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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

755 AM MST December 14, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Saturday, December 14, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4700  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1600

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               520

Dolores nr Bedrock                90  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                   M  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson                480

Cataract Canyon - est           8200  Green nr Green R, Ut          3600

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9100  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George              10  Escalante nr Escalante      Near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  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                   80  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                     50  Animas nr Durango              310

Weber at Gateway                 450  San Juan nr Bluff             1000

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            20

Sevier blo Piute Dam          Near 0



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

LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                    6486.8

Flaming Gorge                 6028.2

Crystal                       6748.0

Navajo                        6046.9

Glen Canyon                   3676.5



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 Saturday thru Monday:



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

Dolores - nr Bedrock........  50-150

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4400-5200  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 800-1200

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3300-3900 

Cataract Canyon.............7500-8500



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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