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drainage water in the winter time because of (3) above, and thus reduce Arizona' allotment for consumptive use under the anticipated Supreme Court decision, (2) above. The proposal by the United States Panel that additional wells and a bypass...
Upper Snake "Waters of the Snake River are the lifeblood of this area. Wind and water have blanketed the vast lava plain which forms the valley floor with soil materials of inherent fertility. Rainfall, however, is scanty . . . To this...

The Oregon Fish Commission operated the Columbia River seal control program under legislative authority. Its purpose was to harass seals and reduce their predation on salmon in the river. Bounties were paid from 1956 through 1970(?) and a seal...
1972-01-13 (iso8601)
Excluding Woodside unit. 2 50-year repayment period. 3 77-year revenue period. TABLE 4. Data on projects recommended for authorization Irrigation Power Costs (1946 prices) Repayment Balance 6 New land Supplemental Installed Total...

detail. It is hard to imagine that these elements can't combine with federal expertise developed in forest ecosystem planning and the System Operation Review to provide a fuller conceptual picture of the Columbia River Basin ecosystem. 6....

measure, and potential competitors had to face the reality that building power plants was a risky, expensive undertaking. In recent years, natural gas prices have fallen through the floor, and advances in generating technology have removed-much of...

The road to the dam disappears under fog. Frequently, in winter, fog lies in the canyon, obscuring the river.
1942-01-22
2024-11-06
The right powerhouse nearing completion. The control bay remains to be added. Plyboard coverings have been placed over the 40' x 17' windows. The elevation of the river is 938.12, and the flow over the spillway, 41,000 c.f.s.
1942-11-05
2024-11-06
VV-54 SILETZ RIVER, OREG. Shallow mountain stream emptying into Siletz B., m. from B. entrance, at which exist ledge rs., 98, 2999. SURVEY. Ex. of the R., bar, and entrance au. act June 3, 1897; made, 1897, by Capt. Fisk (R. unfav.), 98,...

Paul Bunyan boat passing over the submerged site of Kettle Falls. New highway and railroad bridges completed.
1941-07-19
2024-11-06
The crest of the Grand Coulee Dam spillway has become a thing of beauty. Recent removal of the false work, used to erect the 11 bridges across the 1650-foot middle section of the structure, exposed for the first time in the completed arches...
1941-11-18
2024-11-06
The core principles of sediment budgeting are simple, involving a careful accounting of sediment sources and sinks over a specified spatial extent and time period. However, a long history of sediment budgeting has shown that such numbers are...
2013-01-01
General view of upstream face of Grand Coulee Dam, looking westerly from point above right abutment parking area. River elevation as follows: upstream, 1256.6; downstream 945.08.
1941-10-29
2024-11-06
Soundings were taken extensively along the whole line, and every rock was located and measured. The work was thoroughly and most economically done, and the party deserves much commendation for its industrious and faithful performance. No time was...

its action having been approved by the Secretary of War, the lock and gate spans will be uniform and 90 feet. As the matter now stands, the gates will be of wood, and of extraordinary size for those constructed of that material. APPROPRIATIONS....

sore and swollen state of their feet, their daily progress did not exceed two or three miles. A tailor named Holmes was the next to die, and the others subsisted for some days on his emaciated remains. In a little while, of the seven men, only two...
2004-08-10
SUMMARY. Trips with freight, 15 ; trips without freight, 11 ; trips with tow freight, 9. Highest reading on gauge 2, 106.4=33 feet above extreme low water. Lowest reading on gauge 2, 76.4=3 feet above extreme low water. EXPENDITURES AND...

the use of Government scrapers, and assistance in the work. The scraping was discouraged because a beneficial result was regarded as doubtful, but the suggestion was made to the applicant that sluicing with a wheel of a steamship was more...

Image Caption: TABLE MOUNTAIN, BACKBONE OF CASCADE RANGE --page break-- that time Mount Adams on the north, and Mount Hood on the south were active volcanoes, and were considered to be the abode of two great gods. These gods became angry and...
2004-07-20
The writer of this report has been assigned the task of preparing information for the navigation and flood control subprojects, the latter being the subject of this report. The objectives of the flood control study are: 1. To determine the flood...
1970-02-01
House of Representatives may well decide the fate of Bruce's Eddy dam and other Columbia Basin
1962-10-10
CHAPTER XIII
FROM KINBASKET LAKE TO THE FERRY On August 5, about midday, I noticed two Peter-borough canoes, each with an occupant, coming down the lake from the south. As they came nearer I saw that the man in the larger canoe was Emond, and...
2004-07-12
Fifty-foot high, four decked jumbo drill rig that will be used to bore the diversion tunnel at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Dworshak Dam on the North For Clearwater River. Thirty air-driven "Swedish ladder drills" will be distributed along...
1965-11-06
Men remove rock on steeper section of the river bank.
1938-07-26
View of the river, and a large section of the bank, which has been excavated.
1934-06-29
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