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Flaming Gorge Reservoir is a reservoir in Wyoming and Utah, on the Green River, created by the Flaming Gorge Dam. The nearest towns are Manila, Dutch John and Vernal Utah, and Rock Springs and Green River, Wyoming.

Construction on the Flaming Gorge Dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The Reservoir stores 3,788,900 acre feet of water when measured at an elevation of 6,040 feet above sea-level (maximum).

The Reservoir is mainly in southwest Wyoming, and partially in northeastern Utah. The northern tip of the reservoir is just 10 miles southeast of Green River, Wyoming, 14 mi southwest of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and 43 miles north of Vernal, Utah. The lake straddles the Utah-Wyoming border. The nearby town of Dutch John, Utah, was built to serve as a base camp during construction of the dam, and as an administrative site afterwords.

Visitors enjoy hiking, boating, fishing, waterbiking, windsurfing, camping, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling within Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area run by the U.S. Forest Service Ashley National Forest Service. Camp sites can be found close to the dam and along Highway 191 for a fee, as well as free throughout the area. Campgrounds operated by the U.S. Forest Service close in the winter months, with the exception of Dripping Springs near Dutch John. The many available fish species in the reservoir and surrounding lakes are Colorado River Cutthroat trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Lake trout, Kokanee salmon, and Smallmouth bass. The Green River is a popular spot for fishing, namely below the dam. The river's ice cold water and beautiful structure make it a world class, world renowned fly fishing stream.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Gorge_Reservoir

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