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Water conservation -- Pacific and Mountain States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Wallace F. Bennett papers of reclamation river projects, 1958-1959

 File — Carton 423: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197230362284], Folder: 3-7
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 3 Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents note

Folders contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, and promotional pamphlets from 1958 to 1959 that pertain to river reclamation projects in the Western United States. The material concerns fishery conservation development in the Provo River Basin, reimbursement of owners for lands acquired for reclamation in Weber Basin, as well as the progress of the Colorado River Storage Project, the Central Utah Project, and other participating projects in the Western United States.

Dates: Other: 1958-1959

Wallace F. Bennett papers on Blue Creek-Howell and Upper Colorado River reclamation projects, 1959-1964

 File — Carton 429: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197230362342], Folder: 1-4
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 3 Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents note

Folder contains newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence, congressional records, maps, and a work plan from 1959 to 1964 concerning power rate issues of the Upper Colorado River Storage projects in the Western United States, approval of the Blue Creek-Howell Watershed project in Box Elder County, Utah, the Big Wash flood control project in Beaver County, Utah, and chemical testing and diking of Utah Lake in Utah.

Dates: Other: 1959-1964

Wallace F. Bennett watershed project papers, 1956-1957

 File — Box 399: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230362045], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 20 Series 2 Sub-Series B
Scope and Contents note

Folder contains congressional records, correspondence, newspaper clippings, legislative bills, and reports from 1956 to 1957 concerning amending the Watershed Protection and Flood Act of 1954 which especially affected the State of Utah.

Dates: Other: 1956-1957