RECREATION
| GENERAL RECREATION |
- The Colorado River provides an estimated $26 billion a year in recreation to the economy, and provides roughly 250,000 jobs in the 7 Basin States
- Business of Water Summit draws Colorado River stakeholders to Denver
COLORADO RIVER- General INFORMATION
| Colorado River GENERAL INFORMATION |
- The Colorado River and its tributaries provide water to nearly 40 Million people for municipal use, supply water to irrigate nearly 5.5 million acres of land, and is the lifeblood for at least 22 federally recognized tribes, 7 National Wildlife Refuges, 4 National Recreation Areas, and 11 National Parks.
(SOURCE: Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study)
- The Colorado River provides 15% of our nation’s crops, and suppors a 26 billion dollar recreation industry.KCSG LINK
- ~50% of river length is now reservoirs. (JSchmidt_SDM workshop_Aug 2013)
- The Colorado River, is a major economic driver in the country. If it were a company, he said, it would rank at No. 155 on Fortune 500 list and be the country’s 19th largest employer. It supports nearly 250,000 jobs in six states, produces $26 billion in economic output, contributes $3.2 billion in annual taxes and creates $10.4 billion in annual earnings, salaries and wages
- 97% of the Colorado River Basin is within the United States.
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- The average flow of the Colorado River is 15 million acre-feet. This compares with 16.5 million acre-feet for the Hudson River, 164 million for the Columbia, and 520 million for the Mississippi River. All except the Colorado routinely flow almost entirely into the oceans. - News Article-LINK
HYDROPOWER
| HYDROPOWER |
- Hydropower facilities along the Colorado River provide more than 4,200 megawatts of electrical generating capacity, helping to meet the power needs of the West and offset the use of fossil fuels.
(SOURCE: Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study)
- Glen Canyon Powerplant has a total capacity of 1,320 megawatts and annually produces approximately five billion kilowatt-hours of power to help sustain the electrical needs of about 5.8 million customers Source: News Article- LINK
- Glen Canyon’s eight turbines this year (2013) are generating power equivalent to what is used by 320,000 homes, according to the WAPA-- News Article Link
LAKE STATS
- THE LARGEST OF THE LARGE-- Here’s a list of the largest man-made lakes in the nation by acre-feet of water volume as of Feb. 21,2014 according to federal records:
- Getting to the bottom of Lake Mead’s shrinking reputation- LINK
- 1. Lake Oahe, N.D. and S.D., 17.1 million volume, 23 million capacity
- 2. Lake Sakakawea, N.D., 16 million volume, 23.5 million capacity
- 3. Fort Peck Lake, Mont., 12.5 million volume, 19.1 million capacity
- 4. Lake Mead, Nev. and Ariz., 12.5 million volume, 26.1 million capacity
- 5. Lake Powell, Ariz. and Utah, 9.6 million volume, 24.3 million capacity
MISC
- LV Review Journal_ Lake Mead_January 3, 2013: Liability issues hamper hiring outside parties__Wednesday, January 2nd
“Since 2000, 112 people have drowned in Lake Mead. A spokeswoman for the park service says all but five of those bodies have been recovered.”
