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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

725 AM MDT May 20, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Monday, May 20, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          29100  Green blo Fontenelle          2800

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3000  Green nr Greendale            4700

Dolores blo Mcphee                60  Yampa at Maybell             14000

Dolores nr Bedrock                70  Little Snake nr Lily          4900

Dolores nr Cisco                 990  Green at Jensen              23700

Colorado nr Cisco              26400  White nr Watson - EST         3000

Cataract Canyon - est          49500  Green nr Green R, Ut         22100

Lake Powell Inflow - est       50300  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      220

Virgin nr St. George              40  Escalante nr Escalante      Near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield         Near 0

Muddy nr Emery                   240

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16100



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

Slowy rising cataract, little change  Rising on the Green River mainstem

Colorado mainstem, slowly falling     below Flaming Gorge. Little Change

headwater areas.                      elsewhere.



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  820  San Juan nr Archuleta          490

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango             3500

Weber at Gateway                1000  San Juan nr Bluff             3100

Provo nr Woodland               1200

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            50

Sevier blo Piute Dam             370



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

Slowly Falling              Slowly Falling



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



Fontenelle                        M

Flaming Gorge                     6022.4 FT

Crystal                           M

Navajo                            M

Glen Canyon                       3676.5 FT



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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........28000-31000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........   70-100

Colorado - nr Cisco.........25000-28000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2700-3200

Green - nr Green River, Ut..21000-24000

Cataract Canyon.............48000-53000



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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