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... salinity loading is found to be increasing in ground water or streams, data from the streamflow and water-quality monitoring network would be evaluated to determine if a particular area of disturbance or natural variability in streamflow and precipitation may be the cause. If the results of that analysis indicate that increased salinity loading is a result of anthropogenic activities then management practices would be evaluated and adjusted to mitigate the effects of the disturbance causing the increase. Changes in management practices may include improved road maintenance, increased stipulations for the rate of development, surface and subsurface, of an area, or the cessation of development activity where management practices are not effective in mitigating conditions that cause increased salinity loading. The success of Step 7 depends upon regular interaction among the monitoring process, the regulatory process, the land-management process, and the energy industry. The BLM land-managers and industry need to be kept apprised of monitoring results (indicators) so that opportunities to implement remediation in the form of best-management practices can minimize the effects (stressors) from energy development on receptors. Likewise, the monitoring process needs to be responsive to the concerns of management and industry with respect to timeliness of reports, cost of monitoring, and proper focus of monitoring. This communication process can be achieved most efficiently and effectively through oral presentations at the WRFO field office in Meeker and, when necessary, with field trips to areas of concern. Usually, understanding the scope of an issue is helped by visits to the field. It is important to re-emphasize that the process of managing the Regional-Monitoring Framework is likely to be iterative. The Framework will need to be updated as information is developed (collected and interpreted
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