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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diane E Boyer
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Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Damming Grand Canyon written by Diane E Boyer and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful characters such as early river-runner Emery Kolb, popular writer Lewis Freeman, and hydraulic engineer Eugene La Rue, the expedition not only made the first accurate survey of the river gorge but sought to decide the canyon's fate. The primary goal was to determine the best places to dam the Grand. With Boulder Dam not yet built, the USGS, especially La Rue, contested with the Bureau of Reclamation over how best to develop the Colorado River. The survey party played a major role in what was known and thought about Grand Canyon. The authors weave a narrative from the party's firsthand accounts and frame it with a thorough history of water politics and development and the Colorado River. The recommended dams were not built, but the survey both provided base data that stood the test of time and helped define Grand Canyon in the popular imagination. Also by Robert Webb: Lee's Ferry
Author : Robert Brewster Stanton
Publisher : Howe Brothers
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Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Colorado River Survey written by Robert Brewster Stanton and published by Howe Brothers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Kuhn
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816540055
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Science Be Dammed written by Eric Kuhn and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309105242
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Colorado River Basin Water Management written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : United States. National Park Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Survey of the Recreational Resources of the Colorado River Basin written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. National Park Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Survey of the Recreational Resources of the Colorado River Basin written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Colorado River Survey, Imperial Valley Project written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on flood control
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Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Colorado River Survey, Imperial Valley Project written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on flood control and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph C. Ives
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Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Report Upon the Colorado River of the West written by Joseph C. Ives and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 954 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Colorado River written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. National Park Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Survey of the Recreational Resources of the Colorado River Basin written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Harrison Herron
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Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Profile Surveys in the Colorado River Basin in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico written by William Harrison Herron and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert C. Ferrier
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781444307689
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Catchment Management written by Robert C. Ferrier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the fundamental requirement for aninterdisciplinary catchment based approach to managing andprotecting water resources that crucially includes anunderstanding of land use and its management. In thisapproach the hydrological cycle links mountains to the sea, andecosystems in rivers, groundwaters, lakes, wetlands, estuaries andcoasts forming an essential continuum directly influenced by humanactivity. The book provides a synthesis of current and future thinking incatchment management, and shows how the specific problems thatarise in water use policy can be addressed within the context of anintegrated approach to management. The book is written for advancedstudents, researchers, fellow academics and water sectorprofessionals such as planners and regulators. The intention is tohighlight examples and case studies that have resonance not onlywithin natural sciences and engineering but with academicsin other fields such as socio-economics, law and policy.
Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Report of River Control Work and Investigations, Lower Colorado River Basin written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter McBride
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ISBN 13 : 9781565796461
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (964 download)
Download or read book The Colorado River written by Peter McBride and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the Colorado River's 1450-mile journey from its headwaters high in the Colorado Rockies to its dried-up delta touching the Sea of Cortez, discussing its historical, geographical, and environmental significance.
Author : Robert H. Webb
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816547491
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Grand Canyon, A Century of Change written by Robert H. Webb and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs made in Grand Canyon a century ago may provide us today with a sense of history; photographs made a century later from the same vantage points give us a more precise picture of change in this seemingly timeless place. Between 1889 and 1890, Robert Brewster Stanton made photographs every 1-2 miles through the river corridor for the purpose of planning a water-level railroad route and produced the largest collection of photographs of the Colorado River at one point in time. Robert Webb, a USGS hydrologist conducting research on debris flows in the Canyon, obtained the photographs and from 1989 to 1995 replicated all 445 of the views captured by Stanton, matching as closely as possible the original camera positions and lighting conditions. Grand Canyon, a Century of Change assembles the most dramatic of these paired photographs to demonstrate both the persistence of nature and the presence of humanity. Unexpected longevity of some plant species, effects of animal grazing, and expansion of cacti are all captured by the replicate photographs. More telling is evidence of the impact of Glen Canyon Dam: increased riparian vegetation, new marshes, aggraded debris fans, and eroded sand bars. In the accompanying text, Webb provides a thorough analysis of what each pair of photographs shows and places the project in its historical context. Complementing his narrative are six sidebar articles by authorities on Canyon natural history that further attest to a century of change. The level of detail obtained from the photographs represents one of the most extensive long-term monitoring efforts ever conducted in a national park; it is the most detailed documentation effort ever performed using repeat photography. Much more than simply a picture book, Grand Canyon, a Century of Change is an environmental history of the river corridor, a fascinating book that clearly shows the impact of human influence on Grand Canyon and warns us that its future is very much in our hands.
