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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

726 AM MST December 24, 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 24, 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            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee - est          40  Yampa at Maybell                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                  90  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson                540

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

Lake Powell Inflow - est        6700  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

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         12400





-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 for all areas: 

   LITTLE CHANGE



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



Fontenelle                    6484.9

Flaming Gorge                 6027.7

Crystal                       6751.5

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                   3675.6



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........4400-5100

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

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

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2800-3400 

Cataract Canyon.............7000-8000



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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