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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

900 AM MST February 28, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Friday, February 28, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4600  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                60  Little Snake nr Lily - est     100

Dolores nr Cisco                 200  Green at Jensen               3600

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson - est          350

Cataract Canyon - est           9100  Green nr Green R, Ut          4600

Lake Powell Inflow - est       10100  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      100

Virgin nr St. George             170  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            130  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     190

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26600







-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  100  San Juan nr Archuleta          260

Weber nr Echo                    340  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                 560  San Juan nr Bluff              790

Provo nr Woodland                 70

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           110

Sevier blo Piute Dam              70



Trend for the next 2 days in all of the basins:

   RISES POSSIBLE ON LOW ELEVATION STREAMS DUE TO RAIN FALL





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



Fontenelle                    6470.8

Flaming Gorge                 6024.8

Crystal                       6751.9

Navajo                        6047.3

Glen Canyon                   3666.7



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 Friday thru Sunday:



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..4300-5000

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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