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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

717 AM MST December 20, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Friday, December 20, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           3100  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                  60  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               3500  White nr Watson                150

Cataract Canyon - est           6400  Green nr Green R, Ut          2500

Lake Powell Inflow - est        7900  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       50

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield             60  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         13200



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

LITTLE CHANGE, A LOT OF GAGES AFFECTED BY ICE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    200  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 260  San Juan nr Bluff              680

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, A LOT OF GAGES AFFECTED BY ICE,



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



Fontenelle                    6485.7

Flaming Gorge                 6027.9

Crystal                       6750.4

Navajo                        6046.8

Glen Canyon                   3676.0



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 Friday thru Sunday:



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

Dolores - nr Bedrock........  30-  70

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3300-3700

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2000-2500

Cataract Canyon.............5500-7000



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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