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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

711 AM MST January 29, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, January 29, 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 - est          40  Yampa at Maybell - est         300

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                 100  Green at Jensen               2600

Colorado nr Cisco               4900  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             380  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            200  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         15300





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley - est             60  San Juan nr Archuleta          270

Weber nr Echo                    580  Animas nr Durango              240

Weber at Gateway - est           650  San Juan nr Bluff             1300

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            60

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:

   LITTLE CHANGE





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



Fontenelle                    6479.2

Flaming Gorge                 6026.7

Crystal                       6743.6

Navajo                        6047.1

Glen Canyon                   3671.6



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



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

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

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

San Juan - nr Bluff.........1000-2000

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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