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wildlife conservation, recreation, and silt control may be made when further investigations have been completed. Reimbursable allocations noted herein would be reduced by the amount of such additional nonreimbursable costs. With respect to...
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users. The periods used in the calculations above are 40 years in the case of irrigation water users, and 50 years in the case of power users. It has been noted that, on the 1940 cost basis, approximately $100,000,000 would be added to the sum...
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velopments to help repay costs of irrigation projects which are not physically associated with the power developments. Power revenues so used from a project would be those in excess of revenues required for payment of costs allocated to power in...
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Project
Initial operation of basin-wide repayment plan
Reimbursable construction costs (1,000 dollars)
Assignable for repayment from revenues other than power Assignable for repayment from power revenues
Total (1940 price levels)
Net...
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113. The projects are itemized in the tabulation on the following pages. Included are three projects authorized for construction by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Water Conservation and Utilization Act. They are the Mann Creek project, Idaho;...
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First stage of development—Authorized projects—Columbia River Basin
Irrigation
Active Installed
Agency and project or unit storage power
capacity capacity New land Supplemental water
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of...
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of the Kennewick division is the fact that the production of crops on which processing plants in the established community of Kennewick, Wash., depend was significantly reduced by the withdrawal from production of irrigated farm land to make way...
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cation of those investigations to provide the greater detail essential for planning and scheduling the contemplated full use of resources. The continuing studies needed will be conducted by numerous agencies, and the results of the studies will be...
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SUMMARY OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
BYSTAGES AND SUBSTAGES
FIRST STAGE
Authorized but not
yet under construction
SECOND STAGE
Recommended for Authorization
Under Construction
Deferred
PERCENTAGE COMPARISON
NUMBER OF PROJECTS...
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plement the studies which thus far have covered only a small portion of the area. This should cover deposits of metallic minerals and mineral fuels, and also deposits of nonmetallic materials, including sand and gravel, rock for riprap, and...
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tional survey of the Columbia River Basin, and (2) to make studies of specific recreational requirements, facilities, and benefits of the developments in the comprehensive plan.
133. Investigation of fish and wildlife resources in relation to...
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that appropriations for the continuing investigations of this nature be treated as nonreimbursable.
CONCLUSIONS
138. Continued development of water resources and more effective use of other natural resources of the Columbia River Basin are...
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when the actual construction cost of each project is finally determined, the Secretary shall report to the President and the Congress showing as to that project : Actual construction cost, the amount thereof assigned to be repaid by the water...
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laws or by the War Department there may be allocated to fish and wildlife conservation, pollution abatement, recreation, and slit control, to be nonreimbursable, an amount of the construction costs equal to the present worth of an annuity,...
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Substantiating
Material
"To provide a fuller appreciation for the significance of the prospective developments, there are presented . . . descriptions of the basin's natural resources, its people, their use of the resources, and the problems...
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CHAPTER I
Character and Purpose of the Report OUTLINE FOR RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT A broad plan for the most beneficial use of water and other physical resources of the Columbia River Basin Within the United States is outlined in this... |
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be appraised to insure that their construction neither prejudices subsequent steps nor prevents attainment of the full development sought.
GROUPS AND AGENCIES CONCERNED
The nature of the developments outlined in the report limits them almost...
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stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration; to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development; to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range; and for other purposes,"...
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Federal Power Commission
The Federal Power Commission is authorized and empowered, among other things, to license hydroelectric projects on streams subject to Federal jurisdiction, occupying lands of the United States or utilizing surplus water...
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The Columbia
River Basin
"With a total area of about 220,000 square miles, the United States portion of the basin comprises most of the region known as the Pacific Northwest, and constitutes approximately 7 percent of the total area of the...
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CHAPTER II
The Columbia River Basin Among North American rivers the Columbia occupies a position of prominence. Although it is exceeded in volume of water discharged by the Mississippi, McKenzie, and St. Lawrence Rivers, the Columbia is the... |
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These Indians and their resources of land and water form a special responsibility of the Federal Government as set forth in treaties, statutes, and agreements. In addition, the Government has certain moral obligations to the Indians stemming from...
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Image captions: Sagebrush country in the Snake River Valley, near Mountain Home, Idaho.
Looking north over the Owyhee project, Oregon, in the Snake River Valley.
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COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS
division. The extensive irrigated areas in it are served largely from the lower Boise, Payette, Owyhee, and Malheur Rivers, from the upper Salmon, and from the middle Powder and Grande Ronde Rivers. As...
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Agriculture is of importance, however, along the western border of the mountains and in numerous broad, flat-floored valleys between north-south trending mountain ranges. Precipitation is adequate in some sections for farming without irrigation,...
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