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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

716 AM MST December 13, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Friday, December 13, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4800  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1400

Dolores blo Mcphee                35  Yampa at Maybell               550

Dolores nr Bedrock               110  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                   M  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               4800  White nr Watson                500

Cataract Canyon - est           8100  Green nr Green R, Ut          3400

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8400  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       70

Virgin nr St. George              50  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            190  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      30

Muddy nr Emery                    20

Colorado at Lees Ferry         12300





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   80  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                     50  Animas nr Durango              330

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1000

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            40

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 0



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:   

   LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                    6486.9

Flaming Gorge                 6028.2

Crystal                       6751.8

Navajo                        6046.8

Glen Canyon                   3676.6



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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........4500-5300

Dolores - nr Bedrock........100-140

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4500-5300  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........900-1200

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3200-3800 

Cataract Canyon.............7000-8500



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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