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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

717 AM MST December 15, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Sunday, December 15, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4600  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1600

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               370

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 250  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               4500  White nr Watson                410

Cataract Canyon - est           8300  Green nr Green R, Ut          3900

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9300  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       60

Virgin nr St. George - est       100  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      30

Muddy nr Emery                    20

Colorado at Lees Ferry         10200



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE   



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   60  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                     50  Animas nr Durango              300

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              860

Provo nr Woodland                 60

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

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                         M

Flaming Gorge                     6028.2

Crystal                            M

Navajo                            6046.4

Glen Canyon                       3676.3



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 Sunday thru Tuesday:



Colorado - Westwater........4200-4700

Dolores - nr Bedrock........40-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4100-4600

San Juan - nr Bluff.........700-900

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3500-4000

Cataract Canyon.............8000-8500



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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