Recreational Report for March 02, 1997
ZCZC SLCRVRSLC
TTAA00 KSLR 011856



River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

712 AM MST March 01, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Saturday, March 01, 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                 M

Dolores nr Bedrock                70  Little Snake nr Lily   - est   100

Dolores nr Cisco                 210  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               4600  White nr Watson        - est   350

Cataract Canyon - est           9000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4600

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9900  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      200

Virgin nr St. George             170  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            120  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     180

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                    370  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 570  San Juan nr Bluff             1300

Provo nr Woodland                 50

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           110

Sevier blo Piute Dam              70



Trend for the next 2 days for all basins:

Continued rise and then fall on the lower San Juan; otherwise little change.





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                      6024.8

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        3666.2



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........4300-5000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........40-80

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4200-4900

San Juan - nr Bluff.........800-1600

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4200-5000

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. 













NNNN