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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

732 AM MST December 28, 1996



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Saturday, December 28, 1996. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4500  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale            1900

Dolores blo Mcphee               e40  Yampa at Maybell              e200

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 110  Green at Jensen               3300

Colorado nr Cisco               4400  White nr Watson                470

Cataract Canyon - est           7800  Green nr Green R, Ut          3600

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8200  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       90

Virgin nr St. George             100  Escalante nr Escalante      near dry

Virgin nr Littlefield             70  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         11700





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    240  Animas nr Durango              290

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              770

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            20





Trend for the next 2 days all areas: Isolated minor rises due to showers

otherwise little change





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



Fontenelle                    6484.2

Flaming Gorge                 6027.5

Crystal                       6747.1

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                   3675.1



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 Saturday thru Monday:



Colorado - Westwater........4000-5000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........30-100

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4000-5000  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........650-850

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3000-4000 

Cataract Canyon.............7500-8500



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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