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<br />....... <br />OJ <br />o <br />o <br /> <br />funded the Colorado Water Conservation Board to do a study <br /> <br />of how to effectively consolidate private lateral <br /> <br />organizations into legal contracting entities. <br /> <br />Results from Stage One monitoring were evaluated and the <br /> <br />lining program is reducing salt as projected; therefore, <br /> <br />Reclamation is proceeding with construction of Stage Two. <br /> <br />t; USDA's off-farm lateral improvements for the project <br />1 (lO <br />~~ov\ ~~ include completing 36,4 miles of pipelines and 11,1 miles <br /> <br />~ of ditch lining, representing 25 percent of the overall <br /> <br />project goals, <br /> <br />Monitoring thus far has shown a reduction of over 47,000 <br /> <br />tons annually as a result of USDA efforts in the overall <br /> <br />Grand Valley area and Reclamation efforts in the Stage One <br /> <br />area, <br /> <br />Plans to provide for incidental wildlife habitat <br /> <br />replacement to compensate for losses resulting from the <br /> <br />program are proceeding concurrently with project <br /> <br />development, <br /> <br />Before initiation of salinity control activities, the <br /> <br />entire Grand Valley contributed an average of 580,000 tons <br /> <br />of salt annually to the Colorado River. Most of the salt <br /> <br />is leached from the soil and underlying marine shale by <br /> <br />13 <br />