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. n ~.; "..1 ')C' ULc.;~...U ~ ~~~ United States \ A j Department 01 Agriculture Soli Conservation Service 240 W. Highway 40 (333-4) Roosevelt, UT 84066 S..blecl' LTP - Annexation of Lands to the Uintah Basin Salinity Control Project Dal. Ma rch 28, 1988 TO. Francis T. Holt State Conservationist Soil Conservation Service P . O. Box 113 50 Salt Lake City, UT 84147-0350 Fil.'-: 300-11 In answer to a request received from Ernest M. Weber, Chairman of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Work Group, I submit the following information regarding the expansion of the Uintah Basin Salinity Control Unit. Recently, we received a contact from Representative Howard Nielson's office requesting information on the proposed annexation. Representative Beverly Evans has also been in to see me. She indicated that she plans to meet with Howard Nielson to develop a strategy for area annexation. Since there has been considerable pressure to annex the area (Duchesne and Uintah Counties), I thought it best to include all of the areas that are now being farmed that are not included in the Salinity Project. Only a small portion (eight percent) of irrigated lands in the Uinta Basin lie outside of the approve~ Colorado River Salinity Control Project. These lands are found in four general locations. The Tabiona/Hanna, Fruitland (including Red Creek and Currant Creek), and Strawberry River areas are found in western Duchesne County, approximately 20 miles west and northwest of the community of.Duchesne. The fourth area is found in eastern and southern Uintah County along the Green River. DESCRIPTION OF AREAS -- Green River -- Uintah County: Approximately 19 individuals irrigate an estimated 5,766 acres along the Green River from Dinosaur National Monument south to the White River just below Ouray. Crops grown along the Green River include alfalfa, corn, small grains, and pasture. An estimated 1,914 acres of the total 5,766 acres have already been treated with pivot and wheeline sprinklers. The remaining 3.,852 acres need i~proved irrigation systems applied to the land. Estimated salt load reduction from tre~tment of the 3,852 acres is 3,577 tons annually. .' \~J (j The Soil eonse'v,~:on Sllf"lce il .n 'i.ncy 0111\. ~ Unll~11 St.let D..'!p..rtm,nt 01 Aorlcullur.