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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

734 AM MST February 26, 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 26, 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       1700  Green nr Greendale - est      2800

Dolores blo Mcphee - est          40  Yampa at Maybell - est         350

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                 210  Green at Jensen               3500

Colorado nr Cisco               4500  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           9200  Green nr Green R, Ut          4800

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

Virgin nr St. George             130  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      40

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                  100  San Juan nr Archuleta          250

Weber nr Echo                    370  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 640  San Juan nr Bluff - est        800

Provo nr Woodland                 60

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           110

Sevier blo Piute Dam              70



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                    6471.6

Flaming Gorge                 6025.0

Crystal                       6752.4

Navajo                        6047.7

Glen Canyon                   3667.3



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........4300-5000

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4200-4800

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

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

Cataract Canyon.............8800-9500



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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