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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

651 AM MDT August 12, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center.



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

Tuesday, August 12, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          10500  Green blo Fontenelle          3200

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1150  Green nr Greendale           e1500

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell              1450

Dolores nr Bedrock               160  Little Snake nr Lily            95

Dolores nr Cisco                1200  Green at Jensen               2900

Colorado nr Cisco              10500  White nr Watson               1350

Cataract Canyon               e12500  Green nr Green R, Ut          3800

Lake Powell Inflow            e16500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       80

Virgin nr St. George             520  Escalante nr Escalante          20

Virgin nr Littlefield            580  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                    45

Colorado at Lees Ferry         21500



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  150  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    220  Animas nr Durango             1800

Weber at Gateway                 500  San Juan nr Bluff             3100

Provo nr Woodland                155

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            70

Sevier blo Piute Dam             210



Trend for the next 2 days:

Small rises on the Green and Colorado mainstem. Elsewhere isolated rises

due to showers.



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



Fontenelle                    6505.4

Flaming Gorge                 6036.1

Crystal                       6653.5

Navajo                        6069.6

Glen Canyon                   3692.9



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........ 10000-11500

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 150-165

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 9500-12000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 2300-3500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3600-4800

Cataract Canyon............. 12000-15000



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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