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<br />proper watershed management. <br /> <br />3. Watershed management activities will complement <br /> <br />~ watershed planning. <br />~ <br />....J Watershed treatments have been implemented in a small <br />....'" <br />portion of the Leach Creek drainage near Grand Junction, <br /> <br />Colorado, in FY 1983. Leach Creek is one area identified for <br /> <br />salinity control in the Grand Junction area Report. Approxi- <br /> <br />mately 100 acres of the watershed will be treated through <br /> <br />construction of a series of small check dams and retention <br /> <br />reservoirs. The treatment area consists of steep badlands <br />with erosion rates of approximately 9 tons/acre, with a salt <br />content of approximately 3 percent. When implemented 880 <br />tons of sediment and 22.5 tons of salt per year should be <br /> <br />controlled. Similar areas within Leach Creek are scheduled <br /> <br />for treatment in the future. <br /> <br />In addition to the above, the BLM is sponsoring a pro- <br /> <br />ject entitled "Modeling of Surface Mining on DissolvedSolids <br /> <br />in the Yampa River" and is being conducted by the U.S. <br /> <br />Geological Survey. The objectives of this project are to <br />identify and calibrate the relationship of existing dissolved <br /> <br />solids with discharge for the tributary system of the Yampa <br />River above Maybell, COlorado, and to assess through model <br />simulation, the potential increases in dissolved solids of <br /> <br />streams as a result of increasing levels of mining. This <br /> <br />project is scheduled for completion in FY 1984. <br />Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) <br /> <br />This is the first time the Forum has included a discus- <br /> <br />-26- <br />