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<br />o< turned to the Grand V alley Water
<br />Users Association a contract con-
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<br />"forth among government offices for
<br />months. It concerns how the associ-
<br />ation will maintain and operate the
<br />HighlineCanal and lateral ditches af;
<br />ter they. have been improved to re-
<br />'.. duce the salinity of water returning to
<br />the Colorado River.
<br />The canal will be lined with con.
<br />\) crete, a~d th.e laterals. taking wat~r to
<br />\& farms will either be imed or put mto
<br />C" pipelines, The bureau is preparing an environ-
<br />~.~ . Constf!1ction of a field st~tion.w.ill mental statement on proposed en- -~..._.-
<br />.:'J be the first work under the sahmty foreement of a 1902 reclamation law's - A twin program of on-farm improve- ... .. '.
<br />.; project. '., provisions regarding how many acres ments is starting this spring, This is a.:. ,:.. '.' .:>:.
<br />f First ,,:ork on the calial and laterals may receive water from a federal proj- cost.sharing project involving the Soil
<br />'.J will be m the Reed Wash area be- ect, and the Economics, statistics and Conservation Service,' Agriculture
<br />,. tween Fruita and Lom_in the lower Cooperative Services of the U.S. De- Stabilization and Conservation Serv-
<br />'''>. valley. Construction will ,move to partmentof AgricUlt.ureis conductiljg ice and .tlle Farmers Home Adminis-
<br />1 otllerarea. S. and other. canal systems the. survey. The. Colorado Crop arid tratioll. The "On.farm improvements
<br />:jlater under other contraets.. - Livestock Service will put the data may also extend more'than a decade. '
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<br />There will also be a presentation on
<br />a land tenure survey for tbe gravity di-
<br />visi"On of the Grand Valley Project
<br />west of Grand Junction. About half of
<br />the farmers will be contacted during
<br />the survey.
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<br />from questionnaires into computers.
<br />Names and address will be deleted.
<br />Paul Calder, Boyd Holt and John
<br />Keys will represent the bureau for the
<br />salinity presentation, Dave Shuey will
<br />talk about the land tenur survey, Keys
<br />and Shuey are from Denver.
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<br />The purpose of the survey .is to
<br />gather jnfol"ll!ation on quantity of
<br />land owned or leased, ownership and
<br />operations arrangements, residency
<br />~11!1 nature of farm operations.
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<br />Construction work on the salinity
<br />control is several years behind sched-
<br />ule.Because part 'of the work must lie
<br />done when farmers are not irrigating,
<br />the work may extend over a decade.
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