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<br />BLM held wa~ershed planning workshop
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<br />A Bureau of Land M~agement
<br />(BLM) workshop was h . d in Moab,
<br />Utah, May 7-10, 1990. t this
<br />workshop, BLM personn:el received
<br />training on, .
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<br />. An interdisciplinaJ!y approach
<br />to comprehensive watershed
<br />planning.
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<br />Prqjecting salt redyction from
<br />land treatment and management
<br />prescription practi4es.
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<br />. Preparing a cost-effecti;veness
<br />analysis of altema~ve practices.
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<br />planning procedures for rangelands.
<br />An interagency approach to projecting
<br />salt and sediment reduction and .
<br />evaluating the most cost-effective
<br />practices resulted from this workshop.
<br />In addition, procedures were discussed
<br />for monitoring the effectiveness of
<br />salinity control practices.
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<br />Participants included BLM repre.
<br />sentatives .from the Utah, Wyoming,
<br />Colorado, Denver Service Center, and
<br />Washington, DC, offices; the SCS
<br />Utah State Office; Colorado River
<br />Basin Salinity Control Forum; and
<br />Utah Division of Water Resources.
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<br />Personnel chalnges in the salinity control program
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<br />Reclamation ACRM.
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<br />J, William McDonald has been
<br />named Reclamation's As~stant
<br />Commissioner for Resoulices
<br />Management. McOonaldf succeeds
<br />Bill E. Martin, who held ~hispost
<br />until his retirement.
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<br />McDonald is eharged t;th.planning
<br />and developing innovativp, environ-
<br />mentally sound approachjls to manag-
<br />ing water, land, and pow+r-generating
<br />resourcea in the West, in,luding
<br />responsibility for the Coltlrado River
<br />Salinity Program.
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<br />Before joining Interiorj,McDonald
<br />served as the Director of file Colorado
<br />Water Conservation Boarll, a position
<br />he occupied since 1979. The board is
<br />Colorado's water resourcli!' planning
<br />and policy agency chargecf with
<br />protecting the State's in~'tests and
<br />rights in interstate strea1's and
<br />rivers. In this position, l\'1cDonald
<br />represented Colorado on ~e Colorado
<br />River Basin Salinity Control Forum
<br />and Advisory Council.
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<br />A native of Greeley, C~lorlido,
<br />McDonald earned a bachelor of science
<br />degree in chemistry from Colorado
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<br />College, a law degree from the Univer.
<br />sity of Chicago, and a master's degree
<br />in natural'resources from the Univer.
<br />sity of Michigan. He is a member of
<br />the Colorado Bar.
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<br />He and his family reside in Denver,
<br />Colorado.
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<br />BLM salinity coordinator
<br />named
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<br />R. Keith Miller has been selected
<br />as the BLM Salinity Program
<br />Coordinator. He will be located in the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation office, along
<br />with Stan Gappa, Reclamation's
<br />coordinator, and Ken Pitney, the.
<br />USDA coordinator. Keith is presently
<br />located in Phoenix, Arizona. Welcome,
<br />Keith; we're looking forward to work-
<br />ing with you.
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<br />Forum Chairman
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<br />D. Larry Anderson, Director of the
<br />Utah State Division of Water
<br />Resources, has been elected as the
<br />Chairman of the Colorado River Basin
<br />Salinity Control Forum, replacing
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<br />Grand V dey slirge
<br />demonstration
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<br />A cooperative surge d.emonstriltion
<br />project was initiatsd in the.Grand
<br />Valley this summer, With funding
<br />from Reclamation and a fortnal
<br />agreement with the Departjnent of
<br />Agriculture's CooPerative E1~tenBion .
<br />Service, more than 80 surge irrigation
<br />valves havs been installed by local
<br />-farmers.
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<br />The salinity control benelits of these
<br />valves is being closely monitored:. The
<br />program will be continued ii) 1991
<br />with about 40 additional valves
<br />installed at that time.
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<br />David Robbins. Mr. Robbin. servsd in '.
<br />the capacity of Chairman fot several
<br />years and has been a mem~r of the
<br />group since April 1979, Mr. And.enon
<br />has been a member since April 1985,
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<br />Assistant Regional Diri,lctors
<br />for Reclamation
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<br />Walt Fite and Rick Gold have been
<br />selected as Assistant RegioniU
<br />Directors in the Lower Colol'!,do and
<br />Upper Colorado Regions, respectively.
<br />These positions ClIrry respon~ibility for
<br />salinity control. Fite and GqId.brlng
<br />with them considerable exper;ence in
<br />the planning anddevelopmel)tof
<br />salinity control projects.
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<br />Colorado River Board of
<br />California director
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<br />Gerald R. Zimmerman, fotmer
<br />Executive Director of the Upper
<br />Colorado River Commission, Salt Lake
<br />City, Utah, has been named Execlltive
<br />Director of the Colorado Riv~r BOard
<br />of California.
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