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Virain River Cooperative River Basin StudY No additional actions. NEW MEXICO: Lower Colorado Basin WYOMING: ~IZONA: Work on the Little Colorado River Basin Report continues. A Flooding Working Paper has been completed. Working papers on Fish and Wildlife. M& I Water Supply and Rural Domestic and Livestock Water Supply are in draft stage. Assistance was provided in Grant and Catron Counties under Section .216. Emergency Watershed Protection. Green River Basin The printing of the main report for the USDA Green River Basin Cooperative Study has been completed. Copies of the report have been distributed to State and Federal agendes, environmenta._ groups, local organizations, and interested individuals. Meeting~ have been held in the Basin to discuss the findings of the study. Bia Sandy Salinity StudY Work on the Big Sandy Salinity Study has centered around the formulation and presentation of alternative plans for reduction of salinity to the Colorado River System. Alternatives proposed have ranged from the installation of on-farm measures to improve irrigation efficiencies to possible irrigation retire- ment and/or total buyout of the area. All of the alernatives have been discussed with the local-coordinat1ng committee and with State and Federal agencies. Two public meetings have been held with a decision made to develop a composite alternative showing the results of the coord1nating committee's questionnaire of local desires. The SCS is presently preparing a draft report that will display all alternatives considered. WATERSHED PLANNING Cottonwood Wash Watershed The Navajo County Parks and Recreat:l.on Staff is collecUng some basic data necessary to make evaluations of recreation supply and demand in the project areas. The Silver Creek Flood Control District is working with the Navajo County Boa~d of Supervisors to obta1n a stronger statement of sponsorship for recreation storage 1n the reservoir. c.,.18