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Suzie Peak Road Reopening in Time for Recreation Season Kick-Off

Media Contact: Faye Streier, (605) 394-9757 ext. 3005, fstreier@gp.usbr.gov
Mark Andersen, mandersen@gp.usbr.gov

For Release: May 02, 2008

The Bureau of Reclamation has opened the newly reconstructed Suzie Peak Road from its junction at Fisherman's Road to its end on Gadens Point at Belle Fourche Reservoir.

Reconstruction of the Suzie Peak Road began during the fall of 2007. Improvement to this access road was in response to a Resource Management Plan completed by Reclamation in 2006 in which reservoir visitors identified the previous poor conditions of the access road as a major concern. The reconstructed road is a 26 foot wide gravel road providing safer, easier access to Gadens Point.

A new fishing access road has been constructed on the south side of the Inlet Canal. This 22 foot wide gravel road has parking areas and periodic pull outs for fishing access. Construction of a similar road is scheduled to be completed this summer on the north side of the Inlet Canal.

Improvements to Suzie Peak Road and the Inlet Canal roads allow Reclamation to provide better services to the public while preventing damage caused by off road traffic.

For general information about the lands at Belle Fourche Reservoir, contact Faye Streier of the Bureau of Reclamation at 605-394-9757 or fstreier@gp.usbr.gov. For information on Rocky Point Recreation Area call the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks Northern Hills Region office at 605-584-3896 or visit their website at http://www.sdgfp.info/Parks/Regions/NorthernHills/RockyPoint.htm.

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