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<br />When completed, implementation of the recommended plan will result in a 335,000 <br />ton per year reduction in salt loading, about a 52 percent reduction in the <br />annual 640,000 ton salt load delivered to the Colorado River from onfarm sources <br />in the Lower Gunnison Basin. Implementation of the recommended plan will <br />impact on 3,800 acres, or 10 percent, of the wetlands in the Lower Gunnisoq , '~ <br />Basin Unit. \\'\"J\ Q1ro (v-Nn\^' ,{t,{uVi\jlt <br /> <br />The conservation planning portion of implementation will be done on a wide <br />area basis to minimize adverse environmental effects of onfarm practices for <br />salinity control. Important wildlife and wetland areas will be identified and <br />evaluated within the impact area. Practices for protecting or enhancing impor- <br />tant wildlife or wetland areas will be identified and goals established for <br />protecting or enhancing these areas. <br /> <br />Further information concerning implementation authorities; level of funding; <br />staging; and recommendations for implementation are discussed in Section VI of <br />"Potential for On-farm Irrigation Improvements, Lower Gunnison Basin Unit <br />Salinity Control Study, C9lorado River Salinity Control Program," September 1981. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />1-2 <br /> <br />.' <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />