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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

649 AM MST January 22, 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 22, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4800  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  Green nr Greendale - est      1450

Dolores blo Mcphee - est          40  Yampa at Maybell - est         300

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                  90  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          300

Cataract Canyon - est           7300  Green nr Green R, Ut - est    3000

Lake Powell Inflow - est           M  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      110

Virgin nr St. George             190  Escalante nr Escalante      Near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15000



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

Little Change                         Little Change



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley - est             60  San Juan nr Archuleta          270

Weber nr Echo - est              270  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              600

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            50

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                    6480.6

Flaming Gorge                 6026.9

Crystal                       6741.1

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3672.4



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........4300-5300

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4200-5000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 400-800

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2700-3300 

Cataract Canyon.............6800-7700



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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