Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Recreation and Reclamation on the Lower Colorado River
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Lower Colorado River Reclamation
Author:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Lost, a Desert River and Its Native Fishes
Author: Gordon Mueller
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Colorado River had one of the most unique fish communities in the world. Seventy-five percent of those species were found nowhere else in the world. Settlement of the lower basin brought dramatic change to both the river and its native fish. Those changes began more than 120 years ago as settlers began stocking nonnative fishes. By 1930, nonnative fish had spread throughout the lower basin and replaced native communities. All resemblance of historic river conditions faded with the construction of Hoover Dam in 1935 and other large water development projects. Today, few remember what the Colorado River was really like. Seven of the nine mainstream fishes are now Federally-protected as endangered. Federal and state agencies are attempting to recover these fish. However, progress has been frustrated due to the severity of human impact. This report represents testimony, old descriptions, and photographs describing the changes that have taken place in hopes that it will provide managers, biologists, and the interested public a better appreciation of the environment that shaped these unique fish.
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Colorado River had one of the most unique fish communities in the world. Seventy-five percent of those species were found nowhere else in the world. Settlement of the lower basin brought dramatic change to both the river and its native fish. Those changes began more than 120 years ago as settlers began stocking nonnative fishes. By 1930, nonnative fish had spread throughout the lower basin and replaced native communities. All resemblance of historic river conditions faded with the construction of Hoover Dam in 1935 and other large water development projects. Today, few remember what the Colorado River was really like. Seven of the nine mainstream fishes are now Federally-protected as endangered. Federal and state agencies are attempting to recover these fish. However, progress has been frustrated due to the severity of human impact. This report represents testimony, old descriptions, and photographs describing the changes that have taken place in hopes that it will provide managers, biologists, and the interested public a better appreciation of the environment that shaped these unique fish.
Water and the West
Author: Norris Hundley (Jr.)
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520260108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Back in print for the first time in over ten years, this classic account of the numerous struggles--national, state, and local--that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s is thoroughly expanded and updated to trace the continuing battles raging over the West's most valuable, and contentious, resource.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520260108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Back in print for the first time in over ten years, this classic account of the numerous struggles--national, state, and local--that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s is thoroughly expanded and updated to trace the continuing battles raging over the West's most valuable, and contentious, resource.
Davis Dam and Powerplant
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Publisher:
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Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Colorado River Basin Water Management
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309105242
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time in the past 100 years of recorded flows. That information, along with two important trends-a rapid increase in urban populations in the West and significant climate warming in the region-will require that water managers prepare for possible reductions in water supplies that cannot be fully averted through traditional means. Colorado River Basin Water Management assesses existing scientific information, including temperature and streamflow records, tree-ring based reconstructions, and climate model projections, and how it relates to Colorado River water supplies and demands, water management, and drought preparedness. The book concludes that successful adjustments to new conditions will entail strong and sustained cooperation among the seven Colorado River basin states and recommends conducting a comprehensive basinwide study of urban water practices that can be used to help improve planning for future droughts and water shortages.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309105242
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time in the past 100 years of recorded flows. That information, along with two important trends-a rapid increase in urban populations in the West and significant climate warming in the region-will require that water managers prepare for possible reductions in water supplies that cannot be fully averted through traditional means. Colorado River Basin Water Management assesses existing scientific information, including temperature and streamflow records, tree-ring based reconstructions, and climate model projections, and how it relates to Colorado River water supplies and demands, water management, and drought preparedness. The book concludes that successful adjustments to new conditions will entail strong and sustained cooperation among the seven Colorado River basin states and recommends conducting a comprehensive basinwide study of urban water practices that can be used to help improve planning for future droughts and water shortages.
Public Works Appropriations for 1966
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2013
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Category : Federal aid to energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid to energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description