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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

644 AM MDT June 18, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Wednesday, June 18, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          26800  Green blo Fontenelle         11100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       3400  Green nr Greendale - est      8600

Dolores blo Mcphee               790  Yampa at Maybell              7300

Dolores nr Bedrock              1000  Little Snake nr Lily          4100

Dolores nr Cisco                2500  Green at Jensen              18400

Colorado nr Cisco              28100  White nr Watson               2400

Cataract Canyon - est          52300  Green nr Green R, Ut         20900

Lake Powell Inflow - est       65200  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      770

Virgin nr St. George              60  Escalante nr Escalante     Near  0

Virgin nr Littlefield             60  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     430

Muddy nr Emery                   200

Colorado at Lees Ferry         26200



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                 1400  San Juan nr Archuleta         3300

Weber nr Echo                    820  Animas nr Durango             4200

Weber at Gateway                1300  San Juan nr Bluff             6500

Provo nr Woodland                800

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           360

Sevier blo Piute Dam             160



The general trend for the next 2 days will continue to be gradually declining

   streamflows, except at some locations along the San Juan and the upper

   Colorado where there will be moderate rises.



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



Fontenelle                    6504.1

Flaming Gorge                 6031.2

Crystal                       6748.0

Navajo                        6068.5

Glen Canyon                   3689.2



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 24000-28000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 700-1100

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 25000-29000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 6500-7700

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 19000-21000

Cataract Canyon............. 47000-56000



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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