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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

730 AM MST December 19, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, December 19, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           3300  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell      est      250

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                  90  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               3300  White nr Watson                200

Cataract Canyon - est           7500  Green nr Green R, Ut          2900

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8400  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       50

Virgin nr St. George             130  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield             40  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         13900



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

LITTLE CHANGE TO SLOWLY DROPPING DUE TO COLD WEATHER



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  150  San Juan nr Archuleta          240

Weber nr Echo                    110  Animas nr Durango     est      300

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              690

Provo nr Woodland                 70

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



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

LITTLE CHANGE TO SLOWLY DROPPING DUE TO COLD WEATHER



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



Fontenelle                    6485.9

Flaming Gorge                 6028.0

Crystal                       6749.5

Navajo                        6046.8

Glen Canyon                   3676.1



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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........3000-3500

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........2700-3500

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 400- 700

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2500-3000

Cataract Canyon.............6000-7500



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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