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<br />~ ~" <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />l\) <br />ao <br />~ <br />o <br /> <br />The Colorado River Salinity Control Program (CRSC) is authorized by Section 202(c) of <br />Title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974, as amended <br />(43 U.S,C, 1592). <br /> <br />The CRSC provides financial and technical assistance to identify salt source areas in the <br />Colorado River Basin; to install conservation practices to reduce salinity levels in the <br />Colorado River; to carry out research, education, and demonstration activities and <br />monitoring and evaluation activities, <br /> <br />The CRSC is authorized in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, <br />New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, However, Salinity Reduction Practices (SRP's) have <br />only been installed in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, The program will be expanded to <br />include the other States in future years, The program applies to lands that are in an <br />identified salt source area, privately owned or controlled land, Indian tribal land, <br />irrigation district or company land, and State and local government land, <br /> <br />The CRSC is administered cooperatively by the Agricultural Stabilization and <br />Conservation Service (ASCS), Extension Service (ES), and the Soil Conservation Service <br />(SCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Technical assistance is provided by the <br />SCS and the ES. <br /> <br />Other agencies involved in the CRSC are: The Agricultural Research Service, <br />Cooperative State Research Service, Farmers Home Administration, Bureau of <br />Reclamation, and Fish and Wildlife agencies, Applicants may obtain further information <br />from any of these agencies. <br /> <br />This summary contains the National and State data for all practice payments made <br />during the 1992 fiscal year and cumulative data from 1987 through 1992, <br /> <br />This program is conducted on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, <br />religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, or disability. <br /> <br />United States Department of Agriculture <br />Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service <br /> <br />April 1993 <br /> <br />}~.,; 'g <br />