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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

721 AM MST February 19, 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 19, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4900  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1700  Green nr Greendale - est      2800

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell -             350

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco - est           100  Green at Jensen               3600

Colorado nr Cisco               4700  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           8900  Green nr Green R, Ut          4400

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9700  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       70

Virgin nr St. George             150  Escalante nr Escalante      Near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      80

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26500



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              270

Weber at Gateway                 810  San Juan nr Bluff              700

Provo nr Woodland                 50

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           310

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                    6473.8

Flaming Gorge                 6025.4

Crystal                       6751.4

Navajo                        6047.4

Glen Canyon                   3669.0



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........4500-5300

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4400-5100  

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

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

Cataract Canyon.............8600-9600



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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