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<br />'tr~'~'3l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BLM Accomplishments <br /> <br />New Mexico <br /> <br />BLM is continuing to work with the State of New Mexico to acquire funding for the plugging <br />of orphaned wells, A contract for plugging the Holloway Well in Jones Canyon should be <br />awarded by the end of the fiscal year. The Farmington District has initiated a quarterly water <br />quality monitoring program in the San Juan Basin, <br /> <br />Approximately 40 unlined pits associated with oil and gas development have been approved for <br />closure and an additional 210 are being reviewed for closure, While the pit closure program is <br />mainly aimed at protecting water resources from hydrocarbon pollutants, many pits also <br />contain saline produced water. The interagency investigation of the hydrology and salinity of <br />the Aneth project area continued for a fourth year. <br /> <br />This fiscal year, riparian and wetland inventories are being completed for Colorado River <br />tributaries, in order to determine the functioning condition of riparian areas, Watershed <br />improvements fontinue at the Pump Canyon demonstration project, where best management <br />practices (ripafian, grazing, oil, and gas rehabilitation) will be demonstrated and monitored, <br />New watershed projects were started along Palluche Wash to establish riparian vegetation, and <br />improve functioning condition, <br /> <br />Total Salinity Dollars Spent: $72,000 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Nevada <br /> <br />A study by Water Resources Division, USGS has been completed for BLM on the Las Vegas, <br />Meadow Valley and Pahranagat Washes and Muddy River. The BLM expects to receive a <br />report describing salinity source concentration and flows by the end of the fiscal year, In the <br />Meadow Valley Wash area, where high salt concentrations are expected, an improvement of an <br />old soil survey has been initiated, <br /> <br />Total Salinity Dollars Spent = $ 30,000 <br /> <br />Utah <br /> <br />The Vernal District implemented salinity controls by construction of six reservoirs, <br />rehabilitating 200 acres of Greenwood sales areas, and by plowing and seeding of 200 acres in <br />Big Wash, <br /> <br />The Richfield District reconstructed an earthen dike in Meadow Gulch, and the earthen dam at <br />Meadow Gulch Reservoir. Two silt-free reservoirs were also reconstructed in the headwaters <br />of Meadow Gulch, This maintenance requirement was created by high intensity rainfall, and <br />associated flooding. Also in Richfield, an initial salt and sediment yield map (in the form of a <br />geographic information system product) of the Birch Creek watershed, was prepared for <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />21 <br />