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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

652 AM MST December 23, 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 23, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4700  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale - est      1500

Dolores blo Mcphee - est          40  Yampa at Maybell                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 120  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson                440

Cataract Canyon - est           6600  Green nr Green R, Ut          2300

Lake Powell Inflow - est        6000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       90

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             90  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         11100



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

  MINOR RISES                           MINOR RISES



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          270

Weber nr Echo                    210  Animas nr Durango              290

Weber at Gateway                 350  San Juan nr Bluff              810

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........4500-5200

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4200-5000  

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

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

Cataract Canyon.............6000-7000



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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