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w ~ 00 N The FWS (~ish and Wildlife Service) activities are important to the implementation and progress of the CRWQIP. Five FWS offices a~e located in the Colorado River Basin. FWS provides guidance ~or replacing habitat potentially lost primarily through ~anal and lateral lining and onfarm programs. The USGS :(Geological Survey) Water Resources Division operates and maintains a network of 22 streamflow and water quality stations in the Colorado River drainage basin that are used in salinity program analysis. In addition to main- taining this hydrologic data network, the USGS has con- ducted, ahd continues to conduct, studies which have as objectives the analysis of temporal variations in salinity and definition of man's influence on salinity. The BLM (~ureau of Land Management) has identified salinity source ar~as on public lands. Effective management for sali- nity cont~ol, including structures, is recommended and imple- mented where appropriate. USDA invo~vement is provided primarily by the ASCS (Agriculthral Conservation and Stabilization Service) and the SCS (~oil Conservation Service). Working through the USDA Salinity Control Coordinating Committee and a designate~ USDA salinity control liaison officer, ASCS and SCS provi~e major program management leadership and overall program c~ordination with Reclamation. However, USDA agen- cies and title II onfarm salinity control programs are funded and implemented separately from Reclamation programs. USDA impl~mentation efforts are administered under existing program ahthorities. Financial assistance and landowner cost-shar~ funding are being provided through specific appropriation language for the ACP (Agricultural Conservation Program) within the ASCS. SCS funding for technical assistance and monitoring are not specifically appropriated, therefore, the agency must rely upon the existing tTA (Conservation Technical Assistance) support to implement:onfarm salinity control measures. The ARS (~gricultural Research Service), the Cooperative State Research $ervice, and the Extension Service also playa vital role in t~esalinity control program. The ARS conducts research ~n irrigation water and soil management and on water delivery system design and operational practices. The Extension:Service carries out educational programs to advise irrigator$ on water, soil, and crop management in saline areas. The major'EPA programs dealing with salinity control (Water Quality Standards, Water Quality Management Planning, and 9 .j . . . .' ~ :"')~. "!10 ':(.' '" :j; "