Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce today announced the award of a $1,040,677 contract to Skousen Corporation, Albuquerque, N. M. to build 10.838 miles of road on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation. It 'will open up a recreation complex at stone Lake that is to include a 20 room lodge, trailer camp, boat docks, and wild game park.
The contract is for grading, draining, plant-mix bituminous base and seal coat surfacing of a road beginning at New Mexico state Road 537 and going to stone Lake. It is scheduled for completion late in 1972.
The 13,620 acre enclosed wild Game Park and improvements in the airport facilities at Dulce, N. M. that are part of the Stone Lake Recreation Area project have already been completed.
Now under construction is the lodge, which will include dining facilities and a gift shop. The lodge will be completely air conditioned and self-contained with its own sewage system, water supply system, and bake shop. The stone Lake Recreation Complex is financed by the Economic Development Administration.
