imity to the ocean in Columbia Harbor the level of the River is not affected by freshets from upstream, and the only variation that has to be recognized is the bi-diurnal rise and fall of the tides.
NOTE : The business section of Astoria, which I...
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also have had marked effect upon the soil types developed.
In the lower, southwestern part of the Big Bend the soils were formed under a sagebrush cover. They are gray to light brown in color, are low in organic matter, and vary markedly in...
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where only about one-fourth of the operators reported doing off-farm work.
The development of additional irrigated lands in the central Washington subdivision will add tremendously to the agricultural production of the area. Approximately...
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tion, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter called the Secretary), may find proper for carrying out the projects to the end of providing water for the irrigation of approximately 357,000 acres of land in the areas...
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and which make the farmer independent of the rainfall, and his crop a certainty. At the Boundary the average annual rainfall is 30 inches, and there is a continual decrease until at the mouth of Snake River there is but 9 inches. This small...
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Images of erosion and flooding caused by furrow irrigation
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A short distance below Bridgeport I passed the little square-nosed steamboat Bridgeport plowing her way upstream against the current. She is the only steamboat on the Columbia River between the Arrow Lakes and The Dalles City. Captain Fred...
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which cut through the wheatlands in the big bend of the Columbia are especially productive of waterfowl. The food and water available in this section and along the Columbia River and its tributaries also serve to spread out the immense flights of...
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A million acre tract of land within the "Big Bend" of the
Columbia River in south-central Washington became the locale for an
important public area planning experiment and geotechnic enterprise
in the late 1930's and early 1940's. The Columbia...
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Memorandum: To the President, Draft, CF Luce, 1/30/67, page 1
1967-01-30
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Colorado River Association Newsletter, May, 1967, page 3
1967-05-01
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CHAPTER IV
Upper Snake GENERAL DESCRIPTION The upper Snake Basin embraces the eastern two-thirds of the crescentic Snake River Valley, which reaches westward across southern Idaho from the river's source in Wyoming. This basin is about 300... |
5194 congressional record —house March 31 The proposed conference substitute approved as a basis for the future development of the Gila River the comprehensive plan for improvement for the Gila River between Camelsback Reservoir site and the mouth...
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the State parks provide a wide variety of excellent recreational facilities.
Lakes are the centers of greatest recreational activity. Flathead. Swan, and Whitefish Lakes of Montana: Coeur d'Alene, Pend Oreille, Priest Lake, and smaller bodies of...
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velopments to help repay costs of irrigation projects which are not physically associated with the power developments. Power revenues so used from a project would be those in excess of revenues required for payment of costs allocated to power in...
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handled twice at each of these places."
The Corps recommended improvements whereby "not merely navigation per se would benefit, but competitive navigation as well."
As a result of this report, endorsed by well-organized farm and community...
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Document: "Secretary Udall Moves," America, Febuary 13, 1965, page 2
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Tentative Disposition
Problem or Area of Concern
10.(Cont) COMMENT: The CR&T Study will have a continuing interest in this concern, however, the Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission studies, state planning and the Bureau of...
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3. The 1992-1993 Biological Opinions and the Strategy for Salmon
The National Marine Fisheries Service listed Snake River sockeye salmon as endangered in late 1991,163 and Snake River chinook listings soon followed.164 With little time to...
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downstream plants on the main stems of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. One reservoir with live storage capacity of 3,100,000 acre-feet would be constructed on the Clearwater River, tributary to the Snake. The other five, with aggregate live storage...
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RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. 1381
The canal construction work has also been prosecuted by hired
labor since July 16,1910.
The operations during the past fiscal year have consisted of con-
struction work on the canal between...
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30 p. This pamphlet, published by the Bonneville Power Administration, details that body's construction of the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams. It discusses the benefits from improved inland navigation and transportation, irrigation, and power...
1940-11-01
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Image Caption: LOOKING UP YAKIMA VALLEY --page break-- part of the orchard product. The soil is fertile, but requires irrigation, as the rainfall is small.
The people of Pasco are promoting a very ambitious irrigation project which involves...
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Field book written by Carl F. Nordin that contains information and data about hydraulic experiments and projects on the Mississippi River and the Columbia River
1981-11-22
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Idaho arrangements and institutions, the Two Rivers concept, the Committee of Nine, the rules for canal companies and irrigation districts are creations of state law. 126
The Basin entered the 1970s with a river from which a measure of flood...
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