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<br />003103 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 5 - <br /> <br />with moderate success by some ranchers. Perhaps this pasture <br /> <br /> <br />crop might well be adapted to greater use and as a replacement <br /> <br /> <br />beneficial vegetation with proper soil and water management <br />techniques. Information concerning the relative amounts of <br /> <br /> <br />water use by saltgrass and nonbeneficial types of phreatophytes <br /> <br /> <br />would be pertinent data for economic analysis of control <br /> <br /> <br />measures. <br /> <br /> <br />Before any definite recommendations can be made as to the <br /> <br /> <br />control of phreatophytes in Colorado, an investigation is <br /> <br /> <br />needed to obtain data applicable to the local soil, water, and <br /> <br /> <br />climatic conditions. Outlined below are specific items which <br /> <br /> <br />need study. Because the items involve several scientific <br /> <br />fields, a cooperative effort with Federal and State agencies <br /> <br /> <br />is highly desired. This is not unprecedented as evidenced by <br /> <br /> <br />the recently initiated investigations along the Humboldt River <br /> <br /> <br />in Nevada, which Mr. L. R. Kuiper, Chief Engineer of the Colo- <br /> <br /> <br />rado Water Conservation Board, had occasion to visit recently <br /> <br /> <br />as the Colorado member of the Inter-agency Subcommittee on <br /> <br />phreatophytes. Here the lSlevada State Department of Conserva- <br /> <br />tion and Natural Resources has joined with several Federal, <br /> <br />State, and local agencies to study and evaluate the phreato- <br /> <br />phyte problem in that area. Each agency supplies as many re- <br /> <br />sources as possible to work on various phases of the overall <br /> <br />,ii, _:i <br />