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<br />a U;ntah County SoU Conservat;on D;str;ct <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />August 23, 1999 ~ 475 W. 100 N, . VERNAL. UT 84078 <br /> <br /><:) <br />..... Jack Barnett, Executive Director <br />CO Colorado River Salinity Control Forum <br />00 106 West 500 South, Suite 101 <br />Bountiful, UT 84010 <br /> <br />To the Colorado River Salinity Control Forum: <br /> <br />This letter is written in support of the findings of the Colorado River Salinity Control <br />triennial review report. The report detailed the progress of the Forum in implementing <br />salinity control practices within the Colorado River Basin. Out organization fully supports <br />the adoption and application of salinity control practices within our watershed areas. <br />The salinity control programs of the Bureau of Reclamation, and USDA programs and <br />basin states cost sharing programs have benefited millions of downstream water users <br />of the Colorado River, but there is still much more work needed to reduce salinity to <br />acceptable levels. <br /> <br />The Uintah County Soil Conservation District supports acceleration of the salinity control <br />programs, especially in getting the USDA portion of the program to adequate funding <br />levels of twelve million dollars per year from the EQIP program. Local producers are <br />ready, willing and able to install salinity control practices, if adequate financial and <br />technical assistance is available. <br /> <br />It will take a strong USDA funding commitment to keep up the progress made by the <br />Forum to date, and in the future to meet the water quality criteria for lower basin states <br />and to complete the goals set for salt savings from the Uintah Basin into the Colorado <br />River. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />UINTAH COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br />~erkley, hairman <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br /> <br />Gilbert Brough, Vice Chairman <br /> <br /># - -1- ;:;r /~ <br /> <br />Bill Rasmussen, Secretary Treasurer <br />~.d/ R<Wm~ <br /> <br />Merlin McKee, Member <br />11~' 'J11r(o.<< <br /> <br />Cloyd Harrison, Member . <br />~p/~ <br /> <br />co <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />lENT <br />