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<br />A <br /> <br />determine the relationship between winter icing, fluctuating <br />releases and available winter habitat for endangered fish. <br /> <br />Water year 1997 is starting out to be very wet. Snowpack in the <br />Upper Green River Basins is currently 167 percent of normal and <br />snowpack in the Yampa River Basin is currently 161 percent of <br />normal (values as of 12/17/96). <br /> <br />Open forum discussions on Flaming Gorge operations have been <br />taking place at meetings of the "Flaming Gorge Working Group". A <br />Working Group meeting was held October 23 in Vernal, Ut. The <br />next Working Group meeting is scheduled for January 9 at 11 am in <br />Heber, Ut. For more information on the Working Group, contact <br />Ed Vidmar at 801-379-1000. <br /> <br />ASPINALL - November unregulated inflow into Blue Mesa was 38,800 <br />acre-feet or about 127 percent of average. <br /> <br />Current inflow into Blue Mesa is about 500 cfs. Releases from <br />Crystal Dam are about 1,300 cfs, leaving approximately the same <br />flow in the river. Crystal Reservoir releases are expected to <br />remain steady at the current level for the months of December <br />through February. <br /> <br />With a wetter than expected autumn, reservoir inflows have been <br />higher than normal. This has resulted in Blue Mesa Reservoir <br />retaining more of its storage than anticipated. The reservoir is <br />currently at elevation 7495.1 feet and should be at elevation <br />7492.2 feet by the end of December. The mountain snowpack for the <br />Gunnison River Drainage above Crystal is currently at 167 percent <br />of average. <br /> <br />The next operation meeting for the Aspinall Unit will be held on <br />January 13 and 14, 1997 at the USBR office in Grand Junction, <br />Colorado. Anyone needing further information about this meeting, <br />please contact Ed Warner in the Grand Junction Area Office at <br />(970). 248-0654. <br /> <br />NAVAJO - November unregulated inflow into Navajo Reservoir was <br />about 37,000 acre-feet or approximately 115 percent of average. <br /> <br />This month's inflow and precipitation marks the first in being <br />above average in many months. This past water year the San Juan <br />Basin experienged extremely low precipitation and runoff. <br /> <br />During the last few months winter storm systems have moved across <br />