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<br />w <br />(.) <br />" <br />c.) <br /> <br />CURRENT fiLM ACTIONS TO MINI:\lIZE SALINITY <br /> <br />Controlling salinity in surface runoff from public lands is closely related to controlling <br />surface runoff and sediment yield. Vegetation cover is usually the most important <br />management variable influencing runoff and erosion rates on rangelands. <br /> <br />Therefore, vegetation management, either indirectly through the design and implementation <br />of activity plans or directly through vegetation manipulation, is an important erosion and <br />salinity control technique. However, on the most highly saline public lands, maximum <br />potential cover is often too low to provide meaningful control of surface runoff and <br />erosion. In these areas, stipulating surface occupancy is the best salinity control technique. <br />and thus. maintains natural watershed processes. <br /> <br />Proper land use, with objectives for increasing ground cover, stabilizing stream banks, <br />controlling accelerated gully erosion, and minimizing surface disturbing activities, is the <br />Bu.rs preferred method of achieving salinity control. Rangeland management, energy <br />and minerals management, and recreation management have the greatest potential for <br />effective salinity control on public lands. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />Salinity rwwffmonirorinf: project on mancos shale near Meeker, Colorado. <br /> <br />II <br />