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Show management and various sovereign lands projects such as the cooperative causeway salinity study with USGS and work related to Utah Lake, the Jordan River Corridor, Bear Lake and the Colorado River ( Baker, 1998 and Kappe, 1998). Royalty Revenues Royalties paid to the state amounted to $ 1,056,367 in 1997. The percent of total value of production paid as royalties declined from 1970 to 1997 with the exception of the period from 1986- 1987. Currently, approximately 0.61 percent of total production value is paid in royalties. For those companies that pay a fixed rate on salt harvesting, the percent of total value paid as royalties primarily declined during this time because the selling price increased ( Trimmer, 1998). Additional Research More research might be useful in the areas of ion depletion and accumulation of waste salts. Mineral Leasing Plan On June, 27, 1996, DFFSL published its Mineral Leasing Plan for Great Salt Lake. Development of a mineral leasing plan was one of the key recommendations of the 1995 plan. The goals section of the MLP recites: " The purpose of the mineral leasing plan for the Great Salt Lake is to guide DSLF [ now the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands] in accomplishing the following goals: Integrate minerals resource planning with other resource planning. • To create a framework for long- term policy direction for minerals management which also has flexibility to respond to the dynamic character ofGSL • To integrate management of GSL' s mineral resources with the lake's other resources so that all resources are managed for the health and integrity of GSL ecosystem • To identify compatible uses and conflicts among mineral resource development and other resources on GSL and to provide for resolution of conflicts • To monitor impacts of minerals operations and to collect, analyze and use data to maintain health and integrity of the ecosystem, including its mineral resources • To monitor impacts of all diversion, dredging, causeway and diking operations and to collect, analyze and use data to maintain health and integrity of the ecosystem, including its mineral resources Plan for leasing and efficient development of mineral resources. • To inventory and monitor GSL's mineral resources • To assure wise and diligent development of mineral resources within GSL's boundaries • To provide for the orderly leasing of mineral resources to existing and potential mineral lessees • To receive fair compensation for development and extraction of GSL's various mineral resources 126 |