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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

613 AM MST January 18, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Saturday, January 18, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4300  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  Green nr Greendale           e1900

Dolores blo Mcphee               e30  Yampa at Maybell              e500

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily          e200

Dolores nr Cisco                  60  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4200  White nr Watson               e400

Cataract Canyon - est          e7200  Green nr Green R, Ut         e3200

Lake Powell Inflow - est       e8000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       10

Virgin nr St. George             160  Escalante nr Escalante          40

Virgin nr Littlefield            110  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         14600



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    230  Animas nr Durango              240

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              620

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           110

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



Trend for the next 2 days:        

Little change.





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



Fontenelle                    6481.3

Flaming Gorge                 6027.0

Crystal                       6748.3

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3673.1



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........40-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4000-4600

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

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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