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<br />~, <br />(}) <br />1...'(. <br />~, <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado River Basm Salin/tv Control Pro ram <br /> <br />Colorado- The BL~1 In Colorado contlnues to employ grazmg and vegetative management <br />techniques. prescribed bums and off-road \ehlCle restrlCtlons as a means of improving ground <br />co\er and reducmg erosion. Between ~ and 5 thousand acres were burned in prescribed fires in <br />FY98 and another 1.200 acres of vegetatlon v.ere thmned 10 help establish better native grass <br />balances with ".,oody species. <br /> <br />The BL~1 In Colorado estimates that sail savings for \egetatj\'e management activities. <br />remtroduCtlon of fire. off-highway vehicle management. road mamtenance. wlld horse removals. <br />watershed muClUres bemg bUIlt and mamtamed. etc.. to be in excess of 8.350 1005. These savings <br />eSllmates could foresecabl)' Increase as projects mature from the time of implementation. Also. sail <br />reductions can temporarily decrease right after initial disrurbance when implementing some <br />treatments. Decreases can also occur If maintenance is neglected or If storm events cause some <br />structures. roads. etc. to be subjected to tlooding and failure. <br /> <br />The BL~1 in Colorado also continued to participate m the Sational Resource Im-entory pilot test, <br />""hich has only recenlly broadened Its focus from private lands to include public lands. The <br />Satlonal Resource Im-entory is a cooperatIve effon to gather data on land cover and use. soil <br />erosIon. ""etlands. and other characteristics thai may bear on future effons to reduce sail nil)' . A <br />15.300+acre ecological Slle lO\enlOry ""as completed in the Grand Junction Resource Area. <br /> <br />The BL~1 office In Grand Junction a""arded J contract late in the fiscal ~ear that Will al1o"" (he <br />construction of 4 p..)nds and installation of 15 ""atershed struCNres in the Grand Valley durlOg the <br />fir~t quarter of FY99 Some road closures ha\'e peen accomplished under an approved trasel <br />managemem plan <br /> <br />\VllhlO the CraIg: DIstrICt. an inlllative to reduce the Te:\3s Creek wild horse herd was <br />accompllshed and J. watershed IOvemoT)' for Red Wash Creek will be completed. In the Lillie <br />Snake Resource Area. a contract "'as awarded for mamtenance of the Duffy ~1ountain Access <br />Road. Through cos.t sharing. S~5.000 earma.rked for salinity comrol will be leveraged to <br />S 100.000 <br /> <br />Se\ada-During FY98. an esnmated 1010 15 IOns per ~ear m salt savings was achieved in <br />Se\'Jda. primarily through grazmg restrlctions. vegetative management aCllviues. and burro <br />removals <br /> <br />In the Las Vegas D1StrlCt. one detenllon basin was completed in FY98, which brings the tOlal <br />completed to d,lte 10 21. under the 199\ Clark Coumy Flood Contra] ~1aster Plan. Allhough the <br />primaT)' ol)jecthe of these faclhlles is to minimize the loss of life and propen)", there is also an <br />undetermmed reductlon in dissolved solids emering (he Las Vegas Wash and Lake ~1ead. <br /> <br />The Appropriate ~tanagemem Level established in FY95 for wild burros has been achieved for Ihe <br />Gold Bune Herd ~tanagemenl Area. Burro have been remo..-ed in cooperation with (he BL~t <br />Yuma DIstrict. Arizona. the past few years. Some reduction in salt loading to Lake ~tead is <br />anticipated. <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />