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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

627 AM MST February 22, 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 22, 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 - est          40  Yampa at Maybell - est         350

Dolores nr Bedrock                50  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                 220  Green at Jensen               3800

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          380

Cataract Canyon - est           9300  Green nr Green R, Ut          4800

Lake Powell Inflow - est       10000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      100

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



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                    M  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                    570  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 770  San Juan nr Bluff - est        800

Provo nr Woodland                 60

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           310

Sevier blo Piute Dam          near 0



Trend for the next 2 days for all basins:  Little change.





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



Fontenelle                    6472.9

Flaming Gorge                 6025.2

Crystal                       6751.9

Navajo                        6047.5

Glen Canyon                   3668.2



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........4200 - 5000

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4000 - 4800  

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 700 - 1000

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4500 - 5200 

Cataract Canyon.............9000 - 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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