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<br />OGJ713 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />USDA Accomplishments <br /> <br />Booths with information on the salinity program were set up at the county fair. A Lower <br />Gunnison media tour was held in July to inform the media of the value and contributions of <br />the salinity program to the project area. Approximately 100 people attended which included <br />congressional and state government representation. The attendees visited completed salinity <br />control practices, which included surge irrigation, subsurface irrigation and various irrigation <br />systems used in the orchards. <br /> <br />Uinta Basin, Utah <br /> <br />Implementation began in this unit in 1980. During 1994, 121 new contracts were approved in <br />the two counties for a total of 1,621 CRSC contracts and ACP salinity/long-term agreements <br />since the program began, There are 141 applications pending approval, <br /> <br />Planning of new contracts exceeded available FY -94 funds, There are over 30 new contracts <br />planned and thJough the approval process, Cost share estimates for these contracts exceed <br />$800,000, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The rate of applying salinity reduction and wildlife habitat replacement practices continues to <br />increase, The major practices installed are sprinkler irrigation systems, improved surface <br />systems, underground pipelines and gated pipe, In this area, a large number of groups are <br />replacing earthen laterals with pipelines to provide gravity pressure for onfarm sprinkler <br />systems, Thirteen center pivot systems were installed in 1994, <br /> <br />Demonstration plot activities continued on Ute Indian Tribal land to: illustrate the benefits of <br />sprinkler irrigation; teach principles of irrigation scheduling; and provide data on crop <br />variations, yields, and costs to determine fair market lease agreements, Special emphasis is <br />being placed on working with individual farmers on principles of irrigation water management. <br /> <br />Follow-up continues on the action items developed to address the concerns identified during <br />the August 1993 wildlife habitat field review, <br /> <br />The project hosted the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum and Work Group <br />meetings in mid-May. Forum and Work Group members, local cooperators and other <br />interested"parties toured the project to review salinity program activities, Other agencies and <br />small groups also toured the Basin during the year to examine salinity activities in the project. <br /> <br />McElmo Creek, Colorado <br /> <br />Implementation was initiated in this unit in 1990, In 1994, 39 new contracts were approved <br />for a total of 177 contracts, There are 190 applications pending approval. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br />