Record Details
History of the Bear River Compact
USU Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | History of the Bear River Compact |
| Description | This history of the Bear River Compact describes the negotiations that led to the 1955 Compact and its amended version approved in 1980. In the telling, it gives some background on water rights in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming and relates the controversies surrounding use and storage of water from the Bear River and Bear Lake. |
| Creator | Jibson, Wallace N. |
| Publisher | Bear River Commission Digitized by: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library |
| Coverage | Bear River Valley, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5771190/ ; Bear River, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5771173/ ; Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5585000/ ; Franklin County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5593547/ ; Caribou County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5588082/ ; Oneida County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5602844/ ; Uinta County, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5841693/ ; Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5830383/ ; Rich County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780377/ ; Summit County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5782267/ ; Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5772317/ ; Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5771875/ ; 1990-1999; 20th century; |
| Subject | Bear River Compact--History; Bear River Commission--History; Water rights--Utah; Water rights--Idaho; Water rights--Wyoming; Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho) |
| Format | Reports; State documents image/jpeg; |
| Source | Jibson, Wallace N. History of the Bear River Compact. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bear River Commission, 1991. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, 333.91 B38-J |
| Relation | Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Dewey Books Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005 |
| Type | Text; |
| Rights | May be used freely without restriction. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives |
| Date | 1991-11 |
| Identifier | http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Bear/id/9678 |
