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Shifting climate patterns in the Columbia River basin are affecting snow pack, and, as a result, stream flow throughout the region. In the Oregon Cascades, ever growing populations, and their associated activities, place increasing stress on an...
2009-06-12 (iso8601)
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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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Chapter VIII
MIDDLE COLUMBIA GENERAL DESCRIPTION The middle Columbia Basin is the plateau and mountain country drained by the Columbia River between its junction with the Snake near Pasco, Wash., and the head of tidewater at Bonneville... |
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The Martin F. Seedorf Papers consists of research files pertaining to the history of eastern Washington, with a particular focus on Grant and Douglas Counties. Much of this collection was created to support Seedorf's teaching and research as an...
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and well above, small, entrenched tributaries. Farther west, toward the Snake River, rolling lands and flats drop down to an elevation of 750 feet at Lewiston, at the junction of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers.
North of the abrupt, northern...
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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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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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Chapter III. PLANS, COSTS, AND BENEFITS 73
Potential Developments and Construction
Costs 74
Storage 74
Irrigation 74
Power 74
Flood Control 76
Navigation 76
Other Developments 76
Benefits 76
Irrigation Benefits...
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ABSTRACT The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Okanogan County, investigated the hydrogeology of the unconsolidated sedimentary deposits in the Methow River Basin, the quality of surface and ground waters, and the exchanges between...
2024-11-21
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tance above and including the mouth of the Clearwater River. This short reach of the Snake is utilized by small powerboats, operating out of Lewiston, Idaho, at the mouth of the Clearwater River, to provide mail and supply service to a few...
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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. G .S. National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Samples were...
2024-11-21
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Rivers would be required for a substantial part of the water supply. Investigations of the project have not yet been undertaken.
Power.—About 5,500 kilowatts of firm power could be developed on the Little White Salmon River by constructing a...
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Willamette-Cowlitz lowland as well as a tidewater channel from the sea to the lowland.
LOWER COLUMBIA
EMPLOYED WORKERS IN RELATION TO
NATURAL RESOURCES
1940
* Employment in Service and in Manufacturing activities other .than production...
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Causes for Depletion of Runs
The extent of depletion in Columbia River salmon runs cannot be determined because of inadequate data. The decline in the total number of fish entering the river, however, is believed to be substantially greater than...
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Imprint from transmittal sheet; Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche; Shipping list no.: 97-0071-M; One ill. on 1 folded leaf in pocket; Includes bibliographical references
1996-11-21
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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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CENTRAL SNAKE
DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Summary
Present Development
Irrigation is the primary use of the water resources of the central Snake Basin. The waters of several tributaries to the Snake River are quite fully developed for...
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Grande Ronde River Present Development
Irrigation of a gross area of about 76,000 acres of land and hydroelectric installations with an aggregate capacity of 2,480 kilowatts constitute the water resource developments in the Grande Ronde River...
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mental water to 12,370 acres of land now irrigated and the development of 9,060 acres of new land.
The Challis project on the main stream in the upper Salmon River basin would supplement the current water supply on 2,850 acres and bring under...
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The Clyde D. Gessel papers (1939-2002) contain correspondence, reports, scrapbooks and maps. While the majority of the collection deals with his work as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), there is a large portion that...
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the water reaching it percolates into crevices, large and small, in and between layers of the basaltic lava, with the result that large areas are entirely devoid of streams. Of those which start southward across the plain from the mountains on the...
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The same groups worry that new storage would come to be seen as a panacea that would supplant conservation and other nonstructural measures.' While these concerns need to be addressed, the Yakima remains one of the basins in which forward momentum...
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Colorado River Association Newsletter, February 1967, page 2
1967-02-01
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Some small creeks there are quite fully used for irrigation, but the depletion (about 600,000 acre-feet) in that part of the Clark Fork drainage amounts to only 5 percent of the total available run-off. For the Bitterroot Valley, where water...
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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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