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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

638 AM MST February 15, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Saturday, February 15, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4700  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1800  Green nr Greendale - est      2800

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell - est         350

Dolores nr Bedrock                40  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco - est           100  Green at Jensen               3300

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           9000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4300

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9200  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      200

Virgin nr St. George             160  Escalante nr Escalante    near dry

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19700



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                    570  Animas nr Durango              240

Weber at Gateway                 780  San Juan nr Bluff              710

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           320

Sevier blo Piute Dam        near dry



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

   LITTLE CHANGE                         LITTLE CHANGE





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



Fontenelle                    6475.0

Flaming Gorge                 6025.6

Crystal                       6751.9

Navajo                        6047.3

Glen Canyon                   3669.5



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 Saturday thru Monday:



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

Dolores - nr Bedrock........30-50

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

San Juan - nr Bluff.........550-750

Green - nr Green River, Ut..3800-4800

Cataract Canyon.............7800-9800



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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