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2.5 million acres of land for irrigation.' The Yakima Valley had a boom of its own between 1890 and 1910, when 5000 new irrigated farms sprouted. By 1902, it had the Northwest's largest irrigation project, sponsored in large part by railroads...
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number of people. The city of Portland, on the Willamette River near the Columbia, is a port for ocean-going vessels and river barges. It is also the major commercial and industrial center of the entire Columbia River Basin. The Puget Trough is...
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The average annual precipitation in the vicinity of the upper Columbian lakes is 13 inches. This increases as the River is followed, and at Surprise Rapids, where a rain gauge is kept, it is 30 inches. No record was obtainable at the Ferry but the...
2004-07-12
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rivers and lakes and migrate downstream as juveniles. In the estuary at the river's mouth, they transform from freshwater fish to saltwater fish, then enter the ocean where they migrate far north or south, feed and mature for several years. They...
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tion with the most efficient development of the potential water power, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation." In the Pacific Northwest, the "308 Report" on the Columbia River recommended a 10-dam comprehensive plan for the river's...
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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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rivers and lakes and migrate downstream as juveniles. In the estuary at the river's mouth, they transform from freshwater fish to saltwater fish, then enter the ocean where they migrate far north or south, feed and mature for several years. They...
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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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Installed capacity Power site (kilowatts)
The Dalles 658,000
John Day Rapids 480, 000
Arlington 400, 000
McNary Dam (Umatilla Rapids) 690, 000
Total 2, 228, 000
The potential installations above are based on an assumed flow of...
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Thomas Larson operated a sheep ranch near
Choteau, Montana, and served in the Montana legislature. Collection (1912-1948)
includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, speeches, and
subject files.; Thomas O. Larson was...
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settlement. Indeed, the more significant developments may be emerging from the surface-ground water conflicts. For example, in Musser v. Higginson, the Idaho Supreme Court ordered the state Department of Water Resources to regulate pumping by...
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settlement. Indeed, the more significant developments may be emerging from the surface-ground water conflicts. For example, in Musser v. Higginson, the Idaho Supreme Court ordered the state Department of Water Resources to regulate pumping by...
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ington southward into Oregon. Lands to be irrigated within this block include the million-acre Columbia Basin project. The second largest. block occupies the central Snake River Valley in southwestern Idaho. Its development would close an 80-mile...
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development of the rivers, the laws and institutions that accompanied water development, the effects on salmon, and efforts to remedy the salmon losses. This survey leads to several observations:
First, 150 years of water development have...
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port undoubtedly will take decades. The preparation of detailed plans for this long continued undertaking requires much additional investigation to supplement the findings of preliminary studies upon which many of the potential projects have...
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changes in concentration. As a rule, the samples for 10 consecutive days would be made into 1 composite sample for a complete analysis. For sediment load computation, samples would be required at very frequent intervals, say hourly, during...
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Document: Statement presented by Senator Len B. Jordan To Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee During Hearings on Central Arizona Project (S. 1658) In discussion of Pacific Southwest Water Plan, April 17, 1964, page 4
1964-04-17
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70. It has been noted previously that somewhat more than 86 percent of the total construction costs of the comprehensive development are estimated to be reimbursable. Purposes served by features constructed with reimbursable funds include...
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likely to be slow and frustrating, but the mounting investment in salmon recovery is already requiring it. Finally, it is likely that some broadening in the financial basis for ecosystem recovery will be needed. If the limits of this last point...
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Reduction of supplies of wood waste, for reasons previously noted, and measures to conserve fuel oil will encourage replacement of such generating plants, and the low-cost hydroelectric power of the region may be expected progressively to displace...
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ppments, costs and benefits, and the recommended administration of the recreational areas. The reports would be illustrated with maps, charts, and illustrations and would be designed both for public enlightenment regarding the possibilities and...
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likely to be slow and frustrating, but the mounting investment in salmon recovery is already requiring it. Finally, it is likely that some broadening in the financial basis for ecosystem recovery will be needed. If the limits of this last point...
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refuges, aggregating about 4,500 acres. The Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge was established to preserve a few of the many sandy islands and shore lands of the river which are used as nesting areas by Canada geese. Jointly, these refuges...
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1 view; 23 x 47 cm. Bird's-eye view. View Columbia Basin Irrigation Project map on inner fold: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu185
This is part of a promotional pamphlet intending to lobby for passage of funding...
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cooperation through the Northwest Power Pool (begun in World War II). The agreement was premised on the fact that the Columbia River power system is hydraulically and electrically connected, and so upstream storage operations affect downstream...
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