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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

800 AM MST December 17, 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 

Wednesday, December 17, 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            3500

Dolores blo Mcphee                55  Yampa at Maybell              e430

Dolores nr Bedrock                65  Little Snake nr Lily           250

Dolores nr Cisco                 140  Green at Jensen               4200

Colorado nr Cisco               5000  White nr Watson                600

Cataract Canyon               e10000  Green nr Green R, Ut          4900

Lake Powell Inflow            e12000  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      165

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante         e30 

Virgin nr Littlefield            105  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      55

Muddy nr Emery                   290

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  120  San Juan nr Archuleta          800

Weber nr Echo                    230  Animas nr Durango              250

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1450

Provo nr Woodland                 90

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                    6493.2

Flaming Gorge                 6030.8

Crystal                            M

Navajo                        6076.5

Glen Canyon                   3684.1



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 Wednesday thru Friday:



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

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 30-90

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4800-5600

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

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4700-5700

Cataract Canyon............. 9000-11000



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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