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<br />~ <br />-.,J <br />en <br />w <br /> <br />importance to the overall salinity control effort supported <br /> <br />by the seven Basin states, the Bureau of Reclamation and <br /> <br />the Department of Agriculture. Through this joint effort, <br /> <br />it has been determined that more than 1,000,000 tons of <br /> <br />salt must be removed from the river each year by the turn <br /> <br />of the century in order to maintain the adopted numeric <br /> <br />criteria. <br /> <br />BLM is the largest land manager in the Basin and <br /> <br />a major contribution of salt to the river comes from BLM <br /> <br />managed lands. The salt load that is natural and that <br /> <br />which is man-induced must be determined by BLM. By failing <br /> <br />to quantify specific salt loads and achievable reductions, <br /> <br />the total salinity control effort may not be implemented in <br /> <br />the most cost-effective manner. The Council recommends <br /> <br />that BLM identify achievable salt load reductions and the <br /> <br />associated costs per ton of those reductions. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) <br /> <br />The Council supports the continued coordination <br /> <br />between FWS, Reclamation, USDA, and appreciates the efforts <br /> <br />made by the FWS in addressing the Council's concerns. <br /> <br />The Council accepts the offer of the Fish and ~ildlife <br /> <br />Service to meet with the Forum's Work Group to explain the <br /> <br />FWS mitigation policy and to clarify any misunderstanding <br /> <br />concerning FWS activities as related to Colorado River <br /> <br />Salinity Control. <br /> <br />-13- <br /> <br />i. <br /> <br />, ",../ <br />