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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

720 AM MDT August 08, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Friday, August 08, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           9400  Green blo Fontenelle          3100

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun        940  Green nr Greendale           e1500

Dolores blo Mcphee               130  Yampa at Maybell              1150

Dolores nr Bedrock               165  Little Snake nr Lily            90

Dolores nr Cisco                 740  Green at Jensen               3100

Colorado nr Cisco               8800  White nr Watson                760

Cataract Canyon               e13500  Green nr Green R, Ut          4800

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut        M

Virgin nr St. George             100  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield            100  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    45

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21000



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  155  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    320  Animas nr Durango             1650

Weber at Gateway                 360  San Juan nr Bluff            e4300

Provo nr Woodland                155

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           115

Sevier blo Piute Dam             220



Trend for the next 2 days:

Little change.



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



Fontenelle                    6505.2

Flaming Gorge                 6035.8

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6069.2

Glen Canyon                   3693.2



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 Friday thru Sunday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 9200-10200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 155-170

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 8600-9800

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 3400-4300

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4100-4900

Cataract Canyon............. 12500-14000



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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