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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

800 AM MST December 30, 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 30, 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            1800

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell              e200

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 110  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               4300  White nr Watson                440

Cataract Canyon - est           8200  Green nr Green R, Ut          3800

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8700  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      100

Virgin nr St. George             100  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             60  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         11100



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    240  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              710

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam         near  0



Trend for the next 2 days: 

Little change.





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........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.............8000-9000



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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