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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

815 AM MST February 24, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Monday, February 24, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4500  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 - est           200  Green at Jensen - est         3700

Colorado nr Cisco - est         4500  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           9400  Green nr Green R, Ut - est    5100

Lake Powell Inflow - est       10300  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut-est  100

Virgin nr St. George             150  Escalante nr Escalante-est  near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield - est      120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      80

Muddy nr Emery - est              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                    570  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                 770  San Juan nr Bluff - est        800

Provo nr Woodland                 60

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                    6025.1

Crystal                            M

Navajo                           6047.2

Glen Canyon                      3667.5



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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........4300-5000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........30-80

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

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-1000

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4500-5500 

Cataract Canyon.............9000-9800



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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