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River Recreational Statement

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,  Salt Lake City Utah

738 AM MST December 31, 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 31, 1997. Please note that all data are provisional.



-Colorado Basin-                       -Green River Basin-



Colorado at Westwater          e5000  Green blo Fontenelle         e1350

Gunnison blo Gunnison Tun       2000  Green nr Greendale            3100

Dolores blo Mcphee                45  Yampa at Maybell              e400

Dolores nr Bedrock                45  Little Snake nr Lily          e200

Dolores nr Cisco                 105  Green at Jensen               3700

Colorado nr Cisco               5000  White nr Watson               e400

Cataract Canyon                e9600  Green nr Green R, Ut          4600

Lake Powell Inflow            e11500  San Rafael nr Green R, Ut      145

Virgin nr St. George             110  Escalante nr Escalante           M

Virgin nr Littlefield            115  Cottonwood Ck blo Joes Val      65

Muddy nr Emery                    80

Colorado at Lees Ferry         19000





-Great Basin-                         -San Juan Basin-



Weber nr Oakley                  270  San Juan nr Archuleta          800

Weber nr Echo                    230  Animas nr Durango              270

Weber at Gateway                   M  San Juan nr Bluff             1250

Provo nr Woodland                 80

Ogden blo Pineview Dam            10

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                    6489.9

Flaming Gorge                 6029.6

Crystal                       6742.7

Navajo                        6075.6

Glen Canyon                   3682.6



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........ 4800-5400

Dolores - nr Bedrock........ 40-55

Colorado - nr Cisco......... 4800-5400

San Juan - nr Bluff......... 1200-1400

Green - nr Green River, Ut.. 4300-4900

Cataract Canyon............. 9400-10200



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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