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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

724 AM MST February 18, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, February 18, 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                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco - est           100  Green at Jensen               3500

Colorado nr Cisco               4500  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           9000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4400

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9600  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       70

Virgin nr St. George             160  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      80

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19800



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                    550  Animas nr Durango              270

Weber at Gateway                 830  San Juan nr Bluff              690

Provo nr Woodland                  M

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           320

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 0



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                         M

Flaming Gorge                      6025.8 FT

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             6046.9 FT

Glen Canyon                        3668.8 FT



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........4300-5100

Dolores - nr Bedrock........  30-70

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4200-5000  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 550-800

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4000-4800 

Cataract Canyon.............8500-9500



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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