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<br />LOWER GUNNISON #2-DELTA COUNTY <br /> <br />\s) <br /> <br />t.l,) <br />N <br />00 <br />0) <br /> <br />PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN <br /> <br />I. Objectives <br /> <br />A. To reduce deep percolation from irrigated fields by 14,000 acre- <br />feet, seepage from on-farm earthen ditches by 10,000 acre-feet and seepage <br />from off-farm earthen laterals tlY ~,50(1 acre-feet. These are annual <br />reduction goals. <br /> <br />B. To reduce on-farm/off-farm salt loading by 104,700 tons/year <br />(94,230 torrS On-Farm & 10,470 tons Off-Farm) by the end of the projected 20 <br />yea~- appl ication of the progt-am. <br /> <br />(:. To minimize adverse effE'ct I)f salinity c,=lfltro! pt-actices .:.n '..Jet/and <br />and w; Idl ife habitat by identify;r,:, opp('rtunities that. wi II '"eplace <br />wi Idl ife values fOt"gone. <br /> <br />II. PLANNING ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />A. On-farm and Off-farm <br /> <br />{:~:~;, <br /> <br />total <br />It is <br /> <br />1. There has been orle s13rl-UP period for Delta County #2. A <br />of 101 appl ica.tions for ~3a.lt Reduction Plans t-.ave been r-eceived. <br />not expected that any c.ontt"acts wi I I be implemented during FY-91. <br /> <br />z. Planning actjvities at"e proceeding according to the <br />estat, I i shed pr i (,t- i ty system. It 15 est imated the f i '-st cor,t,-act wi II be <br />si-8ned in May 19S'Jl and appro;.:irnati?ly 7 contracts wi II .be si3ned allocating <br />the entire $300,000.00 designated for Area #2. <br /> <br />:3. No off-far-rn activity '.-Jithin BOR responsibility unti.1 further- <br />deterrn i nat i on by E:OR. Off-fat"rn needs outs i de BOR t-espons i b i I j ty wi J I be <br />considet-ed for- applicati,')n. <br /> <br />4. T~lree par-t conset-vation treatment plans wi I I be developed; <br />impr-oved management, str-uctur-al pt~actices, and wildlife development. <br />Marlagement irlcludes IWM arid corlset"vatlon cropping systems. Structural <br />pr-actices l.Nill irlclude pt"actices lIsted on Natir)nal Pt-actice List fl)t- <br />Cc.lor"ado Rivet- Sal inity F'r-ogt~a.m. <br /> <br />1. <br />