4. Powell’s Legacy—The Bureau of Reclamation and the Contemporary West

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Robert Glennon
Keyword(s):  
Bureau Of Reclamation

Discussion of “Upward Pressures under Dams: Experiments by the United States Bureau of Reclamation”

1929 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 1551-1580
Author(s):  
E. L. Chandler ◽  
B. F. Jakobsen ◽  
Charles Terzaghi ◽  
J. C. Stevens ◽  
F. W. Hanna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Bureau ◽  
Bureau Of Reclamation

Western Economic Development and Water Planning: Bureau of Reclamation

1979 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
John E. Keith ◽  
Keith Wilde ◽  
Jay C. Andersen ◽  
Allen LeBaron
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Water Planning ◽  
Bureau Of Reclamation

scholarly journals Riparian Plant Community Structure in Managed Hydrological Regime

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 115-116
Author(s):  
Sabine Mellman-Brown ◽  
Dave Roberts ◽  
Bruce Pugesek
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Snake River ◽  
Bureau Of Reclamation ◽  
Spring Runoff ◽  
Extreme Flood ◽  
Jackson Hole ◽  
Inundation Duration ◽  
High Flows ◽  
National Park System

The hydrology of the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park is partly determined by releases from Jackson Lake Dam. The dam was first built in 1908 and became part of the National Park system GTNP was expanded to include most of Jackson Hole. Completion of the present structure of Jackson Lake Dam occurred in 191 7 and resulted in an increase above the natural level of Jackson Lake of 11.9 m. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) manages the dam and sets discharge schedules, primarily to meet agricultural needs, and to a lesser extent the needs of recreational river use. Major changes to the hydrological regime of the Snake River include lower than natural peak releases, decrease in frequency of extreme flood events, and unusually high flows from July to September. In addition, peak releases prior to 1957 were not synchronized with spring runoff but shifted to July or early August. Changes in inundation frequencies of floodplains, inundation duration and timing of peak flows have profound effects on the extent and composition of the riparian zone.

The Valley Authority and its Alternatives

1950 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 607-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Tennessee Valley Authority ◽  
Bureau Of Reclamation ◽  
Tennessee Valley

In examining the Valley Authority as an administrative device for Federal water resource management this paper will assume that its essential characteristics are those exemplified by the Tennessee Valley Authority, with such additional complications as might be necessitated by the irrigation functions performed in the western states by the Bureau of Reclamation. We may legitimately brush aside the allegations of communism and dictatorship as unwarranted propaganda exaggerations devoid of genuine reality. We may similarly discount many of the “new heaven and new earth” asseverations of those social idealists most susceptible to verbal inebriation who have stood out as the most ardent and vocal advocates of the new mode of organizing Federal resource administration.

Safety of Dams—Bureau of Reclamation

1974 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-277
Author(s):  
Donald A. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Bureau Of Reclamation
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