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The purpose of this thesis was to determine the primary effects of agricultural production to the immediate area as a result of developing arid lands of the Mountain Home Desert in Ada and Elmore Counties, Idaho, for commodity production. An...
1973-02-01
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General Objectives: 1. To establish design criteria for culverts which will insure the maintenance of fish populations in streams traversed by the proposed oil pipe-line and associated highway in Alaska. 2. To determine maximum water velocities...
1972-04-17
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A method for the design of siot orifice fishways for box culverts was developed. Characteristics for a satisfactory fishway are identified. Appropriate graphs for sizing slot orifice fishways for a given performance capability of a fish are...
1972-12-01
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This study proposed to develop a methodology for rehabilitating a silt-polluted stream, through the employment of in-stream sediment-flushing devices and to measure the biological impact of rehabilitation on the insect community. The field study...
1974-09-01
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The overall focus is with the 'effect and impact of the federal expenditures and the combined consequences of that expenditure' on the historical development of the natural resources and the related economic factors in the Boise Project. The study...
1974-06-01
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Several issues form the problem under study here. What are the differential emphases on these three aspects of resource use by the people of Idaho? What are the socio-economic characteristics and behavioral patterns of the holders of various...
1975-01-01
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The algicidal and algistatic effects of copper, zinc and cadmium on Selenastrum capricornutum, a unicellular green alga were analyzed by using a modification of the Algal Assay Procedures Bottle Test. Algicidal concentrations of copper, zinc and...
1974-04-01
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This portion of the study was conducted to develop models or methods of defining interception storage of snow on conifer trees. Field data obtained in physical modeling oi individual trees and data taken from the literature were used to define...
1973-09-01
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The following is a report of a study of sediment transport in stream channels and its effects on the aquatic biota. There are two major phases of this study, the laboratory stream channels and field studies of natural stream channels. This report...
1973-06-01
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The objectives of the study summarized in this report were 1) to identify the role of the three described factors in sealing of canals and reservoirs, 2) to evaluate the expected magnitude of each effect on soils, and in particular the silt-loam...
1973-06-01
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The distribution of water in the hydrologic cycle within the Palouse region of Idaho is becoming a concern of the people in the region. A few investigations have been made to determine the distribution of water, but most of these have come up with...
1973-01-01
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This report compiles information obtained from recreationists interviewed along the St. Joe River, regarding their attitudes and opinions of the proposed inclusion of the river in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. A sample of 350...
1973-10-01
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The Raft River Basin in southcentral Idaho and the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in southwest Idaho were studied to determine precipitation distribution in an attempt to develop better isohyetal maps for somiarid mountain valleys . Due to...
1973-03-01
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The objective of this study was to determine which, if any, physical parameters might be useful in gage placement and network design. The area chosen for initial study was the Reynolds Creek watershed in southwester Idaho.
1973-09-01
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The objective of this project was to study the process of soil loss by water on this one watershed and determine the effect of various hydrologic parameters.
1973-05-01
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A portable ozone test unit was designed and built for use in treating liquid materials with ozone. Due to its powerful oxidation properties, ozone has a great deal of potential as a treatment system for liquid waste materials and water supplies....
1973-04-01
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A number of different methods have been proposed and tried to treat the liquid effluents from pulp and paper mills. Conventional waste treat ment practices consist of primarily settling of solids followed by secondary biological degradation of the...
1973-09-09
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Outdoor recreation continues to increase as a major use of the natural resource base in the Sawtooth Valley and Mountain Area of southcentral Idaho. Rational resource allocation decisions require know ledge of the value resources have in...
1973-05-01
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Although the intensity of the desire for improved or maintained environmental quality has varied, the concern is clearly not a passing fad. In the United States it is now a national goal. The process of arriving at this goal, however, is not...
1973-10-10
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This report is a summary of the discussions that took place in an interdisciplinary graduate seminar that was conducted on the campus of the University of Idaho during the first semester of 1974-75. The topic was a review and analysis of the...
1974-12-01
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Each spring semester the University of Idaho and Washington State University traditionally hold a joint graduate water re sources seminar. A theme for the seminar is usually selected in accordance with an issue of importance to the Pacific...
1974-04-01
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Modern technology, increased affluence and population growth have resulted in an expanding use of the nation's water and related land resources. The public is demanding better management and use of natural resources while at the same time the...
1974-06-01
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The purpose of this study was to determine the quantities of total solids and selected nutrient materials that were lost from the farm as a result of irrigation
1974-06-01
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Irrigation development in the Lemhi Valley is related to both the chemical quality of the river water and the instream algal populations. Nitrate concentrations in the river peaked shortly after onset of irrigation in the spring, then decreased...
1974-08-01
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The purpose of this project was to develop methodology for rehabilitating streams where the fishery and other recreational uses have been destroyed or greatly reduced by heavy silting. Using Emerald Creek in northern Idaho as a study stream two...
1974-04-01
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