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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

748 AM MST December 15, 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 

Monday, December 15, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater           5000  Green blo Fontenelle          1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       1850  Green nr Greendale            3400

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              e430

Dolores nr Bedrock                30  Little Snake nr Lily           250

Dolores nr Cisco                 145  Green at Jensen               4000

Colorado nr Cisco               4700  White nr Watson                400

Cataract Canyon               e10500  Green nr Green R, Ut          5200

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      120

Virgin nr St. George             125  Escalante nr Escalante          15

Virgin nr Littlefield            105  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                   340

Colorado at Lees Ferry         18500





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  160  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    250  Animas nr Durango              280

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1400

Provo nr Woodland                100

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            30

Sevier blo Piute Dam               M



Trend for the next 2 days for all areas:  

       LITTLE CHANGE





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



Fontenelle                         M

Flaming Gorge                      M

Crystal                            M

Navajo                             M

Glen Canyon                        M



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 Monday thru Wednesday:



Colorado - Westwater........ 4800-5600

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 25-70

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4500-5200

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1250-1450

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4800-5400

Cataract Canyon............. 9500-11000



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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