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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

707 AM MST January 15, 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 15, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4400  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1600  Green nr Greendale           e1900

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell              e700

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily          e200

Dolores nr Cisco                 130  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4300  White nr Watson               e400

Cataract Canyon - est           7000  Green nr Green R, Ut         e3300

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8600  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut   near 0

Virgin nr St. George             190  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         14900



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    170  Animas nr Durango              410

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             e700

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           110

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                    6481.9

Flaming Gorge                 6027.1

Crystal                       6748.8

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3673.4



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........4000-5000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........40-80

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

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2500-3500

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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