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<br />..... <br />~ <br />co <br />0) <br /> <br />Bureau of Land Management <br /> <br />In 1987 the Advisory Council recommended <br /> <br />identification of salinity increases or decreases <br /> <br />associated with land management activities. The Bureau of <br /> <br />Land Management's (BLM) response was that they would work <br /> <br />on developing a tracking system. However, to date there is <br /> <br />no evidence of any progress on the tracking system. BLM <br /> <br />needs to expedite development of that system. <br /> <br />The Council remains concerned with the salinity <br /> <br />control program described by BLM in its July 1987 report to <br /> <br />Congress. The Council believes that BLM's report was <br /> <br />inadequate and not responsive to the Congressional <br /> <br />directives. <br /> <br />The Council recommends BLM treat salinity <br /> <br />control as a primary issue of concern in the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin. This is of particular importance to the overall <br /> <br />salinity control effort supported by the seven Basin <br /> <br />states, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of <br /> <br />Agriculture. <br /> <br />Through this joint effort, it has been <br /> <br />determined that more than 1,000,000 tons of salt must be <br /> <br />removed from the river each year by the turn of the century <br /> <br />in order to maintain the adopted numeric criteria. BLM is <br /> <br />the largest land manager in the Basin and these lands are <br /> <br />major contributors of salt to the river. The Forum <br /> <br />estimates the contribution to be well in excess of 1.0 <br /> <br />million tons annually. Quantification of specific salt <br /> <br />loads and achievable reductions are essential'to maximizing <br /> <br />cost-effectiveness in the implementation of the total <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />lid! <br />,,:<_~ __.;i"., ~ <br />