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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

714 AM MDT August 30, 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 

Saturday, August 30, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           6000  Green blo Fontenelle          1500

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1300  Green nr Greendale           e1800

Dolores blo Mcphee               135  Yampa at Maybell               450

Dolores nr Bedrock               145  Little Snake nr Lily            75

Dolores nr Cisco                 320  Green at Jensen               2500

Colorado nr Cisco               5800  White nr Watson                700

Cataract Canyon               e10000  Green nr Green R, Ut          3700

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  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     195

Muddy nr Emery                    35

Colorado at Lees Ferry         16000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  120  San Juan nr Archuleta         e600

Weber nr Echo                    680  Animas nr Durango             e580

Weber at Gateway                 380  San Juan nr Bluff             1400

Provo nr Woodland                110

Ogden blo Pineview Dam           175

Sevier blo Piute Dam             420



Trend for the next 2 days in all basins:

  LITTLE CHANGE EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE RISES DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACITIVITY



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



Fontenelle                    6503.9

Flaming Gorge                 6036.9

Crystal                       6684.7

Navajo                        6069.8

Glen Canyon                   3691.1



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 Saturday thru Monday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 5400-6200

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 140-150

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 5200-6000

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1000-1500

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 3500-3800

Cataract Canyon............. 9200-10200



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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