Recreation Master Plan/Environmental Assessment …Abiquiu Reservoir is located in Rio Arriba County...

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Architectural Research Consultants, Incorporated (ARC), working with Robert Johns, ASLA, Landscape Architect, prepared a Master Plan/Environmental Assessment for Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The document is a guide for the development, use, maintenance, and management of existing recreational facilities at Abiquiu Reservoir. A planning horizon of ten years was used in the development of the document, with provision for review and update in five years.

Abiquiu Reservoir is located in Rio Arriba County of northern New Mexico, an area of physical beauty and a rich physical and cultural heritage. Planning activities considered the effects of change on both the natural and manmade environments surrounding the reservoir. Citizen participation was encouraged in a variety of ways during the planning process. These methods included a number of public meetings. Two public opinion surveys were also conducted. Results indicated a level of support for improving what is already at the lake and making modest changes that add to convenience and separate conflicting uses.

In the recommended plan, all uses are accommodated in areas already developed, except for a recommendation to acquire private property adjacent to the boat launch area.

Client: Holmes and Narver, Inc. for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Completion: 1995

Recreation Master Plan/Environmental Assessment forAbiquiu Reservoir, Abiquiu, New Mexico

RECREATION

PROJECT OPERATIONS

MULTIPLE RESOURCEMANAGEMENT:WILDLIFE-GENERAL, LOWDENSITY RECREATION

MULTIPLE RESOURCEMANAGEMENT:VEGETATIVE MANAGEMENT,LOW DENSITY RECREATION

CORPS FEE LAND USE KEY:

MULTIPLE RESOURCEMANAGEMENT:VEGETATIVE MANAGEMENTWILDLIFE-GENERAL, LOWDENSITY RECREATION

STATE HWY 9

6

STATE HWY 84

NO WAKE BOATINGDURING NESTING SEASON(PENDING FURTHER STUDY)

NO WAKE BOATINGDURING NESTING SEASON(PENDING FURTHER STUDY)

K-1

LEVEL 3:ALTERNATIVE PLAN

EXHIBIT IV-6.

ARCHULETA SITE:BOAT RAMP / DAY USE(MAX. 1 50 ACRES)

CORMORANT POINT:DAY USE AREA, WATER FOWLOBSERVATION, PICNICING

I IMPROVE INTERSECTION WITHTURN LANES AND SIGNAGE

PROVIDE TURN LANE FROMHWY 96 TO ENTRY ROAD

TRAIL TO SWIM BEACH

INTERPRETATIVE TRAIL

A RIANA SITE:PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS TOEXISTING CAMPGROUND AREA

D IMPROVE DOWNSTREAM DAY USE IMPROVE PARKING AND PICNIC SITES

E UPGRADE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES

C WEST OVERLOOK AREA:ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

CANONES CREEK~H

K-1

K-3

K-3

K-3

B CERRITO SITE:PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS TOEXISTING BOAT RAMP AREA

PROVIDE NEW DAY USE AREA

PROVIDE NEW DAY USE AREA

EAST TRAIL : HIKING,WALKING, NATURE STUDY

F COMANCHE POINT:BOAT ACCESS DAY USE

ADD CAUSEWAY(CONNECT ISLAND)

J VISITOR INFORMATION STOP(COOPERATIVE EFFORT)WATER FOWL CONSERVATION,INTERPRETATION AREA,PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY

L

JACQUEZ AREA:BOAT ACCESS, DAY USE

G

M

K-2

"BIG EDDY" AREA

PROPOSED NO WAKE(PENDING FURTHER STUDY)

NO BOATING(ENFORCED)

K-3:

MAJOR HIGHWAYS

CORPS LAND

K-1:

LEGEND:

30' CONTOURS

LAKE BOTTOM

STUDY AREAS

NO WAKE / NO BOATING KEY:

K-2:

NO WAKE(ENFORCED)

NORTH

G.R. JOHNS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS, INCORPORATEDJULY 1995

ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT

U.S.ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

ABIQUIU RESERVOIR M A S T E R P L A N

2000 1000 0 2000

APPROX. SCALE IN FEET

Views of Abiquiu Reservoir (above and right)

Portion of the recommended plan (below)