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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

736 AM MST January 19, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Sunday, January 19, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4200  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  Green nr Greendale           e1900

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell              e500

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily          e200

Dolores nr Cisco                  80  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4200  White nr Watson               e400

Cataract Canyon - est           7600  Green nr Green R, Ut         e3400

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8300  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut    nr dry

Virgin nr St. George             160  Escalante nr Escalante          40

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val       M

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15700





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  e60  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    270  Animas nr Durango              240

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             e700

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam           nr dry



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 Sunday thru Tuesday:



Colorado - Westwater........3800-4800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........30-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3800-4800  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........500-800

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

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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