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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

839 AM MDT May 09, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



This morning's river flows in cubic feet per second for 

Thursday, May 09, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          17300  Green blo Fontenelle          1900

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3000  Green nr Greendale            4700

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell              8800

Dolores nr Bedrock               110  Little Snake nr Lily          2400

Dolores nr Cisco                   M  Green at Jensen              15700

Colorado nr Cisco              15600  White nr Watson                  M

Cataract Canyon - est          27400  Green nr Green R, Ut         13300

Lake Powell Inflow - est       26300  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George              50  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield             40

Muddy nr Emery                   110

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16400



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  550  San Juan nr Archuleta          500

Weber nr Echo                    200  Animas nr Durango             2500

Weber at Gateway                1400  San Juan nr Bluff             2100

Provo nr Woodland                830

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            40

Sevier blo Piute Dam             420



Trend for the next 2 days:

Slowly Rising



Yesterday's reservoir elevations in feet above mean sea level:



Fontenelle                    6467.0

Flaming Gorge                 6022.9

Crystal                       6752.7

Navajo                        6067.6

Glen Canyon                   3673.1



For planned reservoir releases, you can call the Bureau of Reclamation

in Salt Lake City at 801-524-5492 or, outside of Utah, 1-800-277-7571.



Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........16000-19000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........   75-  150

Colorado - nr Cisco.........14000-18000  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2000- 2400

Green - nr Green River, Ut..13000-16000 

Cataract Canyon.............25000-31000



For information on the Snake River in Wyoming call 307-733-5452.

For information on the Snake or Salmon Rivers in Idaho call 208-327-7865. 











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