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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

727 AM MST December 17, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, December 17, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4200  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale - est      1600

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell               230

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 190  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4000  White nr Watson                330

Cataract Canyon - est           8100  Green nr Green R, Ut          3600

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9200  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       40

Virgin nr St. George             130  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             90  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    20

Colorado at Lees Ferry         12600



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   50  San Juan nr Archuleta          270

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango              310

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              740

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                    6486.3

Flaming Gorge                 6028.0

Crystal                       6748.2

Navajo                        6046.9

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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........4000-4500

Dolores - nr Bedrock........20-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3800-4300

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-1000

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3300-4000

Cataract Canyon.............7300-8300



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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