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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

651 AM MDT June 17, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, June 17, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          28600  Green blo Fontenelle         11200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3400  Green nr Greendale - est      8600

Dolores blo Mcphee               950  Yampa at Maybell              7500

Dolores nr Bedrock              1300  Little Snake nr Lily          4100

Dolores nr Cisco                3200  Green at Jensen              15700

Colorado nr Cisco              30300  White nr Watson               2500

Cataract Canyon - est          57000  Green nr Green R, Ut         22900

Lake Powell Inflow - est       68500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      860

Virgin nr St. George              80  Escalante nr Escalante      Near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             50  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     430

Muddy nr Emery                   210

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26300





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                 1100  San Juan nr Archuleta         3200

Weber nr Echo                    820  Animas nr Durango             3600

Weber at Gateway                1400  San Juan nr Bluff             7300

Provo nr Woodland                760

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           430

Sevier blo Piute Dam              60



The general trend for the next 2 days will be gradually declining streamflows;

   except in some of the higher-elevation headwater areas in the upper Colorado

   where snowmelt runoff is still increasing; and along the mainstem where an

   increase in releases from Flaming Gorge Dam from 4600 to 8600 cfs will

   produce rises downstream.





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



Fontenelle                    6503.8

Flaming Gorge                 6030.8

Crystal                       6751.1

Navajo                        6068.4

Glen Canyon                   3688.7



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 Tuesday thru Thursday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 26000-29000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 800-1400

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 26000-31000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 6200-7400

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 20000-24000

Cataract Canyon............. 52000-60000



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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