7,365, or 26 percent of the total service group, ranked first. Wholesale trade employed only 1,566 persons, or 5 percent. Transportation was of average significance; 2,822 persons, or 10 percent, were so engaged. A greater than average proportion...
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v, 419 p.; col.ill.; col.maps; "February 2006"; Foreword by Marla Rae, Chair, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission
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Irrigation from White River and tributaries is under three small ditch companies and many minor diversions. Storage control is of minor consequence and, in most years, water shortages occur in the late season. The stream grades are steep and the...
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William I. Palmer's correspondence, water, crop, and soil information, publications and articles, and documents from Palmer's various domestic and international projects.; Biographical Note; William Isom Palmer was born in Cedar City, Utah, on May...
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in lower elevations are farmed to some extent. Especially noteworthy examples are the Long Valley of the north fork of the Payette River, the Weiser River Valley, and the Lemhi and Pahsimeroi Valleys of the upper Salmon River basin. The Stanley...
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opments of new and supplemental lands are included on the Snake above Heise and on the tributary Salt River.
The contemplated provision of supplemental water to 380,000 acres and the irrigation of 22,000 acres of new land from the main stem of...
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ABSTRACT Surface-water-quality conditions were assessed in the Yakima River Basin, which drains 6,155 square miles of mostly forested, range, and agricultural land in Washington. The Yakima River Basin is one of the most intensively farmed and...
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Andrew Cook was a Montana railroad
contractor, state auditor, and later internationally known Hereford cattle
breeder and rancher. Collection (1882-1940) consists of general correspondence,
primarily concerning the A.B. Cook Stock...
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DAMS AND POWER PLANTS
Name
Installed capacity
(kilowatts)
Annual production (million kilowatt-hours)
Firm
Secondary
Columbia River:
Grand Coulee 1 2 1, 156, 000 3 3, 460 3, 440
Foster Creek 1,024,000 4,950 1,054
Chelan 475, 000...
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The slight precipitation received on the plateaus, the great depth to ground water, and the fact that streams with continuous flow throughout the summer lie in deep canyons have made the provision of adequate water supplies a major problem over...
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Flat area would total 366,000 acre-feet. The total annual energy requirement for pumping would be approximately 305,467,000 kilowatt-hours.
Low-lying areas scattered along the Snake River in 34 separate tracts, with a total area of 11,800 acres,...
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should hold in plans for basin-wide development of all resources, an economic evaluation of the basin's fisheries is essential. This will require the collection and analysis of statistics of the commercial, sport, and Indian fisheries in the...
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behavior in relation to droughts and in relation to rainfall and run-off.
A systematic inventory of ground water resources of the Columbia River Basin is proposed. This would include: (1) Canvassing existing wells to secure pertinent descriptive...
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streams, from west to east; the Deschutes River, John Day River, Willow Creek, and Umatilla River, and canyons of their tributaries. The interstream areas, however, are extensive and relatively undissected. The best known section comprises the...
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of the cultivated lands there is subirrigated by raising ground water to the plant roots. As a result, water tables on both sides of Henrys Fork River are brought to within 1 to 3 feet of the surface during the growing season, and remain higher...
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Plan for Future Development
Potential water-resource developments involve a large expansion in irrigated acreage and an increase in hydroelectric power production. The latter would be attained largely by greater output from existing...
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Flood control.—A comprehensive plan of water resource development in the Willamette River Basin has been prepared by the War Department and issued as House Document No. 544, Seventy-Fifth Congress, third session. Their plan sets forth storage...
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Since 1995, the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) has focused on monitoring the water quality of the Nation's largest rivers including the Colorado, Columbia, Mississippi, and Rio Grande. The...
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Consideration of alternative methods for reducing flood damages showed that. the cost of storage solely for flood-control purposes would be excessive. Storage for flood control in reservoirs constructed primarily for power development, however,...
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ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS
[Thousands of dollars] 1
Project
Irrigation
distribution
cost
Dam and reservoir
Name
Total cost
Cost
Cottage Grove 700 Dorena 23 300 4 000
Pleasant Hill 100 Lookout Point (2) 100
Lookout Point...
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2. The Snake River and the "Two Rivers" Concept
The Snake River, the Columbia's largest tributary, drains more than 40 percent of the surface area of the Columbia Basin, yet supplies only about 20 percent of the Columbia's flow. 62 Most of the...
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The Wildey "Bud" Kimball collection consists primarily of aerial photographs, in varying formats, taken by Kimball between 1959 and 1980. The majority of the photographs are from western Washington State. Of particular note are Kimball's detailed...
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vide storage water for irrigation, improve navigation, and abate pollution.
57. Previous discussion will have made clear that continued economic growth of the Pacific Northwest, in the long run, will depend upon a continuing rational development...
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In no other subdivision is there greater opportunity to use water resources in broadening the agricultural and industrial bases of the economy. Although much the greater proportion of the land that can be irrigated with waters of tributary streams...
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Water
The water resources of the Columbia River Basin have held a key position in the economic development of the region and will occupy an even more significant place in the future. They have made possible the irrigation of 3,700,000 acres...
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