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Salinity progIfam presentationsl and tours Several salinity contrl>1 program presentations and tours !were conducted during the sujnmer. ~" A panel diacussion 0'1 the Colorado River salinity control pr9gram was moderated by Ken Pitne}' at the Soil and Water Conservatibn Sooiety of ~,,) Amerioa annual meetirJjr in Salt Lake ~, City, Panel members w;re Jack ...) Barnett, Executive Diredtor of the r.c) Forum; Wea Hirschi, Aa,jistaht Regional Director, ReclaJnation, Salt'Lake City; and Gar,t Gross, SCS Aasistant State Conserv*tlonist, Utah. At the Amerioan So~ietf of Civil Engineers conferenoe~ Durango, Colorado, in July, Stan . appa, Jack Barnett, Ken Pitney, an Errol Jensen gave a panel preaentatlojl. A poster session was also present;d on the Paradox Valley deep well iqjectlon project. . At the Colorado, Utlih, and Wyoming SCS TristatG, Management Confereqoe, Jack Barnett; Jim Weston, Sea, Roosevelt, Utah; and Steve Chick, ~CS,Colorado, served on a panel to discjlss the Colorado River salinity program. Reclamation and SCSbointly prepared a Colorado Riv;- ....linity control exhibit that was <In display at the Colorado State Fait. ~ut . 25 exhibite were featured in the High Technology Building to irtrol'lll and . educate the public on wa~r ,:esources issues. The water resourjJes exhibit has received praise aa onb of the moat fnteresting and educatio~a1 events ever at the Fair. This aummer, tours 'fer.... held in the Grand Valley, Big ~ndy River, and Lower GWl;pson. project areas, These tours were held to show local farmers and other irl,terested persons the salinity conttpl actions underway in these USO~ projects. The Big Sandy tour Vias spon. sored by the Big Sandy cPnservation WYCMNG UTAH NEVADA Prict~s.n brad Rilltr8 \"p, . . ".." Ln \lltgal Wlllh . Dolor../HcElMO Cr.ek Siln JUID Rher CAUF. ~ MEX. o Dlpllrt~.nt of Agriculture USA MUlti Unit. of the Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program . District. It included an overview of the irrigation canal system and field stops to see six low pressure center pivot systems, a gated pipe surge system, and wildlife habitat improve. ment practices. the associated reductions in deep percolation were discussed. The Lower Gunnison.field day provided local fariners an oliportunity to observe a variety of salini~y co.iltrol practices, including surge s~tems, side roll sprinklers, and a field trial using underground leaky pipe, 4) The Grand Valley salinity tour was sponsored by the local Salinity Control Coordinating Committee. Ouring the tour, various irrigation systems were observed with the focus on surge irrigation. A variety of gated pipe and concrete ditch surge systems were demonstrated in the field by salinity program participants, and SOS hos.ted afield trip in September to the Uinta Basin and Price-San Rafael Rivers .vea for EPA and FWS to observe USOA wet- land and ~Idlife habitat activities being implemented under tM salinity control program. ~ '" -, ""- ,-';.>. -A.__.