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<br />comprehensive salinity control program for all public lands <br />N administered by the BLM, continuation of land use and <br />.::.. <br />~ activity planning, project implementation, and basic data <br />collection in Sinbad Valley. <br />Public Law 98-569 directed the Secretary of the Interior <br />to develop a comprehensive program for minimizing salt <br />contributions from lands administered by the Bureau of Land <br /> <br />Management. <br /> <br />In response, a task force consisting of <br /> <br />representatives from each of the BLM offices in the seven <br /> <br />Basin States and the Denver Service Center developed an <br /> <br />outline and draft policy for the July 1987 report. <br /> <br /> <br />Salinity control has been identified as a resource issue <br /> <br />in several resource management plans within the Colorado <br />River Basin. Through the planning system three activity <br />plans were developed in 1985 in which salinity control has <br />been identified as one of the objectives. <br /> <br />BLM project implementation continued in 1985. Of <br /> <br />particular interest were the completion of Elephant Skin Wash <br /> <br />in Colorado and construction of three structures in Upper <br /> <br />Sagers Wash, Utah. <br /> <br />Elephant Skin Wash is a watershed <br /> <br />improvement project consisting of spreader dikes to reduce <br /> <br /> <br />sediment and salt load to the Uncompaghre River. Other <br /> <br />project work occurred in the Craig and Grand Junction <br />Districts, Colorado. project maintenance work was also <br />conducted on saline soils in the Virgin River drainage of <br /> <br />Arizona. <br /> <br />-14- <br />