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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

702 AM MST March 08, 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 08, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           4900  Green blo Fontenelle          1200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       2200  Green nr Greendale            2200

Dolores blo Mcphee                40  Yampa at Maybell          est  400

Dolores nr Bedrock                60  Little Snake nr Lily      est  100

Dolores nr Cisco                 160  Green at Jensen               3500

Colorado nr Cisco               5300  White nr Watson           est  450

Cataract Canyon - est           9000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4700

Lake Powell Inflow - est        9800  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      220

Virgin nr St. George             130  Escalante nr Escalante           0

Virgin nr Littlefield             90  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     270

Muddy nr Emery                    30

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26600





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                   90  San Juan nr Archuleta          510

Weber nr Echo                    470  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway                 710  San Juan nr Bluff              840

Provo nr Woodland                 60

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           210

Sevier blo Piute Dam             140



Trend for the next 2 days will be for little change in streamflow in the

   northern part of the Colorado Basin/eastern Great Basin area; with some 

   moderate increases in discharge for rivers and streams located in the

   southern part of the Colorado Basin/eastern Great Basin area, with the

   warmer weather and increased rates of snowmelt.



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



Fontenelle                    6468.0

Flaming Gorge                 6024.4

Crystal                       6752.7

Navajo                        6047.9

Glen Canyon                   3664.9



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........ 5000-6000

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

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5000-6500

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 700-1000

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4500-5500

Cataract Canyon............. 9000-11000



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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