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On the mapThere were lots of smiles Monday afternoon when the new 20-year lease agreement between f isher’s Landing operators and the Bureau of Land Management was signed. Checking over a map of the area are (from left). Joni and Don Fisher; H.Max Bruce, district manager of BLM, and Swede and Louise Ferguson. The Fishers and Fergusons are partners in the operation which is on federal land(Sunfoto)tne yuMA © CwLy SUN Wed , June 4, 1980 ISFisher's Landing, BLM ink 20-year lease agreementFive years of negotiations ended Monday with the signing of a 20-year lease agreement between the operators of Fisher’s Landing and the Bureau of 1 indManagement (BLM1Well, that takes care of you until the year 2000,” '•aid H. Max Bruce, Yuma district manager of the BLMJoining in the signing were the partners in the river concession Swede Ferguson and his wife Louise and Don Fisher and his wife JoniOver the next three to five years, the operators plan to construct new restrooms, a travel trailer park and. eventually, a motel Fisher said that Don Olsen has the lease on the restaurant, bar and store He plans to -tart upgrading them in the near future.Bruce noted that the signing of the contract would alio • private enterprise to satisfy the needs the recreating public while making a reasonable profit m the pr es*Fisher recalled that his father, the late Jes Fisher, fu t opened the landing in September of 1948 It was the Cal-Zona Sports Club which had a 99 year lease witl the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries He operated it up to ti t time of his death in 197bFollowing the signing of the contract, Bruce said the BLM was continuing its efforts to sign teas* with all of the river concessions and camps that are on government land. We have now issued and signed 11 contracts ol the 19 commercial vetures involved Imperial Oasis and Walter’s Camp are two of them in this area Other u around Parker and Lake Havasu ”Martinez Lake Marina, located just above river »i m Fisher’s Landing, is on private property and not mv ’ved in the negotiations.Fisher said that business over the Memorial Da\ weekend was very good. We pumped som* thing like 10,500 gallons of gas at the boat dock ”
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, Jun 04, 1980
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