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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

713 AM MST December 11, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, December 11, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4500  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1400

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               570

Dolores nr Bedrock                80  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                   M  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               4400  White nr Watson                430

Cataract Canyon - est           7400  Green nr Green R, Ut          3200

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       60

Virgin nr St. George             130  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield            420  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      30

Muddy nr Emery                    20

Colorado at Lees Ferry         12400



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

  LITTLE CHANGE                          LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   90  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                     60  Animas nr Durango              360

Weber at Gateway                 520  San Juan nr Bluff              760

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            40

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



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

POSSIBLE SMALL RISES DUE TO RAIN         LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                    6487.1

Flaming Gorge                 6028.2

Crystal                       6752.1

Navajo                        6046.3

Glen Canyon                   3676.8



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........4300-4700

Dolores - nr Bedrock........60-90

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4100-4700  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-900

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3000-3500 

Cataract Canyon.............6500-8000



For information on the Upper Snake River in Wyoming and eastern Idaho call 

1-800-658-5771.  For information on the Salmon River and the Snake

River in western Idaho call 208-327-7865. 













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