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Irrigation, settlement, and change on the Cache la Poudre River
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Irrigation, settlement, and change on the Cache la Poudre River |
| Creator | Laflin, Rose |
| Contributor | Colorado Water Resources Research Institute |
| Subject | Irrigation canals and flumes -- Colorado Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) Land settlement -- Colorado Irrigation -- Research -- Colorado |
| Description | "This special report is produced with funding from the National Park Service through a cooperative agreement with Colorado State University and printed by the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute and Colorado Water Center with funding from U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey and Colorado State University." "Special Report Number 15" "June 2005" 204 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-173) The Cache la Poudre River drains 1,890 square miles of land in the Mummy and Never Summer ranges in Colorado and Wyoming. It begins on the Continental Divide, flows through mountain canyons on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and onto the plains, before joining the South Platte River. American settlers first diverted the Poudre’s water into ditches and canals to facilitate irrigation on the plains in the early 1860s. This examination of the water delivery system of the... |
| Date | 2007-01-03T07:28:08Z 2007-01-03T07:28:08Z 2005 |
| Type | Text Still Image |
| Identifier | CWRRICPR100001.pdf CCRICWRI100001SRPT http://hdl.handle.net/10217/646 CSU Core 1.1 |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | WWDL Special report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 15 |
| Rights | c2005 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) |
| Publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries Colorado Water Resources Research Institute |
