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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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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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CHAPTER VII
Central Washington GENERAL DESCRIPTION The central Washington subdivision reaches about 220 miles eastward from the summit of the Cascade Range to the mountain border in eastern Washington and western Idaho where it adjoins... |
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units, have a significant place in the development of water and other resources. Through such studies, a full understanding of total potentialities is obtained and a firm basis is provided for evaluating the merits of alternative development...
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Regional Director's Report
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
June 28, 1946.
To : The Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation. From : Regional Director, Region I, Boise, Idaho. Subject : Columbia River...
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CHAPTER XXIII
FROM THE BOUNDARY TO PASCO: Topography, Farms, Fruit, Indian Reservation, Irrigation, Forests and Arid Lands, Railway Bridges, Power Projects, Geology, Placer Mines In describing the Columbia River south from the...
2004-07-20
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I. Introduction
William Jackson Turner may have had it wrong when he announced at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago that the American frontier had closed, at least if he intended to include the Columbia River Basin.' In the Columbia... |
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I. Introduction
William Jackson Turner may have had it wrong when he announced at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago that the American frontier had closed, at least if he intended to include the Columbia River Basin.' In the Columbia... |
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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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The occurrence, distribution, and transport of pesticides in surface water of the Yakima River Basin were assessed using data collected during 1999–2000 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program....
2024-05-02
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The occurrence, distribution, and transport of dissolved (filtered-water) trace elements in the surface waters of the Yakima River Basin were assessed using data collected between 1999 and 2000 as part of the U.S.G.S.'s National Water-Quality...
2024-05-02
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feet. Without irrigation, the run-off thus would total about 21,600,000 acre-feet, of which the amount consumed by irrigation is somewhat more than 10 percent. Further irrigation developments ill prospect will bring the consumptive use for this...
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for rehabilitation of the system. In 1936, an additional $200,000 was advanced for further construction work. The project water supply from Rock Creek and from Lost Horse Creek by feeder canal is supplemented by storage in Lake Como, capacity...
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protection for life and property provided against floods. About 3,876,000 acres of new land would be made available by irrigation and by drainage and diking projects. Lands benefited by supplemental irrigation water (1,523,300 acres) and by...
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the jurisdiction of the Department previously classified and set aside as forest lands, power and water reservations, stock driveways, and mineral lands also are in need of further study to determine in detail specific uses to which they are best...
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Newsletter from Dr. Ben Yellen, "The Truth About Grand Canyon Dams," August 12, 1966, page 1
1966-08-12
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less direct. Charges are levied directly on water users, but in many instances the water users can be expected to return only a part of the reimbursable costs. The balance must be obtained from other sources. It is fitting, of course, that...
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IB10072
08-26-04
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
SUMMARY
The 108th Congress is considering various proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Major issues in recent years have included changing the role of science in...
2024-05-02
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Raymond Earle Kerr was a U.S. Navy Commander and a conservationist. The Raymond Earle Kerr papers contain material concerning Kerr's activities relating to the problems of air and water pollution in Oregon. The papers are arranged by organizations...
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Reports, record books, scrapbooks, photographs and correspondence related to the
Dam Brothers' involvement in the Priest Rapids Dam and irrigation project; also unrelated photographs depicting Native
Americans, mostly Plateau Indians.;...
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Island Rapids, where they become plateaus 500 to 600 feet high. These mountains are lower than those west of the River rising about 1,500 feet above the stream at their northern and southern end, but dwindling, midway, into plateaus about 500 feet...
2004-07-20
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benefits. The lower the rates under this measurement, the lower are the evaluated benefits. In contrast, as public-power policy recognizes, benefits actually realized increase as rates decrease to permit the maximum number of people to enjoy the...
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variably three. Many of the spurs of the hills reach the River in a succession of narrow, rocky points, necessitating short tunnels' on the railways paralleling the stream. At one place on the North Bank Road I counted five tunnels in a half mile....
2004-07-22
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE XVI FROM THE FERRY TO REVELSTOKE 171 XVII FROM REVELSTOKE TO THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY 192 XVIII FROM THE FERRY TO THE BOUNDARY: The valley, timber, farms, rainfall, geology. Comments on the Canadians, and their...
2004-06-30
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The changes suggested in the recommendations of this study would push traditional political boundaries incrementally toward the National Research Council model: toward more coincidence between governmental and ecological systems, more effective...
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