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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

637 AM MST January 26, 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 26, 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                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                  90  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           8000  Green nr Green R, Ut -        3400

Lake Powell Inflow - est        8900  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      120

Virgin nr St. George             190  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            140  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15900



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                    360  Animas nr Durango              240

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff              950

Provo nr Woodland - est           50

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            60

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                         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........4500-5200

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

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

San Juan - nr Bluff.........800-1200

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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