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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

629 AM MDT August 29, 1997



Recreational River Report provided by the Colorado Basin River Forecast

Center. This information is also available through the Internet by 

connecting to www.cbrfc.gov/public/for.html and then clicking on 

Today's River Statement.



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

Friday, August 29, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6200  Green blo Fontenelle          1600

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1250  Green nr Greendale           e1950

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               490

Dolores nr Bedrock               155  Little Snake nr Lily            90

Dolores nr Cisco                 390  Green at Jensen               2800

Colorado nr Cisco               6000  White nr Watson                720

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          3600

Lake Powell Inflow            e11500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       35

Virgin nr St. George              35  Escalante nr Escalante      near 0

Virgin nr Littlefield             60  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val     185

Muddy nr Emery                    25

Colorado at Lees Ferry         22000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  130  San Juan nr Archuleta         e740

Weber nr Echo                    640  Animas nr Durango             e600

Weber at Gateway                 330  San Juan nr Bluff             1850

Provo nr Woodland                115

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           160 

Sevier blo Piute Dam             420  



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:

CONTINUED RISES DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE





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



Fontenelle                    6503.9

Flaming Gorge                 6036.9

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.9

Glen Canyon                   3691.2



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........ 5400-6400

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 145-160

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5200-6200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1000-1850

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3200-3700

Cataract Canyon............. 9200-10700



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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