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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

711 AM MST December 22, 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 22, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4400  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 100  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               3900  White nr Watson                350

Cataract Canyon - est           5800  Green nr Green R, Ut          2100

Lake Powell Inflow - est        6700  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       90

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield             90  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry          9700



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

minor rises                           minor rises



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  250  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    210  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                 340  San Juan nr Bluff              690

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



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

minor rises                           minor rises



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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                      M

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        M



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........3800-4500

Dolores - nr Bedrock........  40-  90

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3600-4300  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 600- 800

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2000-2700 

Cataract Canyon.............5600-6600



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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