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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

754 AM MST December 16, 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 

Tuesday, December 16, 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       1900  Green nr Greendale            3500

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              e440

Dolores nr Bedrock                45  Little Snake nr Lily           250

Dolores nr Cisco                 145  Green at Jensen               4100

Colorado nr Cisco               4800  White nr Watson                450

Cataract Canyon               e10000  Green nr Green R, Ut          5000

Lake Powell Inflow            e12500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      130

Virgin nr St. George             120  Escalante nr Escalante          15

Virgin nr Littlefield            110  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      50

Muddy nr Emery                   230

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  105  San Juan nr Archuleta          820

Weber nr Echo                    220  Animas nr Durango              270

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1400

Provo nr Woodland                 85

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                    6493.4

Flaming Gorge                 6031.0

Crystal                       6738.7

Navajo                        6076.6

Glen Canyon                   3684.4



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........ 5200-6200

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

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4700-5500

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4700-5300

Cataract Canyon............. 9000-10500



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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