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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

714 AM MST February 20, 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 20, 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       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                 220  Green at Jensen               3700

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          380

Cataract Canyon - est           9200  Green nr Green R, Ut          4500

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9700  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       90

Virgin nr St. George             170  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      80

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26600



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                    560  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 810  San Juan nr Bluff              750

Provo nr Woodland                 80

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                    6473.5

Flaming Gorge                 6025.3

Crystal                       6749.7

Navajo                        6047.4

Glen Canyon                   3668.7



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........4500-5300

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4300-5000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 650-900

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

Cataract Canyon.............8800-9600



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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