Recreation Demand and User Preference Analysis: Yakima River Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study, Washington. Reclamation Managing in the Water. Technical Series No. TS- YSS-10

摘要

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Reclamation was established by the Reclamation Act of 1902 to develop water resources in the 17 Western States. Over the years, Reclamation has gravitated from development of single-purpose agricultural projects toward a multipurpose approach to water resource development. Reclamation administers more than 8 million acres of land and water, 288 Federal lakes, and more than 300 developed recreation areas. Federal and non-Federal partnerships have and will continue to be the primary providers of recreation and concession-managed activities on land and water areas under Reclamation jurisdiction. About 70 non-Federal partners, mostly States and cities, manage about 200 of Reclamations recreation areas. Reclamation retains management responsibilities for recreation at 51 projects. Many of the other recreation areas are managed by other Federal agencies such as the National Park Service (NPS) or U.S. Forest Service (FS). In some instances, existing Reclamation legislation supports development and management of recreation resources on its lands by non-Federal partners but prevents Reclamation from providing the same services in lieu of managing partners.