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<br />Upper Green has increased to III percent of average. The inflow forecast has also increased. The March <br />final inflow forecast for Flaming Gorge is calling for 1.35 million acre-feet of April through July inflow. <br />This is 113 percent of average. This is up considerably from the February I forecast which called for 94 <br />percent of nortnal inflow. <br /> <br />Snowpack in the Yampa River basin is currently 94 percent (as of 3/51l999). Like the Upper Green, snow <br />conditions in the Yampa have improved significantly in the past 2 months. <br /> <br />Open forum discussions on Flaming Gorge operations have been taking place at meetings of the "Flaming <br />Gorge Working Group". The next Working Group meeting is scheduled for April 9, 1999 at 10 am in <br />Vernal, UT. For more infortnation on the Working Group, contact Ed Vidmar at 801-379-1000. <br /> <br />ASPINALL - February unregulated inflow into Blue Mesa was 24,000 acre-feet or 109 percent of average. <br />Precipitation in the Gunnison River basin was 75 percent of average during the month. The basin snowpack <br />is averaging about 79 percent of nortnal. The inflow rate into Blue Mesa Reservoir is about 550 cfs and <br />reservoir releases are averaging about 600 cfs. Blue Mesa's current elevation is 7486.66 feet that <br />corresponds to a storage content of 556,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Releases from Crystal Darn are currently 700 cfs. The persistent high pressure system has returned to the <br />western Colorado region after a brief period wetter conditions during late January and early February. <br />Releases from Crystal will be reduced from 700 cfs to 600 cfs starting March 5. River flows in the Black <br />Canyon of the Gunnison will remain at this level, 600 cfs, until mid May when a two week Spring peak <br />release hydrograph is planed for endangered fish. Any modification to these reservoir operations will be <br />implemented as conditions warrant. <br /> <br />The meeting of the "Aspinall Unit Working Group" was held January 21, 1999, in Montrose, Colorado. At <br />this meeting, review of last summer and fall operations, and plans for the winter and spring 1999 operations <br />were discussed. These meetings are open forum discussions on the Aspina!l Unit operations with many <br />interested groups participating. The next working group meeting is scheduled for April 15, 1998 in Grand <br />Junction. Anyone needing further infortnation about these meetings should contact Ed Warner in the Grand <br />J unction Area Office at (970) 248-0654. <br /> <br />NA VATO - February unregulated inflow into Navajo Reservoir was about 23,000 acre-feet or approximately <br />80 percent of average. The current reservoir inflow is about 500 cfs and the reservoir water surface <br />elevation is at 6062.43 feet which corresponds to a reservoir content of about 1,379,000 acre-feet. Reservoir <br />releases are currently set at 600 cfs. This release rate is expected to continue through the months of March <br />and April. <br /> <br />January's precipitation for the San Juan River Basin was only 50 percent ofnortnal. The current snowpack <br />is 67 percent of nortnal for the Animas River Basin and 87 percent of nortnal for the upper San Juan River <br />Basin. The forecast of Spring runoff for the April through July period into Navajo Reservoir is for 530,000 <br />acre-feet or about 69 percent of average. <br /> <br />Anyone needing further infortnation about the daily operations of Navajo Reservoir should contact Rege <br />Leach in the Durango Office at (970) 385-6500. <br />