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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

915 AM MST December 12, 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, December 12, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5600  Green blo Fontenelle          1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1850  Green nr Greendale            3400

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell               430

Dolores nr Bedrock                25  Little Snake nr Lily           250

Dolores nr Cisco                 210  Green at Jensen               4200

Colorado nr Cisco               5600  White nr Watson                420

Cataract Canyon               e11500  Green nr Green R, Ut          6000

Lake Powell Inflow            e12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut       30

Virgin nr St. George              90  Escalante nr Escalante          10

Virgin nr Littlefield             90  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                   175

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19000



-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  110  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    240  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                 480  San Juan nr Bluff             1100

Provo nr Woodland                 65

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            30

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days: Little Change





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



Fontenelle                    6494.2

Flaming Gorge                 6031.3

Crystal                       6742.6

Navajo                        6076.8

Glen Canyon                   3684.8



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........ 5200-5800

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 20-40

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4800-5500

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 960-1420

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 5600-6200

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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