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BLM held watershed planning workshop ,... 00 A Bureau of Land Management 00 (BLM) workshop was held in Moab, ,... Utah, May 7.10,1990. At this workshop, BLM personnel received training on: . An interdisciplinary approach to comprehensive watershed planning. . Projecting salt reduction from land treatment and management prescription practices. Preparing a cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative practices. The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) presented its watershed planning procedures for rangelands. An interagency approach to projecting salt and sediment reduction and evaluating the most cost-effective practices resulted from this workshop. In addition, procedures were discussed for monitoring the effectiveness of salinity control practices, Participants included BLM repre- sentatives from the Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Denver Service Center J and Washington, DC, offices; the SCS Utah State Office; CoIorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum; and Utah Division of Water Resources. Grand Valley surge demonstration A cooperative surge demonstration project was initiated in the Grand Valley this summer. With funding from Reclamation and a formal agreement with the Department of AgricuIture's Cooperative Extension Service, more than 30 surge irrigation valves have been installed by local farmers. The salinity control benefits of these valves is being closely monitored. The program will be continued in 1991 with about 40 additional valves installed at that time. Personnel changes in the salinity control program Reclamation ACRM J. William McDonald has been named RecIamation's Assistant Commissioner for Resources Management. McDonald succeeds Bill E. Martin, who held this post until his retirement. McDonald is charged with pIanning and developing innovative, environ- mentally sound approaches to manag. ing water, land, and power~generating resources in the West, including responsibility for the Colorado River Salinity Program. Before joining Interior, McDonald served as the Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, a position he occupied since 1979. The board is Colorado's water resources planning and policy agency charged with protecting the State's interests and rights in interstate streams and rivers. In this position, McDonaId represented Colorado on the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum and Advisory Council. A native of Greeley, Colorado, McDonaId earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Colorado College, a law degree from the Univer- sity of Chicago, and a master's degree in natural resources from the U niver- sity of Michigan. He is a member of the Colorado Bar. He and his family reside in Denver, Colorado, BLM salinity coordinator named R. Keith Miller has been selected as the BLM Salinity Program Coordinator. He will be located in the Bureau of Reclamation office, along with Stan Gappa, Reclamation's coordinator, and Ken Pitney, the USDA coordinator. Keith is presently located in Phoenix, Arizona. Welcome, Keith; we're looking forward to work- ing with you, Forum Chairman D, Larry Anderson, Director of the Utah State Division of Water Resources, has been elected as the Chairman of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, replacing David Robbins. Mr. Robbins served in the capacity of Chairman for several years and has been a member of the group since April 1979. Mr. Anderson has been a member since April 1985. Assistant Regional Directors for Reclamation WaIt Fite and Rick Gold have been selected as Assistant Regional Directors in the Lower Colorado and Upper CoIorado Regions, respectively. These positions carry responsibility for salinity control. Fite and Gold bring with them considerable experience in the planning and development of salinity control projects. Colorado River Board of California director Gerald R. Zimmerman, former Executive Director of the Upper CoIorado River Commission, Salt Lake City, Utah, has been named Executive Director of the Colorado River Board of California.