| Show Soil So Conservation District salinity meetings meetings' told Approximately tons of salt annually leave the Uintah Basin and enter the Colorado River niver That is about million one pound packages If you buy that much salt at today's market prices it will cost you million dollars Where is all this salt coming from Will the supply ever be depleted Can it be controlled Does Docs it really hurt anything Where does docs the salt end up Does Docs it help the Uintah Basin to get rid of it THESE ARE questions which are asked every day to employees employees employees em em- of the Soil Conservation Service You may find it interesting interesting interesting in in- to know that this salt is being put right back on to farm land in California and Mexico As much as three tons of or salt per acre annually is put on to that ground Many acres of f prime farm land are abandoned abandoned aban aban- each year The reduced yields have a direct effect on consumer prices and thus an overall direct effect on After dinner sit a while After supper walk a mile Thomas Fuller everyone in the Uintah Basin There is a great amount of activity in the Uintah Basin at this time and many changes taking place With Water Quality Studies Central Utah Projects Salinity Studies and other activities all being done the Soil Conservation District want to be sure there is some local input and control Ronald Honald Dudley Chairman of the Uintah Basin says it is imperative to have public participation at the three meetings being held on Jan 27 in the Duchesne Courtroom at 10 am a.m. Roosevelt Moon Lake Building at pm p.m. and Vernal Courtroom at 7 pm p.m. The Uintah Basin has invited representatives of the Soil Conservation Service and of the Bureau of Reclamation to present information on what is being studied and to work with Basin representatives to develop a plan of action |
