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<br />--- <br /> <br /> <br />~Salinity Upd <br /> <br />Reclamation Welcomes Bill <br />Evans <br />Starting Sepfemoer 16 1985. Wilham R <br />Evans of Ponlaf'lCl Oregon. WIll serve as <br />USDA Soil Conser.atJOn ServICe <br />representative lor program COOrdinaTion for <br />the CoIotaoo R1Yt>r Basm Saltmly ~tfOl <br />Program He ....111 be localed In the Bureau 01 <br />ReclamatlOf1's Water Ouaht( Ot-1Ce ,n <br />""""'" <br />Mr Evans has tlf:ot>rl ASSIStanT State <br />Conservafl()(l,S1 ,n O~ tOt SCS Since <br />19n Ounng ttHS T.me he t'las rlad an <br />e~ecullye leadership role tor programs SUCh <br />as nver basin sluaoes, snov. Surveys. PL-566 <br />watershed prOjE'CtS. ana resource <br />conservahon and develOpment protects He <br />represented USDA al DOlh management and <br />staff levels With thf> Pacific N01'lt1west RIVe( <br />Basm CommiS$lOl1 wl"M it was In otll;'r8ttQfl <br />Pnor to that Evans held the posltlOf1 01 <br />Stale Conservatloo Engineer lor SCS In <br />California where he directed all pf'\aSeS 01 <br />SCS engineering wOf'o, He also has held <br />engll'\OOflng pOSlllons In Idaho and T ex.as lor <br />SCS <br />Evans 1$ a nall'o'(' 01 T e...as and an <br />enguleenng graduate at Texas A&M <br />Unrverslty He!S a registered professJOnaI <br />engIneer In Texas and Call1omlCl <br />You can reach Mr Evans by wntJng <br />Wilham A Eva>1S <br />USDA CASC Bastn Coordinator <br />Bureau of Rec!amall()n ()...1(X)J <br />PO Boll 25C07 <br />~r CO 00225 <br />Telephone FTS nfKi788 <br />Commercial (m) 236-6788 <br /> <br />USDA Uinta Basin <br />A total 01 $76 mllliO"lln ACP-sahnlty <br />funding has been obligated from 1900 to <br />1984 on 20,573 acres through long Term <br />Agreements In aOcMI()I'1. 513 millIOn was <br />obligated lor annual practICes T!'lese <br />ImprovemE!f1ts tncluoed oom spnn"'-Ief ancl <br />surface systems Dunng the past thml" <br />ImgatiOl1 seasons 'mQaton water <br />management nas beoen applied to a tOlal 01 <br />10,929 acres of ISn'Tllano Salt redUCtiOl1 Of <br />12.9.)) tons annua1ty has resulled 'rom <br />applicatIOn of tnese structural anc <br />management practiCes <br /> <br /> <br />--- - - <br /> <br />..J' <br /> <br />WIlllamR Enn. <br /> <br />1985 Evaluation Report <br /> <br />The /OInt evaluatlOf1 olltle salinity contrOl <br />programs In the Coloraoo River Basm by tne <br />DeoartrTlenl 01 the Intenor and the <br />Department 01 Agnculture will soon be <br />complete The Interagency repoi1lS Intended <br />to serve as a comPrehenSIVe analysIS 01 <br />Federal and Stale saliMI' contrOl effortS In <br />the basin dunng 1985 <br />The annual evaWhon IS a managt'mer1T <br />too to ensurE!' lhal the program IS betrlg <br />eamed out In ~erms 01 an annual most COSI~ <br />effectrve Investment schedule In accotOance <br />With Ie9lsl.atrvf! reQUirements and Of19OIng <br />orogram SCht>dules <br /> <br />USDA Annual Report Available <br />Tile USDA 1984 A!'lntJal Report, ColoradO <br />RIVfH BaSin Sailnl~ Comrol Program, IS <br />av8llable lrom :roe USDA. So.I Consel-vatl()l'l <br />Service land T reatmen: Program DlVIslQI"l <br />Bo~ 289J ....'a51"..ngI0l1, DC 20013 <br /> <br />~ ". <br /> <br />....::;:::"'"'"~. _~ "". _.-,,-:2_.:::~ <br />--..-' ," T77-~ <br />U.S. Department of the Interior <br />Sureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />A Quarterly Report on the <br />Colorado River Water Quali1y <br />Improvement Program <br /> <br />Oc1Qbef 1985 <br />BLM Activities <br />DUflf"oQ ttlf:' pasl feY> years, BLM has <br />plugged one f\ov.tlng well In 'Nyormng and <br />lour .....ells and four small flOWing SOflngs In <br />Colorado These actlVllieS reduced the <br />salinity InflOw Into the COloradORTYer SyStem <br />by a IOlal 01 6.952 tons per year <br />The Elephant Skin Wash salinity contrOl <br />proteCt 10 retain sail and sedlmenl l~ <br />runoH was completed In 1965 The low <br />pondlng Qlkes ana QT~l()fl dams WIt! retain <br />about 100,0:0 Ions 01 seouTlent and reduce <br />lhe sail lOad by 3.100 tons Over IIle 2Q.year <br />Storage Ille Of the prOject al a cost <br />et1t>Clrvene5$ 01 aoout ~ per ton 01 salt <br />""",,...'d <br />The BLM has also ldenllfled sahnttyCOl1trOl <br />as a program aCtiVity In ~I Resource <br />Management Plans Wltt'lln !he Colorado <br />Arvel' BQSln <br />PublIC law 98-569 dlrec1ed the Secretary <br />01 the Intenor 10 develop a cornprel1enslVE! <br />program for mlnlmlllng salt contnbutlOf1S <br />from lancls adminIStered by the Bureau of <br />land Martageme!1t A repon IS due byJuly 1, <br />1967 <br /> <br />Saline Aquaculture Progress <br /> <br />Growing 11511 In saline water has been <br />under study at the Englneenng and AesearCh <br />Center for the past few years Some aspects <br />Of tnt> sahne aquaculture stucl~ are tleIng <br />conducted ul'lOef an Interagency agreemool <br />With lhe Colorado CooperalllJe FISt! and <br />Wllcllife Research Unit al Colorado Stale <br />UnlVers<ty <br />AbolJt 150 Colorado SQuaw/1St! <br />(PryCflO(;f)elIUS Iuc/us Girard) were Qbta,nOO <br />lrom tile Dexter NallOMl Fish Hatcher)', <br />Qe,,;Tet, New MexICO, In eerty August ThIS <br />Federally liSTed endangered spE'OeS IS betng <br />held per permltlrom tr1e US FISh and <br />Wildlife ServICE' The IISh WItt be used In 9& <br />hour acule 10xICTt'j Invesllgatl()l'1S 01 <br />GlenwOOj Spnngs saflne water <br />AbOut 100 stnpe(l bass (Morone Sdlfafllls) <br />frnger1lngS .....ere obtalnec:l from the Millen <br />NatlONl FISh HatChery, Mitten, Georgl8. <br />abOut the same time These !Ish amYEld III <br />ellcellenl condltlOl1 Wlm no mortalrty In <br />Shlpplng They Witt be used tor long-term <br />growth StucllE'!$ Other InvestigatIOnS are <br />belng condUCTed wII!"I ralnbQv.. trout. <br />