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<br />w <br />o <br />i\j <br />,.....,. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br />Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 1996 <br /> <br />The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has cooperated with the Basin States and other federal <br />agencies over the past year in keeping with its continuing responsibilities mandated in the Fish and <br />Wildlife Coordination Act and Endangered Species Act. The FWS supports agency actions .to <br />control salinity and thereby protect water ql!ality that is so important to terrestrial and aquatic <br />wildlife in the Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />Reduced funding for salinity control programs in recent years has limited direct comment by the <br />FWS on specific projects and progrllms. Continuing areas of concernjnclude protection of <br />wetlands, concurrent and proportionate mitigation .of wildlife losses, and protection of endangered <br />fishes and their critical habitat in the Colorado River basin. Reclamation and the Bureau of Land <br />Management projects have fully addressed. these concerns to date. The Department of Agriculture, <br />with a policy of voluntary replacement of fish and wildlife losses, has not. The FWS will work <br />with the NRCS as they develop programs and projects under Environmental Qualitylncentives <br />Program (EQIP) to ensure protection of fish and wildlife resources in the basin. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />