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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

733 AM MST March 05, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, March 05, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4200  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1600  Green nr Greendale            2200

Dolores blo Mcphee                 M  Yampa at Maybell           est 300

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily       est  50

Dolores nr Cisco                 190  Green at Jensen               3000

Colorado nr Cisco               4000  White nr Watson            est 450

Cataract Canyon - est           8500  Green nr Green R, Ut          4700

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9800  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      240

Virgin nr St. George             140  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     270

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          300

Weber nr Echo                    370  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway                 580  San Juan nr Bluff              760

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                    6469.1

Flaming Gorge                 6024.7

Crystal                       6752.9

Navajo                        6047.9

Glen Canyon                   3665.7



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........3800-4700

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........3700-4600

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4300-5000

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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