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<br />w <br />w <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />In the Wyoming portion of the Red Creek Basin, implementation of previous planning <br />continues, with a goal of 500 tons/yr salt removed. Combined, all of the BLM units for <br />nonpoint source salinity control (units underway and/or identified as potential) will prevent <br />41,000 tons of salt from entering the river system. <br /> <br />RT.M Units Under Consideration But Not Currently in the Plan: Investigations of salinity <br />control opportunities are underway in Nevada's Caliente Resource Area, the Bullrush Draw <br />(Kaibab Creek), Clayhole and Hurricane Wash areas of Arizona, and in Colorado's Powder <br />Wash, Vermillion Creek, Evacuation Creek Basins and two areas of the Uncompahgre. <br />Comprehensive planning is underway for Exclosure and Baking Powder Basins. <br /> <br />In New Mexico's San Juan Basin, BLM has continued to identify oil and gas wells which <br />need to be plugged. In the Aneth area, the USGS, through an Interagency Agreement with <br />BLM, will determine the sources of salt loading, so that control strategies might be developed. <br />On BLM roads and right-of-ways, maintenance and corrective measures have been taken to <br />minimize sediment transport from saline soil areas. <br /> <br />The Round Valley, Utah, project would remove 350 tons/yr of salt. Preliminary <br />engineering studies have been conducted on a potential site for a large sediment control <br />structure. Alvey Wash, in the Escalante River Basin, is undergoing comprehensive planning. <br />The Birch Creek, Blind Trail, Factory Butte, and Last Chance areas in Utah's Richfield District <br />have been assessed for potential salinity control projects. <br /> <br />Three more wells in the Rock Springs District are under consideration for plugging (280 <br />tons/year of salt). Salinity controls are being implemented at the Muddy Creek site in <br />Wyoming. <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Service lFWS) <br /> <br />The authorities set forth in the Endangered Species Act, Fish and Wildlife Coordination <br />Act, Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, <br />provide for FWS participation in the Colorado River salinity control program. It is mainly <br />through these legislative authorities that the FWS works toward meeting its objective of <br />providing the federal leadership to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their <br />habitat for the continuing benefit to the public. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />There is a biological diversity of fish and wildlife resources and a great number of unique <br />species in the Colorado River Basin. This river system has one of the largest lists of threatened <br />and endangered fish and wildlife species in the United States as well as significant other <br />resources, including migratory birds and waterfowl, non-migratory birds, big game, plus the <br />wetlands, riparian lands, and other habitats that support these wildlife. <br /> <br />In general, FWS activities consist of evaluating proposed salinity control projects of <br />Reclamation, USDA and the BLM, and preparing related Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act <br />reports, Planning Aid Memorandums, biological opinions, and commenting on Draft <br /> <br />4-11 <br />