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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

707 AM MST January 25, 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 25, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4700  Green blo Fontenelle          1100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  Green nr Greendale      est - 1900

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

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  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 - 9000  Green nr Green R, Ut    est - 3600

Lake Powell Inflow        est - 9400  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      140

Virgin nr St. George             220  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield            140  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         14400





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley             est - 60  San Juan nr Archuleta          270

Weber nr Echo                    400  Animas nr Durango              230

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              870

Provo nr Woodland           est - 50

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            50

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



Trend for the next 2 days in all basins is for minor changes in river flows.



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



Fontenelle                    6480.0

Flaming Gorge                 6026.8

Crystal                       6743.0

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3671.9



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........ 4800 - 5200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 35 - 55

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4400 - 5200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 700 - 1000

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

Cataract Canyon............. 8500 - 9500



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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