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arousing interest in the use of electrolytic manganese, made at the rate of a ton daily at the Boulder City, Nev., pilot plant, shows the value of this procedure. Demand for electrolytic manganese lagged until lots as large as carloads were given...

for half a century after Lewis and Clark visited its mountains and valleys, disturbed only by the trapper and hunter. But the great westward migration in the mid-1800's brought the farmer to plow the unfurrowed earth and the miner to excavate...

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Block 1, Pasco Pump Unit, Specs. 1230. Head of main lateral, at outlet of discharge pipe from Columbia River pumping plant, showing 8 ft. Parshall flume as measuring device. Discharge is approximately...
1950-04-28
Middle Columbia "Fuller use of water resources of the middle basin will entail a very large extension in the acreage of irrigated farm land, a great increase in power development, and further improvement of the Columbia for navigation....

The Walla Walla basin lies in an arid region of Eastern Washington and Oregon. A large portion of the area is devoted to agricultural production, relying on irrigation water diverted from the Walla Walla River and underlying aquifers occurring...
2012-03-19 (iso8601)
Document: Proposed White House Press Statement, January, 1965?, page 1
1965-01-01
2006-09-14
settlement pressure, other Nez Perce leaders executed amendatory documents in 1863, ceding the Wallowa lands. Tribal leaders challenged their validity and nearly succeeded when white settlers were ordered to leave the Valley. However, the order...

Jan ? 1965 PROPOSED WHITE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT The United States and Mexico have today approved an agreement reached between the Commissioners of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, upon measures to be...
Document: Statement of the Irrigation Districts Association of California on the Pacific Southwest Water Plan Presented to the California Water Commission, November 1, 1963, page 2
1963-11-01

Source F-5, 12 SI-33 PI-17, 21, 50, 60 Tentative Disposition D Problem or Area of Concern 3. The impact of water diversion for thermal plant cooling, whether for evaporation towers or for irrigation, should be checked. (G.B. 49)...

Document: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Memorandum Report, Lower Colorado River Perfection, Region 3, A.B. West, Regional Director, Boulder City, Nevada, March 1963, page 19
1963-03-01

severe, as indicated by percentages of 21.6 and 20.9, respectively, for Idaho and Montana. A large part of the war workers planned to stay, and evidently are remaining in their present locations, and many more doubtless will seek opportunities...

Original ground at the proposed Colville River crossing on the relocation of primary state highway No. 22. The relocation work will involve the building of a highway bridge and removal of the irrigation pipeline.
1939-01-06
2024-11-22
Climate Climatic conditions in the Central Snake Basin are similar to those of the upper basin. The most significant difference is in the length of growing season, which is approximately a month longer in lower portions of the Snake Plain than...

latter, principally in the vicinity of the towns of Milton-Freewater and Walla Walla, nearly 5,000 acres of fruit, chiefly prunes, apples, cherries, and grapes were harvested in 1939. The latter district, with 8,000 acres of asparagus, tomatoes,...

formalized in an agreement between Idaho Power and the Bureau of Reclamation regarding development of the American Falls Project in the 1920s; it was adopted by the Idaho legislature in the 1970s and 1980s. At first as a matter of practice and...

Source Tentative Disposition SI-78 C F-6 WI-69 C F-6 SI-71 C PI-70 F-6, 12 WI-62 C Problem or Area of Concern 1.( Cont) COMMENT: (Applies to Nos. 1 thru 6). The 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments provide...

upper basin is evident in the fact that in 1941, nearly 600,000 persons visited Yellowstone Park and more than 125,000 visited Grand Teton Park. The forest lands of the basin are largely included within national forests. Many roads and trails...

maintenance, and replacement costs, including $495,000 for the transmission system, are estimated at $1,854,000. Total annual costs thus estimated would aggregate $6,651,000. Annual benefits, estimated by means indicated previously, would total...

EXPLANATION IRRIGATED LAND SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION (PROPOSED) AUTHORIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION POTENTIAL IRRIGATION PROJECT RESERVOIR SITE MAIN CANAL LOCATION DRAINAGE BASIN BOUNDARY WATER POWER PLANT POTENTIAL POWER PLANT PACIFIC OCEAN For names of...

Tentative Source Disposition SI-73, 75 F F-17 SI-70 F F-17 Problem or Area of Concern 18. (Cont) COMMENT: (for 13. and 16-18): Fish and wildlife agencies have long recognized the potential of the Willamette Basin for producing salmon. A...

approximately 421 kilowatt-hours per capita. Requirements can be expected to grow in relationship to population, and a large per capita increase in power used for these purposes seems in prospect. At the estimated rate of population growth, with...

Perch and trout are residents of the lake behind American Falls Dam, and bass and perch are taken from the Walcott Reservoir. Wildlife.—Mule deer, widely distributed throughout the upper basin, are the most common big game. Locally, in the...

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 1218 S. W. Washington Street, Portland, Oregon 97205 March 22, 1974 Division Engineer Department of the Army North Pacific Division Corps of Engineers 210 Custom House...

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