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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

725 AM MDT July 24, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Thursday, July 24, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           7600  Green blo Fontenelle          1650

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1250  Green nr Greendale            1500

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               900

Dolores nr Bedrock               170  Little Snake nr Lily           220

Dolores nr Cisco                 540  Green at Jensen               3200

Colorado nr Cisco               7000  White nr Watson                960

Cataract Canyon               e12000  Green nr Green R, Ut          3800

Lake Powell Inflow            e14500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       45

Virgin nr St. George              90  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     195

Muddy nr Emery                    70

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  240  San Juan nr Archuleta          560

Weber nr Echo                    370  Animas nr Durango             1500

Weber at Gateway                 410  San Juan nr Bluff            e1850

Provo nr Woodland                195

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           170

Sevier blo Piute Dam             430



Trend for the next 2 days in all basins:

  LITTLE CHANGE TO SLOWLY FALLING EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE SHARP RISES DUE

  TO THUNDERSTORMS



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



Fontenelle                    6500.3

Flaming Gorge                 6035.4

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6066.8

Glen Canyon                   3694.5



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........ 7400-8000

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 100-200

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 6800-8000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1600-1850

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3600-4000

Cataract Canyon............. 10500-12000



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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