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Releases from cr.l are currently 650 cf4nd there are no diversions through the Gunnison tunnel. The storage at Blue Mesa at the end of December was 579,300 at elevation 7489.77. This was 0.23 feet under the target elevation of 7490. Releases are expected to be in the 650 to 1,000 cfs range throughout the winter months. During the Aspinall Operation meeting to be held April 19th at 12:30 pm. in Grand Junction, Colorado, a plan for the spring and summer release pattern will be developed. NAVAJO - January inflow into Navajo were slightly below normal (90 percent), and precipitation was well above average (130 percent). The snowpack in the San Juan Basin is currently about 112 percent of average. Since water year 1994 was a very close to a normal year in the San Juan Basin, there are no lingering effects and the spring runoff is expected to be above average ( 114 percent) Releases from Navajo are currently 500 cfs and are expected to remain in this range throughout the winter months, as agreed at the joint biOlogical/operations committees meeting. The releases from Navajo during the spring and summer months will be set during an operation committee meeting to be held in April. The exact date of the meeting will be set in the next couple of weeks. GLEN CANYON - Inflow was slightly below average during January (93 percent) and precipitation was slightly above average at 102 percent. CUrrently the snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin is 92 percent of average and the most probable spring runoff for 1995 is expected to be 89 percent of average. Lake Powell lost 1,018,000 acre-feet of storage this last year. Additionally, no equalization releases would be required in water year 1995 under the most probable inflow condition. Releases from Glen Canyon will continue to be made under the interim flow restrictions.