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<br />Price River Soil Conservation District <br />350 North 400 East <br />Price, Utah 84501 <br />(435) 637-0041 ext. 21 <br /> <br />o <br />..... <br />(C <br />o <br /> <br />August 16, 1999 <br /> <br />Jack Barnett, Executive Director <br />Colorado River Salinity Control Forum <br />106'West 500 South, Suite 101 <br />Bountiful, UI. 84010 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Barnett: <br /> <br />Subject: EQIP Funding <br /> <br />This letter is written in support of the findings of the Colorado River Salinity Control triennial review <br />report. The report detailed the progress of the Forum in implementing salinity control practices within <br />the Colorado River Basin. Our organization fully supports the adoption and application of programs of <br />the Bureau of Reclamation, and USDA programs, and ba,sin states cost sharing programs have benefited <br />millions of downstream water users of the Colorado River. but there is much more work left to be <br />accomplished to reduce salinity levels. <br /> <br />Our organization supports acceleration of the salinity control programs, especially in gelling tile USDA <br />portion of the program to adequate funding levels of twelve million dollars per year from the EQIP <br />program. Local producers are ready, willing and able to install salinity control practices, if adequate <br />financial and technical assistance is available. It will take a strong USDA funding commitment to keep <br />up the progress made by tile Forum to date, and in the future to meet the water quality criteria for the <br />lower basin states. <br /> <br />Sincerely, ~ <br /> <br />~e57 <br /> <br />Lyle Bryner <br />Chairman, Price River Soil Conservation District <br /> <br />26 <br />