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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

655 AM MST January 23, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, January 23, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5000  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  Green nr Greendale           e1500

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell              e300

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily          e100

Dolores nr Cisco                 100  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson               e300

Cataract Canyon - est           8000  Green nr Green R, Ut         e3300

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8600  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      120

Virgin nr St. George             180  Escalante nr Escalante       nr dry

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15400





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  e60  San Juan nr Archuleta          270

Weber nr Echo                    380  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              800

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            50

Sevier blo Piute Dam            nr dry



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas: Little change





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



Fontenelle                    6480.4

Flaming Gorge                 6026.9

Crystal                       6742.0

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3672.2



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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........4300-5300

Dolores - nr Bedrock........30-60

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

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-1000

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

Cataract Canyon.............7500-8500



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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