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the Columbia during the months of May and June, by which the water in the Willamette is backed up. I still believe, however, that the worst of it is due to the Willamette Slough, as otherwise it would continue lower down ; the river here also...
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made the continuous journey in the one craft. His experiences and his impressions of the River and the country traversed are recorded in the story of the trip he made.
I can recall the time I first met Mr. Lorraine, and the manner in which he...
2004-06-30
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This collection contains materials
relevant to Elizabeth Smith’s work as a Montana wilderness and environmental
activist. The bulk of the materials includes research, newsletters, drafts of
speeches, position papers and correspondence...
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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 irrigated...
1998-10-31
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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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Run-off data for major streams—Upper Snake
Approximate location
Records available 1
Drainage area
(square miles)
Average annual
run-off 1931-40
(acre-feet)
Stream
Snake River Heise, Idaho 1910—42 5,740 4,091,000
1902...
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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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RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. 407
the channel of the river, deflecting the current and causing it to impinge
upon the vertical rocks of the right bank. Masses of rock exist in the
channel in and about the main rapids....
2006-06-16
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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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choice, Return to the River maintains, is between a more complex working river with healthy salmon populations and a simpler river without them.
Return to the River urges that salmon recovery be premised on the restoration of a working...
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RIVEE AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. 441
An estimate of the cost of a less radical improvement of the 42 miles
from Monaghan Rapids to Foster Creek Rapids, amounting- to $980,000,
is also presented by Capt. Symons.
A report upon a...
2006-06-16
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IB10072
08-26-04
Endangered Species: Difficult Choices
SUMMARY
The 108th Congress is considering various proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Major issues in recent years have included changing the role of science in...
2024-10-31
2008-04-03 2005-06-27 |
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APPENDIX T T—REPOET OF CAPTAIN SYMONS. 2723
If the amount named in the river and harbor bill now before Con-
gress is appropriated, it will complete the survey to Eock Island Eapids,
and no more money will be required for...
2006-06-16
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"synchronous" and widespread in the late 1960s.44 From historic peaks ranging from ten to sixteen million adult fish, the Columbia runs declined to something like a million (see Figure 5). As bleak as this number is, it understates the decline of...
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Microbial communities mediate the biogeochemical cycles that drive ecosystems, and it is important to understand how these communities are affected by changing environmental conditions, especially in complex coastal zones. As fresh and marine...
2015-11-04 (iso8601)
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RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. 445
transmitted to Congress and printed as House Ex. Doc. No. 92, Fifty-
second Congress, second session. (See also Appendix V Y 19.)
2. Rogue River, Oregon, from Grants Pass to the mouth.—Capt....
2006-06-16
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The fall in the Willamette River during low-water is as follows:
Calling the zero of the gauge at the foot of Yamhill street, Portland, 100,000 during low-water, the gauge at Portland reading 3 feet, the elevations at different points are as...
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Caption on image: Taking salmon out of pond net. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.11 |
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Caption on mount: Taking salmon out of pond net. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.9 |
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as will enable me to deduce plans of improvement from a general study of the whole situation. I estimate that such a survey as far up as, and including the Priest Rapids obstruction, will cost $12,500.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,...
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The Montana Carey Land Act Board took
over the land reclamation duties of the State Arid Land Grant Board in 1903.
Records (1903-1962) consist of correspondence, minutes, irrigation project
files, contracts, financial records, maps,...
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Caption on mount: Taking salmon out of a pond net. Columbia River, Washington
PH Coll 293.14 |
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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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Appropriated June 10, 1872, for improvement of the Lower Willamette
River, Oregon......50, 000 00
Available July 1, 1872.... 53,854 80
Estimate for the fiscal year 1873-''74:
Running expenses of the United States dredger to be constructed...
2004-08-26
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