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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

806 AM MST March 04, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, March 04, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4000  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1400  Green nr Greendale            2200

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell          est  350

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily      est  100

Dolores nr Cisco                 180  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               3900  White nr Watson           est  350

Cataract Canyon - est           8800  Green nr Green R, Ut          4600

Lake Powell Inflow - est       10100  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      210

Virgin nr St. George             160  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield            110  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     270

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26500



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          300

Weber nr Echo                    340  Animas nr Durango              260

Weber at Gateway                 550  San Juan nr Bluff              750

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                         M

Flaming Gorge                  6024.6 ft

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                    3665.6 ft



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........3600-4400

Dolores - nr Bedrock........40-90

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3500-4300

San Juan - nr Bluff.........600-900

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4200-4900

Cataract Canyon.............8000-9100



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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