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Techniques for Determining Amount and Distribution of Precipitation in Mountain Valleys of Idaho

University of Idaho Digital Collections

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Title Techniques for Determining Amount and Distribution of Precipitation in Mountain Valleys of Idaho
Creator Trihey, E. Woody
Date 1974-06-01
Coverage Raft River Basin 42.29, -113.31
Subject groundwater irrigation; pumpage; community development; water demand
Description Early settlement of the Raft River Valley occurred in the meadowland adjacent to the river and its tributary streams by cattlemen in the 1-870's. Since summer range was available in the high country for herds wintered on the valley's bottomland, any development or change from cattle country was slow in coming. Farming in the valley was done primarily to support the local cattle herds until World War II. During the war dry land farming became well established along the western slopes of the...
Relation IWRRI
Contributor Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI
Publisher University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/447

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