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<br />~: ":;:~, ','.--:';" -- <br /> <br />ooonrt <br /> <br />1994 ANNUAL REPORT <br /> <br />. emphasis to a quickened pace of project implementation. However, this has not been realized <br />due to the inability of BLM to obtain sufficient appropriations to meet project implementation <br />funding needs. The Council is concerned that tracking, funding and expenditures has become <br />more difficult as the BLM continues moving towards an ecosystem approach. It is equally <br />important that the quantity of salt removed can be and is computed. The Council has <br />considerable concerns about how salt removal is being and will be quantified and thus how cost- <br />effectiveness will be determined. If under their ecosystem approach BLM is unable to commit <br />to specific quantities and schedules for salt removal, the Council would have to recommend to <br />the Forum that they reduce the role of the BLM program from the Plan of Implementation their <br />upcoming 1996 Review. The Council recommends that the BLM continue to work with the <br />Forum's Work Group in resolving these issues. Also, the Council recommends that BLM <br />continue efforts to identify flowing saline wells and to designate funds for plugging the same. <br /> <br />u.s. Geological Survey <br /> <br />. The Council commends the USGS for its coordination and support role in salinity control <br />activities. It is a federal obligation to provide the hydrologic and water quality data and <br />interpretive studies required to carry out the objectives and ascertain the progress being made <br />by the salinity control program. The USGS plays a key role in providing and interpreting <br />salinity data. The Council urges the USGS to continue the operation of necessary water quality <br />and quantity monitoring stations, many of which are cost-shared with the Basin states and other <br />Federal agencies as are funded solely by the USGS. <br /> <br />The Council urges the USGS to continue to concentrate on its traditional role of <br />maintaining the long-term historic record of water quality and quantity at its existing network <br />of gage sites in the basin. Furthermore, the Council hopes the continuation of these efforts is <br />not compromised by the undertaking of new costly water-quality study initiatives. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ADVISORY COUNCIL <br /> <br />4 <br />