WSP04411

• File Number: 8273.600
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Federal Agencies - USDA
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 4/23/1991
• Title: Colorado River Salinity Control Program - Lower Gunnison No 2 - Delta County
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

F. CClor-dirlaticln

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1. Local Coor-dinati<:,rr Gt-oup:(LCG)

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Local coordination :3roups have been organized both in Delta
and Montt-ose counties with a =.u~lpi)t~tive r-(rle in the salinity Pt-09t-am. The
g'-oups wi II keep all agenc i es an,j ,)the..-s at..-east of what is be i ng
accorn~llished in the salinity Pt-(<'3t-arn within r"espective counties. One
meet~ng a year wi I I be devoted to evaluatins/assessing the previous yearls
accomplishrnents and settins goals, budgets and pt-iorities for- the cC1rning
five yea..-s conce..-ning the on-farm prog..-am. Meetings wi I I be held qua..-terly
one week befo..-e the LSCC meeting.

2. Local Salinity (:oot-dinating Committee:(LSCCl

The local salinit.)"-, cl)or"dinating committee has been organized
by combining the two local coor-dlnation gr-oups and all other- agencies and
(Ithet"s involved in over-all sal irll ty pt-I)grarn. This committee wi II 'meet to
consolidate the LCGls activitie5 =:t.rld t-epor-ts concerning the I)verall.
function of the Lowet- Gurlnison Sa.llrtity F't-I,)gt"am. Meetings wi II be held on
the first Thursday of the quarter.

3. The U.S. Fish e: v.~lldl ife Set~vice and the Color-ado'Divisi,)n
.of Wildlife at-e coo..-dinating with the LSCC on all monito,-ing and structu,-al
implementations whe....e wetlands a.nd/,)t~ wildlife habitat may be invcllved.

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4. See attachment #5 f,)r the respective mernbership of the above

cormni ttee.

G. Assistance to MinoritiEs. Women, and Limited Resource Farmers:

1. The local news rnQdl:a. wi I
the public as possible witl be I.et..\.ched.

be used to insure that as much of

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are aware of the program.

3.' A tracking system 1,.Ji I' be developed tl) allow for monitoring'
the effectiveness of the infor-matl0nal program and participation in t~le
sa.linity pt-og....arn. 101 applicati(,ns have beer. taken, of which 2 (2;~) at-e
for Women/minorities.

4. Provide infot-mation on what organizations might be a source
of f inane i al ass i stance to I imi ted t-eS(IUt-Ce fa.rrner-s and the set-vi ces tt-Iat
SCS can provide.

5. The morlitor"irr3 effot-ts will include this gt"I)UP to insut"e
~hat they can see the results firs~ hand and be a source of information
dissemination for the program ~nd it"rigation water management.

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