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<br />, ::~ <br /> <br />:{ <br /> <br />o <br />(;Q <br />.:::. <br />(j) <br /> <br />United States Department of Agriculture <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program <br />Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 1998 <br /> <br /> <br />The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives <br />Program .cQnsisting of Colorado River Basin salinity control activities is administered through <br />the cooperative efforts of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Farm <br />Service Agency (FSA) and the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service <br />(CSREES). <br /> <br />Funding <br /> <br />In fiscal year 1998, $3.6 million was allocated to salinity control activities under the USDA <br />Environme!1tal Quality Incentives Program. These funds were used for cost-sharing, technical <br />assistance and education assistance activities. <br /> <br />Status of Implementation <br /> <br />Fiscal year 1998 is the second year of implementation of the Environmental Quality Incentives <br />Program. EQIP funds for salinity control activities were allocated to existing salinity control <br />project areas from the Colorado River Salinity Control program. The number of actual <br />contracts approved and the amount of funds obligated to these contracts is not available as this <br />report was prepared prior to the end of fiscal year 1998. These numbers along with cumulative <br />salt reduction numbers will be available in early fiscal year 1999. <br /> <br />Grand Valley, Colorado <br /> <br />Implementation has been underway in this unit since 1979. The application of salinity control <br />and wildlife habitat replacement practices continues. Farmers are installing underground <br />pipelines, gated pipe, concrete lined ditches, land leveling, and a variety of other practices. <br /> <br />The installation of surge irrigation systems continues to increase, The surge units provide the <br />participant~ with the capability of performing fertigation, which involves applying liquid <br />nitrogen fejtilizer during the soak stage of irrigation. Acceptance of this practice is an <br />additional incentive for farmers to install surge systems. <br /> <br />Lower Gunnison Basin, Colorado <br /> <br />This is the largest of the USDA salinity control units and is located in Delta and Montrose <br />counties. Implementation was initiated in 1988 in this unit. <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />" <br />"( <br /> <br />The application of salinity reduction and wildlife habitat replacement practices continue to be an <br />integral part of the implementation of Lower Gunnison unit. The major practices are <br />underground pipelines, ditch lining, land leveling, irrigation water control structures, gated <br />pipe, sprinkler and surge irrigation systems. <br /> <br />-"1 <br />, <br />~j <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />'j <br />!'1 <br /> <br />1 <br />~ <br /> <br />.' <br />j <br /> <br />:-J- ~J, <br /> <br />- ~-Ik~,J:" i', " ," <br /> <br />