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<br />...". <br /> <br />000 <br /> <br /> <br />I ' <br /> <br /> <br />CoIOSCt<Ig <br /> <br />University <br /> <br />Cooperative Extension <br />Colorado State University <br />Southeast Region <br /> <br />February 2, 2000 <br /> <br />Reply to: 411 North 10th Street <br />Rocky Ford, CO 61067 <br />valliant@coop.ext.colostate.edu <br />(719) 254-7608 <br /> <br />Salinity, Limited Irrigation and More Efficient Forage Use <br />Highlight Holly BMP Workshop <br /> <br />A Best Management Practices (BMPs) Workshop will be held in conjunction with the <br /> <br />Annual Meeting of the Northeast Prowers Soil Conservation District on Tuesday, February 29, <br /> <br />2000 in the Saint Frances Catholic Church Hall in Holly, Colorado. The Workshop will begin <br /> <br />with registration and refreshments from 9:00 to 9:30 am. <br /> <br />Jim VaJliant. regional irri~ation specialist for Colorado State University Cooperative <br /> <br />Extension, will report on BMPs work being done with cooperators in the District with PAM, <br /> <br />salinity-mapping-monitoring, center pivot draglines and surge irrigation. Tim Gates. CSU Civil <br /> <br />Engineering. will discuss results on Water Logging and Salinity Problems in the Arkansas River <br /> <br />Valley, Otero and Bent counties. He will show results from over 70 observation wells located <br /> <br />from Manzanolll into western Bent County as well as river water sampling <br /> <br />and from soil tests and salinity mapping on numerous fields. <br /> <br />Luis Garcia. CSU Extension Agricultural En~ineer, will report on <br /> <br />:~ <br /> <br />!7~~ <br /> <br />Field Scale Monitoring of Salinity in the Arkansas River Valley in Otero <br /> <br />and Prowers counties. Luis worked with Cory Thompson on drainage <br /> <br />Colorado State University. U.s. Department of Agriculture and Prowers, Baca. Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa and Otero <br />Counties cooperating. Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. <br />