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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

635 AM MST February 06, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, February 06, 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 2800

Dolores blo Mcphee          est   40  Yampa at Maybell                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily             M

Dolores nr Cisco                  90  Green at Jensen               3600

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson                  M

Cataract Canyon - est           9600  Green nr Green R, Ut          4700

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9900  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       70

Virgin nr St. George             190  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield            130  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         18100





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                    590  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 820  San Juan nr Bluff              850

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

Sevier blo Piute Dam               0



Trend for the next 2 days in all river basins will be for little change

     in stream flow levels.



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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                 6026.3

Crystal                       6739.6

Navajo                        6047.2

Glen Canyon                   3670.7



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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 4500-5000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-50

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4500-5000 

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 800-900

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4500-5000

Cataract Canyon............. 9000-10000



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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