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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

715 AM MST January 24, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Friday, January 24, 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      1900

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell - est         300

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                  90  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          300

Cataract Canyon - est           8100  Green nr Green R, Ut - est    3300

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8800  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      150

Virgin nr St. George             310  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            130  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15300



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                    400  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              900

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            50

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 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                    6480.2

Flaming Gorge                 6026.8

Crystal                       6741.9

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3672.1



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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........4600-5300

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4400-5000

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..2800-3800

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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