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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

727 AM MST March 06, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, March 06, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4400  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1700  Green nr Greendale        est 2800

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell          est  400

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily      est  100

Dolores nr Cisco                 180  Green at Jensen               3500

Colorado nr Cisco               4300  White nr Watson           est  450

Cataract Canyon - est           8800  Green nr Green R, Ut          4800

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9400  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      210

Virgin nr St. George             140  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            110  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          500

Weber nr Echo                    370  Animas nr Durango              240

Weber at Gateway                 570  San Juan nr Bluff              770

Provo nr Woodland                 60

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           210

Sevier blo Piute Dam             130



Trend for the next 2 days:            Trend for the next 2 days:

Little change.Small rise at Bluff due to

increased release from Navajo Res.



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



Fontenelle                    6468.8

Flaming Gorge                 6024.5

Crystal                       6754.0

Navajo                        6047.9

Glen Canyon                   3665.4



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 Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........4100-4900

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

Colorado - nr Cisco.........4100-4900

San Juan - nr Bluff.........700-1100

Green - nr Green River, Ut..4500-5300 

Cataract Canyon.............8500-9500



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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