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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

938 AM MST January 28, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, January 28, 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 - est      1900

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell - est         300

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                 110  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco               4800  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           8000  Green nr Green R, Ut - est    3500

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      110

Virgin nr St. George             560  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            310  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15200



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                    380  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway - est           550  San Juan nr Bluff             1200

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            60

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



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

  Little change.                        Slight rises in the San Juan River.



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



Fontenelle                    6479.4

Flaming Gorge                 6026.7

Crystal                       6743.3

Navajo                        6047.0

Glen Canyon                   3671.7



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........4800 - 5400

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4500 - 5500  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........1100 - 1800

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

Cataract Canyon.............8000 - 10000



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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