Salinity Status Report, 1980-1982: Results of Bureau of Land Management Studies on Public Lands in the Upper Colorado River Basin

摘要

In 1975, the Bureau of Land Management established a team to study salt runoff from public lands in the Colorado River Basin. The emphasis of the program shifted in 1983 from studies to the identification of opportunities to reduce salinity through watershed treatments and other land management activities. The BLM has issued two Salinity Status Reports (USDI, 1978; USDI, 1980). The first (1977 Status Report) described the salinity problem and provided a thorough review of salinity literature, including quantitative and qualitative descriptions of salt pickup and transport mechanisms occurring on public lands. The second (1978-79 Status report) reviewed alternatives for managing salinity on public lands and proposed three specific point-source salinity control projects.