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<br />thing, and they are..100king for. the, ,best water management practices
<br />they can' put in. ;And they have been j~st terrific about not allowing
<br />this, or not allowing' that and making sure that you' put in. ,automated
<br />practices., They, have gone right down', the line and really done a .
<br />tremendous job.., So'we look for a lot of good 'progress 'in this.
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<br />We have Bob' Hals tead, State"Consel'Vati:onis,t", that. you, have; already'
<br />heard from. f Bob.- ", ," _. , , '1,' ,.',<)'. I",'
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<br />MR. HALSTEAD:: Mr.: Chainnan,.'first:,of, a:J:l,:1 have some,.remarks for
<br />yourc retiree. ":" ", ,. ", _ ,; '. I, , " ,; ,. '
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<br />All of ,your friends in the, SCS unit wish you ,the
<br />for your support of our programs over the years.
<br />tonight. About six months ago, we reserved Coors
<br />evening, and L think. itr,is a case, of free beer, or
<br />And r apologize. r'm.;no,t sure if this ,is reflective
<br />of our organization or not. (Laughter.)
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<br />best and thank you
<br />We have a'conflict
<br />Brewery for this
<br />joining you tonight.
<br />of "the: professionalism
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<br />MR. SPARKS: r think the choice is quite simple.
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<br />MR. HALSTEAD: We have enjoyed the,association.with:the board and with
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<br />Now, the other speakers have talked about Grand Valley and the on-farm
<br />portion of the program. The Bureau has mentioned their ,part, and I .
<br />will talk about the Soil Conservation Service and the USDA. I apologize
<br />for my voice. If it disappears, I have some backup here..
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<br />First, we are also, studying under Public Law 93-320. : That is, 17
<br />watersheds in the Colorado River'Basin and, the State of Colorado, that
<br />includes the McE1mo, Gunnison, and the Grand.
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<br />For just kind of an updating--the McE1mo, we are presently ,in the'
<br />preliminary stage there on the on-farm portion of the program, about
<br />44,000 acres. Preliminary indications show that most of..the salt load
<br />from McE1mo is coming from the on-farm type of practices.
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<br />We are completing the study in the Lower Gunnison and in the Gunnison, I
<br />and we' look at, 182,000 acres of, irrigated. agriculture. preliminary
<br />predications' are that there: are about 800,000: tons'.of salt, coming off
<br />that area; 270,000 tons contributing through man-made sources. We
<br />are now discussing a1ternative,treatments as far as the on-farm portion
<br />of the program., " '" ", ,
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<br />I might"point out that we, are ,looking at the'lde1ivery',systems in our
<br />package. ,We are' looking at alternative treatments that will run from
<br />$89 million to $108 million to solve that problem.
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