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NUMBER 76. VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City
PER TODICALS SECTION 5/16/70
GAL. ST. —
Blue. Tent,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,
Serving ‘the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little Yor
French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, ork, Cherokee, Mec Fay foig le Acie Oineaa,
Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, -Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat,
Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Baurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol,
Newtown, Indian Flat, Mere, Birchville, Moore’ s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens,
* +e eee SE ee
La ‘Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge
Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly
Quaker Hill, Willeangeeey.
1970
Anglers, boaters and water
_Skiers who have patiently been_
ties.
Bar Recreation facilities was
conducted for the press Monday.
The tour revealed plenty of
water, a spectacular view of the
huge Bullards Dam and some
recreation areas.
The facilities have been constructed by the Tahoe National
Forest. In charge of the area
is Ranger Robert Cron of the
Camptonville headquarters
which lies a few miles east of
the reservoir.
Building recreation areas
along Builards was extremely
difficult. Steep banks border the
53 miles of shoreline, The water
drops off quickly, and no beach
has been set: aside for swimming purposes. —
Cron said “the Forest Service was worried about two
items. Pollution of the water
and the ty of fire in
the highly flammable vegetation isch ome the resi
camping and
sites, " Cron said.
There is no concessionaire.
ties are in the nearby towns of
A first-hand tour of Bullards-Dobbins, Camptonville, Challenge and North San Juan.
Will the fishing be good?
Eric Gerstung, district fishery biologist for the Department of Fish and Game, has
-been sampling Bullards Reservoir. "There is an abundance
of rainbow trout and black
bass," he said.
Gerstung added "the rainbow
are staying in water which is
62 degrees, this water is 40 feet
below the surface." _
This mean if you are trolling,
you need about 250 feet of line and
a four to five ounce sinker to
reach the rainbows which reportedly average 12 to 16
inches,
There are numerous. black
bass averaging seven inches on
the surface of the reservoir.
Larger bass are down approximagely 10 feet deep.
Some of the common fish in
the reservoir are Kokanee salmor, rainbow and brown trout,
‘large mouth bass, small mouth
.. ae sane phat is a peaceful setting. Fishing results :
boas: Pie boPoh Are expected to, be good: See story’ this page.’ MMe its Same Ne eS HOD
“Megs
ONE OF the two-Vista Points provides. a view of the Bullards Bar Dam and the reservoir.”
The dam backs up water for 16 miles. “ss
» Bullards recreation is now open
Two double ramp concrete
boat ramps are available. One
_waiting for the Bullards Bar at Bullards. In the future, these is located on the east shore
Recreation Area to open can services are planned. Thenearnear Dark Day Picnic Area,
now make use of these faciliest gasoline and grocery faciliclose to Camptonville. The other
ramp is near the dam on the
.west shore, A fee is charged
for use of these ramps.
The picnic and camping areas
have parking areas, tables,
stoves, water and toilets, A fee
is charged for their use.
There are two 30-unit picnic
areas. Cottage Creek is-on the
west. shore and Dark Day is on
the east.
Two campgrounds are available. Burnt Bridge Campground
has 30 camping sites. and is
located on the east side of the
reservoir. Schoolhouse Campground with 67 units lies on the.
east shore. rnessicires stay is
14 days,
Five group camps are located
at Hornswoggle Group Campground on the east side. Four
are for 25 persons, each and
one is for 50 persons, Groups
of upto 150 people can} be accommodated by utilizing a comrequired and may be made by
writing the U. S, Forest iy
a