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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

708 AM MST December 16, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Monday, December 16, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4500  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1600

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               340

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 220  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4400  White nr Watson                380

Cataract Canyon - est           8400  Green nr Green R, Ut          3800

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9200  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         12000



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  100  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                     60  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              810

Provo nr Woodland                 90

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                     6028.1

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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........4100-4600

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4000-4500  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........700-1200

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

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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