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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

640 AM MST February 12, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, February 12, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater - est     4600  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun          M  Green nr Greendale - est      2800

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell - est         500

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily - est     200

Dolores nr Cisco                   0  Green at Jensen               3900

Colorado nr Cisco               4400  White nr Watson - est          500

Cataract Canyon - est           8600  Green nr Green R, Ut          3800

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9700  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      160

Virgin nr St. George             180  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield            130  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry - est   18000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo - est              590  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway - est           810  San Juan nr Bluff - est        700

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam - est      10

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                    6475.9

Flaming Gorge                 6025.8

Crystal                       6748.6

Navajo                        6047.2

Glen Canyon                   3669.9



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........4000-5000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........35-50

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4000-5000  

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-900

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3000-5000 

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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