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Image captions: Sheep and beef cattle in pasture near Twin Falls, Idaho.
Sheep moving up Wood River Valley, Idaho, to summer range in mountains.
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Image captions: Baled alfalfa hay, near Burley, Idaho, Minidoka project.
Beef cattle in feeding pens near Burley, Idaho.
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Perch and trout are residents of the lake behind American Falls Dam, and bass and perch are taken from the Walcott Reservoir.
Wildlife.—Mule deer, widely distributed throughout the upper basin, are the most common big game. Locally, in the...
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YELLOWSTONE
SCALE IN MILES.
NATIONAL PARK
DAILY CAPACITY
OF SAWMILLS IN M.B.F.
LEGEND
FORESTS OF SAWTIMBER SIZE.
FORESTS LESS THAN SAWTIMBER SIZE.
RECENT AND NONRESTOCKED CUTOVERS, DEFORESTED BURNS.
NONCOMMERCIAL FOREST.
TOTAL...
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KEY MAP
LEGEND • Sawmill
UPPER SNAKE PRIMARY FOREST INDUSTRIES
SOURCE: FOREST SERVICE,
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
in the upper basin are presented in accompanying maps.
Useful ends other than timber output are served by the...
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widely scattered, however, and except for a few localities, the sporadic production has not contributed greatly to the wealth of the basin.
Nonmetallic mineral production in the upper basin is largely limited to coal, phosphate, and various...
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The upper Snake Basin is the least industrialized of the six subdivisions of the Columbia River drainage area. Only 2,232 people of the upper basin were employed in manufacturing during 1939. Their wages ($2,890,000) and the value they added by...
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upper basin is evident in the fact that in 1941, nearly 600,000 persons visited Yellowstone Park and more than 125,000 visited Grand Teton Park.
The forest lands of the basin are largely included within national forests. Many roads and trails...
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hunting ground for pheasants and partridge, and the abundance of these birds is almost entirely attributable to the favorable environment created by irrigation development. Big game hunting in the mountains ranks high among local sport...
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these installations are summarized in the following table by type of ownership :
Installed capacity (kilowatts) Ownership
Hydroelectric Fuel-burning Total
Private 98, 925 98, 925
Public 20, 500 1, 200 21, 700
Total 119, 425 1, 200 120,...
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Canal Acreage
Aberdeen-Springfield 61, 000
Reservation 47, 000
Idaho 35, 000
Anderson and Eagle Rock 32, 000
Great Western and Porter 27,000
Snake River Valley 25, 000
Burgess 21,000
Peoples 20,000
Butte and Market Lake 18,...
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KEY MAP
EXPLANATION
IRRIGATED LAND
SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION POTENTIAL IRRIGATION PROJECT EXISTING RESERVOIR
RESERVOIR SITE
SUBDIVISION BOUNDARY
WATER POWER PLANT (1,000 mp CAP,OR MORE) POTENTIAL POWER PLANT
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT...
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opments of new and supplemental lands are included on the Snake above Heise and on the tributary Salt River.
The contemplated provision of supplemental water to 380,000 acres and the irrigation of 22,000 acres of new land from the main stem of...
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offer excellent prospects for power development. Plants at these sites, with total installed capacity of 140,000 kilowatts, are the only potential developments in the entire upper Snake Basin.
The authorized multiple-purpose Palisades Dam and...
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Image captions: Onions drying in field near Burley, Idaho, Minidoka project.
Topping onions, Minidoka project.
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Image captions: Bean field, near Burley, Idaho, Minidoka project.
Threshing beans, Minidoka project.
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and Minidoka Dam were constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation during the period 1907-09.
The Milner-Gooding Canal was constructed primarily for delivery of water to 55,000 acres of land near Shoshone, formerly irrigated from Wood River, in...
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from springs between Milner Dam and Twin Falls power plant amounting to an average of about 400 second-feet will permit the continued production of a limited amount of firm power at the Twin Falls and Shoshone Falls plants.
Plan for Future...
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of the lack of irrigation water during exceptionally dry years. This condition can be remedied in part by constructing a 12,000-acre-foot reservoir on the main stream. This reservoir would be in a position to deliver stored water to 12,000 acres...
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gated from Birch Creek. There are no storage reservoirs on the stream.
The Little Lost River rises between the Lemhi and Lost. River mountains and disappears on the plain in the Little Lost River sinks. All the natural flow of the river was...
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a very complete investigation of the water resources of the Big Lost River Valley and has suggested various methods of increasing the usable water supply for irrigation. A board of engineers composed of representatives of Big Lost River Valley...
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Summary of potential developments—Continued
DAMS AND POWER PLANTS
Installed capacity
(kilowatts)
Annual production (million kilowatt-hours)
Name
Firm Secondary
Palisades 30, 000 131 99
Hoback 40, 000 180 0
Canyon 70, 000 200 0...
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Lower
Columbia
"Tidewater locations plus the availability of vast amounts of hydroelectric power from Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams have made for a tremendous expansion of war industries in the lower Columbia Basin, particularly in...
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LOWER COLUMBIA LOCATION MAP PACIFIC OCEAN WAHKIAKUM CLARK WASHINGTON POLK BENTON MARION LINN LANE CLACKAMAS MULTNOMAH CLARK COWLITZ CLATSOP
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CHAPTER IX
Lower Columbia GENERAL DESCRIPTION The lower Columbia Basin includes the drainage area of the Columbia River west of the Cascade Mountains. Although much smaller in size than any of the other major subdivisions recognized in the... |
