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<br />...... <br />c') <br />o <br />c.;1 <br /> <br />Public Law 98-569. which amends Public Law 93-320. directed <br /> <br />the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive <br /> <br />program for minimizing salt contributions from lands <br /> <br />administered by BLM. <br /> <br />A task force <br /> <br />has developed an outline I <br />report. uJ'^-J {~r-c <br /> <br />and draft policy for the July 1987 <br /> <br />--"'" <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />Salinity control has been identified as a resource issue in <br /> <br />several resource management plans within the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin, <br /> <br />Through the planning system three activity plans <br /> <br />were developed in 1985 in which salinity control has been <br /> <br />identified as one of the objectives--two in Colorado and <br /> <br />one in Utah. <br /> <br />Geological Survey <br /> <br />In cooperation with State, local, and other Federal <br /> <br />agencies, the USGS-WRD (Water Resources Division) maintains <br /> <br />22 stations strictly for the analysis of salinity control <br /> <br />program benefits, <br /> <br />In addition, the Geological Survey <br /> <br />conducts hydrological assessments and maintains a much <br /> <br />larger hydrologic data network, <br /> <br />, <br />~hcJ- ~~ <br /> <br />Results of these s <br /> <br /> <br />and information from the data <br /> <br />networks form the basis for a better understanding of <br /> <br />salinity mechanisms. <br /> <br />As an integral part of the hydrologic <br /> <br />studies, the WRD has developed a data base to support site <br /> <br />18 <br />