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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

114 PM UTC June 12, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, June 12, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          30000  Green blo Fontenelle         10000

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3400  Green nr Greendale        est 4600

Dolores blo Mcphee              1300  Yampa at Maybell             12000

Dolores nr Bedrock              1200  Little Snake nr Lily          4600

Dolores nr Cisco                3400  Green at Jensen              21000

Colorado nr Cisco              36000  White nr Watson               3200

Cataract Canyon            est 70000  Green nr Green R, Ut         30000

Lake Powell Inflow         est 78000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut     1900

Virgin nr St. George          est 40  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield             40  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     600

Muddy nr Emery                   240

Colorado at Lees Ferry         24000



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                 1600  San Juan nr Archuleta         4000

Weber nr Echo                   1200  Animas nr Durango             3600

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             7500

Provo nr Woodland               1100

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           480

Sevier blo Piute Dam              40



The general trend forecasted for the next 2 days will be for minor fluctuations

   in streamflow, with possible short-term rises in some headwater areas due

   to local thunderstorms.



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



Fontenelle                    6434.0

Flaming Gorge                 5759.9

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        5786.6

Glen Canyon                   3374.5



For future reservoir releases from Bureau of Reclamation Reservoirs call:



in Southwest Colorado   -  (970) 385-6578

in Westcentral Colorado -  (970) 248-0660

for Flaming Gorge, 

Lake Powell and Navajo  -  (801) 524-3732 or 3642

                    

Forecast flows in cubic feet per second for Thursday thru Saturday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 30000-35000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 1200-1400

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 33000-37000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 7000-8000

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 29000-31000

Cataract Canyon............. 65000-71000



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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