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<br />..' -10[;2;)19 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WY"i <br />~~ <br /> <br />I. .._ ~ ... <br /> <br />Calif' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />GOVERNORS <br />110se Moflord, AZ <br />George Deukm'3Jlon. CA <br />POV Romer, CO <br />Rooert Miller, NV <br />Gafrey Carruthers. NM <br />Norman H. Bangerter. LIT <br />Mike Sullivan. WY <br />cORUM MEMBEllS <br /> <br />Arizona <br /> <br />III' nnQ Cortner <br />, urence Llnser <br />. old L Miller <br />Coli/ornlD <br />GerOld R Zimmerman <br />Wolter G, Pettit <br />Duane L Georgeson <br />Colorado <br />David W. Robbins <br />David W. Walker <br />J. David Holm <br />Nevada <br />Jack l Stonehocker <br />Lewl,) H DOOgion <br />Roland D Westergard <br />New MeXICO <br />Corl Slingerland <br />Utah <br />D. Lorry tI.ndersan <br />JoyB Pitkin <br />\Nyomlng <br />Gordon W Fassett <br />William l. Garland <br />Dan S Budd <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />_A Barneij <br /> <br />IT""\u'; OA' Flr~ <br />,. ,,"" <br />~ ~ ' <br />tA 5.D f+ <br /> <br />r_ <br /> <br />statement <br />of the <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL FORUM <br /> <br />before the <br />HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS <br />SUBCOMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, <br />AND RELATED AGENCIES <br /> <br />presented by <br />JACK A, BARNETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />March 14, 1990 <br /> <br />Supporting, in part, <br />President's 1992 budget <br />Salinity Control Program, <br />funds be appropriated. <br /> <br />funds requested in the <br />for the Colorado River <br />and asking that additional <br /> <br />Including: <br /> <br />1. Cost-sharing onfarm <br />salinity control <br />2, SCS for technical assistance, <br />monitoring, and evaluation <br />3. Information and education <br /> <br />$13,000,000 <br /> <br />$ 8,200,000 <br />$ 800,000 <br /> <br />$22,000,000 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />In fiscal year 1991 the Congress provided $14.78 <br />million for work associated with the Department of <br />Agriculture Colorado River Salinity Control Program. <br />The President requested that the same amount be <br />appropriated in FY 92. However, studies by the <br />Department of Agriculture and the Colorado River Basin <br />Salinity Control Forum conclude that $22,000,000 is <br />needed in FY 92; $24,1000,000 is needed in FY 93; and <br />$26,600,000 in FY 94 if water quality standards are <br />to be maintained on the Colorado River. <br /> <br />There is strong interest and active participation <br />by farmers in the five areas where the program has <br />been initiated. Even a stronger commitment by farmers <br />to implement salinity control measures in the future <br />is demonstrated by the large number of pending <br />applications for participation, Irrigators in the <br />Uinta Basin area of Utah, the Big Sandy area of <br />