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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

723 AM MST February 13, 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 13, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4600  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  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               3500

Colorado nr Cisco               4500  White nr Watson - est          500

Cataract Canyon - est           8400  Green nr Green R, Ut          3900

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9300  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      120

Virgin nr St. George             170  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19700





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                    570  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway                 790  San Juan nr Bluff              710

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            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                    6475.6

Flaming Gorge                 6025.8

Crystal                       6749.3

Navajo                        6047.2

Glen Canyon                   3669.8



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........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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