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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

733 AM MST January 08, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, January 08, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           3900  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1200  Green nr Greendale       est  1900

Dolores blo Mcphee          est   40  Yampa at Maybell                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                 130  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               3900  White nr Watson                500

Cataract Canyon - est           8400  Green nr Green R, Ut     est  4100

Lake Powell Inflow - est       10000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George             140  Escalante nr Escalante     near  0

Virgin nr Littlefield             90  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         13600



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

Little change.      Little change.



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  410  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                    240  Animas nr Durango              230

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              750

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            20

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



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

Little change.      Little change.



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



Fontenelle                    6483.0

Flaming Gorge                 6027.4

Crystal                       6745.9

Navajo                        6046.9

Glen Canyon                   3674.3



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........3700-4100

Dolores - nr Bedrock........40-100

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3700-4100

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3700-4400

Cataract Canyon.............7600-8500



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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