Hearing before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives Sixty-Sixth Congress Second Session on S. 3016, an act to authorize the disposition of certain grazing lands in the State of Utah held January 5, 6, and 7, 1920.
Public lands -- Utah -- History; Pasture, Right of -- Utah -- History; Grazing -- Utah -- History
This survey of potential ecological natural landmarks of the Middle Rocky Mountains was written by Janet L. Johnson and Robert D. Pfister in June 1982. Its primary goals include an analysis of the Middle Rocky Mountains biotic themes and an...
This proposed Rehabilitation and Betterment Program for the Hyrum Project describes the history and current condition of the Hyrum Project facilities, parts of which were over 50 years old in 1989. This report seeks to (1) describe the need for...
Water resources development -- Utah -- Cache County; Hyrum Project (U.S.); Hyrum Reservoir (Utah); Irrigation projects -- Utah -- Cache County; Dams -- Utah -- Cache County
Proceedings from the Conference on the Changing Role of Women in our Changing Society, University of Utah, September 7 and 8, 1962. Of 522 delegates registered, 513 were women and 9 were men. This first state-wide Conference on The Changing Role...
Women -- Utah -- Congresses; Women -- United States -- Congresses
This 1935 survey of the waters of the Cache National Forest, Utah focuses on the Logan River and the Blacksmith Fork River, and briefly touches on the Little Bear River. For the two main rivers, the author provides a general description, physical,...
Fisheries -- Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho); Logan River (Utah); Blacksmith Fork River (Utah); Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)
Colorado and Utah Rockies begins with an "appreciation of Colorado and Utah" written by Edwin L. Sabin and entitled "America's Playground for Americans" describing the beauties of the Rocky Mountains. Published in 1919 by the U.S. Railroad...
Rocky Mountains -- Description and travel; Utah -- Description and travel; Colorado -- Description and travel
This exploratory study written in 1972 sought to develop a baseline of data characterizing the social situation of Utah's Chicano who was being served by various human service agencies. Data was also obtained on the staff of these agencies. This...
Mexican Americans -- Utah -- Social conditions; Social service and race relations -- Utah
Senate Report no. 96-526 (96th Congress 1st Session) written to accompany S. 1489 and containing a recommendation by the Committee on the Judiciary. This reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends passage of the bill approving...
Water rights -- Utah; Water rights -- Idaho; Water rights -- Wyoming; Bear River (Utah-Idaho) -- Water rights
This study was undertaken to gather background historical data on the Baker Ranch, located in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The ranch was operated by between 1907 and the mid-1940s the family of Thomas Smith and later Eugene baker. It...
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Utah and Ariz.) -- History; Baker Ranch (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Utah and Ariz.)); Ranch life -- Utah; Ranches -- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Utah and Ariz.); Halls Crossing Site (Utah)
Interstate 15 through the Bear River Valley: Administrative Action Final Environmental Impact Statement. This 227 page document presents the environmental, economic and social impacts of constructing I-15 through northern Utah. Also contains...
Roads -- Utah; Express highways -- Utah; Environmental policy -- Utah; Interstate 15; Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho) -- Environmental conditions
Archaic and Late Prehistoric Adaptation in Southwestern Wyoming: The Frontier Pipeline Excavations, 1984. Compiled by Alan R. Schroedl with appendices by Craig S. Smith, Alan R. Schroedl and Robert Huggins. This study clarifies and expands the...
Frontier Pipeline Company; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Wyoming -- Uinta County; Indians of North America -- Wyoming -- Uinta County -- Antiquities
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, on behalf of the U.S. Army Environmental Center, located, inventoried, and described archaeological...
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation; Indians of North America -- Utah -- Dugway Proving Ground -- Antiquities; Dugway Proving Ground (Utah) -- Antiquities
This project focuesd on the influence of variations in summer moisture input on structure-function relationships within a cold desert ecosystem. This final Report to the Department of Energy for DE - FG02 - 90ER60775 was prepared by James R....
This report provides results and conclusions of a detailed investigation of ice processes in the main channel of the reach of the Green River between the downstream end of Split Mountain (River Mile [RM] 320) and the Oury, Utah Bridge (RM 248). The...
Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Utah -- Green River; Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. -- Utah; Flaming Gorge Dam (Utah); Green River (Utah)
In 1996, staff with Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) and the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) launched a project to classify and describe plant communities occurring at DPG. The goal of the project was to use field data to...
Improving Drought Management in the West: The Role of Mitigation and Preparedness. By Donald Wilhite, Director National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska. The purpose of this report to the Commission is to provide an overview and...
Droughts -- West (U.S.) -- Management; Drought forecasting -- West (U.S.)
Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Western Water by Kathleen A. Miller is a 54 page report to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission submitted September 1997. The first section of this report describes the present distribution...
Climatic changes -- West (U.S.); Water Resources development -- West (U.S.); Water-supply -- West (U.S.)
Consisting of four volumes, this environmental assessment of the Bear River Basin provides projections and a summary report in the first volume (57 pages); an inventory and quality rating summary report of conditions as they existed at time of the...
Environmental impact analysis -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho) -- Environmental conditions
This seventh edition of Climate of Salt Lake City, Utah, February 1998, was compiled by William J. Alder, Laurence S. Nierenberg, Sean T. Buchanan, William Cope (retired), James A. Cisco, Craig C. Schmidt, Alexander R. Smith (retired0, Wilbur E....
Climatology -- Observations; Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Climate
This four page report looks at climate change and its effects, with special focus on Utah which is at the intersection of four unique regions: the basin and range country of the Great Basin, the alpine peaks of the Rocky Mountains, the canyon...
Climatic changes -- Utah; Greenhouse gases -- United States; Global temperature changes
This draft statement by the U.S.D.A. Forest Services analyses the environmental, social, and economic effects of decisions on land use for the Salt Lake Planning Unit's proposed land management plan. It also evaluates alternative courses of action...
Wasatch National Forest (Utah and Wyo.); Land use -- Wasatch National Forest (Utah and Wyo.); Forest management -- Wasatch National Forest (Utah and Wyo.);
An evaluation of the Utah Juvenile Justice System by Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Administration Social and Rehabilitation Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. Included in the evaluation was...
Juvenile corrections -- Utah; Juvenile courts -- Utah; Juvenile delinquency -- Utah; Utah State Industrial School (Ogden, Utah)
Paria View Rehabilitation Project Envrionmental Assessment, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, May 2007. This EIS assesses the environmental impact of a project that will repair and improve walkways in Bryce Canyon National Park. The assessment 1)...
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah); Environmental impact analysis -- Utah -- Bryce Canyon National Park
This report is from a 5 day study on the proposed Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Headquarters and Education Complex. The report provides 12 proposals for cost savings for the building. Conducted for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prarie...
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah); Value analysis (Cost control)
This report explains the collection and documentation of vascular flora at Capitol Reef National Park. Special attention was given to endangered or threatened or candiates for listing species. In total 759 vascular plant species, representing 352...
Capitol Reef National Park (Utah); Plant communities -- Utah -- Capitol Reef National Park; Endangered plants -- Utah -- Capitol Reef National Park; Botany -- Utah -- Capitol Reef National Park
This report addresses all aspects of community forestry in regard to 18 states in the Western United States (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa (northwestern), Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon (eastern), South Dakota, Texas (western),...
Urban forestry -- West (U.S.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Trees, Care of -- West (U.S.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Trees in cities -- West (U.S.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Report on problems of equal opportunity in housing in the State of Utah. A summary of committee meetings, conclusions, and recommendations are given. By the Utah State Adivory Commttee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
This collection of 15 papers reflects the combined results of the Wetherill-Grand Gulch Project and its Basketmaker Symposium held in Blanding, Utah io May of 1990. The conference makes an important contribution to Southwestern archaeology for a...
Basket-Maker Indians -- Congresses; Indians of North America - Utah -- Antiquities -- Congresses; Utah -- Antiquities -- Congresses; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Utah -- History -- Congresses; Wetherill, Richard, 1858-1910 -- Congresses; Wetherill,...
A collection of four essays on the historical nature of the rugged land and the progress of the of the Lower Dolores River Valley in southwestern Colorado. The essays also discuss historical events and themes that come from within the valley. The...
Booklet about recreation in the Utah National Forests. Includes maps of the forests showing roads, state lines, cities, campgrounds, national forest borders, and bodies of water. Also includes campground sites with information about use,...
Ariel O. Acebal's master thesis for a Masters of Science in Applied Physics at the Air Force Institute of Technology. The thesis showed that a computer program developed by the USGS using the K index was computed properly. 123 pages.
Geomagnetic indexes -- Testing; Geomagnetism -- Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
This report characterizes Upper Cretaceous Campanian and Maastrichtian, and lower Tertiary gas-bearing rocks in the Uinta Basin with special emphasis on those units that contain gas in reservoirs that have been described as being tight. The report...
Natural Gas -- Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.); Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Tertiary
Report by Richard B. Hunter and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, to monitor for a five year period the flora and fauna at the Nevada Test Site.
Study conducted by Edward F. Redente and Terry McLendon that consisted three experiments on four plots in the Piceance Basin of northwest Colorado. The study highlights the effect nitrogen availability has on the secondary succession of plant...
A study spanning 8 months in 1977 and 1978 by D.D. Faulder of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. The study is on the Roosevelt Hot Springs geothermal field in southwestern Utah and consists of a 237 day Long-Term Flow Test #1 and a 100 day...
Geothermal resources -- Utah -- Roosevelt Hot Springs; Roosevelt Hot Springs (Utah)
Report by S.C.L. Yin, J.J. McCoy, S.C. Palmer, and H.E. Cho which is one of a series of technical memorandums prepared to support an environmental impact statement for the U.S. Department of Energy's Western Area Power Administration on power...
Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Utah -- Green River
Report by J. L. Carlson on how dam operations that result in changes to the streamflow could cause the quantity or quality of downstream recreational activities to change.
Report by I. Hlohowskyj and J. W. Hayse that uses aerial videography and modeling to evaluate the impacts of four hydropower operational scenarios at Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah, on trout and native fishes in the Green River, Utah and Colorado.
Hydroelectirc power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Fishes -- Effect of dams on -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Fishes -- Effect of water levels on -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Fishes -- Effect of habitat modification on --...
Study done involving plots of tallgrass prairie composed of Andorpogon gerardii, A. scoparius, Sorghastrum nutans, and Poa pratensis. The study looks at how prairie ecosystems respond to increased Carbon Dioxide levels. Also included is a...
Plants -- Effect of carbon dioxide on -- Kansas; Range plants -- Kansas; Range plants -- Effect of air pollution on -- Kansas
This paper presents the development of release patterns and resulting downstream flows, stages, and sediment transport for four hydropower operational scenarios proposed for the dam. The results of this study are useful for assessing potential...
Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Utah -- Green River
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident studies were done to determine the effects of radionuclides (particularly radiocaesium, radioiodine, and radiostrontium) on humans. This study however looks at the influence of the grazing intensity and grazing...
Radioactive contamination of milk; Grazing -- Management; Dairy cows -- Feeding and feeds
This report presents the species and abundance of phytoplankton in the
25 lakes sampled by the National Eutrophication Survey in the state of
Utah, along with results from the calculation of several commonly used
biological indices of water quality...
Phytoplankton -- Utah; Water quality -- Utah; Limnology -- Utah
Report of impacts to riparian or streamside vegetation at eight study plots along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park following the June 3 to August 11, 1983 high water releases from Glen Canyon Dam compared using very large scale...
Riparian plants -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Riparian plants -- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.); Riparian plants -- Effect of floods on -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Riparian plants -- Effect of floods on -- Grand Canyon National Park...
A proposed record of decision for the Aptus industrial and hazardous waste treatment facility, Tooele County, Utah, approving the required authorizations for use of the public lands necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the...
Report by the Regional director on the potential Weber Basin Project, a multiple-purpose development designed for maximum utilization of the water and related resources of a rapidly growing section of north central Utah. The Weber Basin area, a...
Weber River Basin (Utah); Weber River (Utah); Water resources development -- Utah -- Weber River Basin; Irrigation projects -- Utah -- Weber River Basin;
The purpose of the statement is to present factual data necessary to define and evaluate the environmental impact of the proposed construction and to assist the appropriate administrators in making decisions concerning proposed features of the...
Water resources development -- Utah; Water-supply engineering -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; Central Utah Project. Bonneville Unit;
This study was initiated as a result of concern by various people in both State and Federal government about the future impacts of energy developments in Utah. A cooperative agreement was made between the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S....
Coal mines and mining -- Utah; Energy development -- Utah;
The existing Glendale Reservoir on Worm Creek would be enlarged from its present capacity of 5,800 acre-feet to 23,000 acre-feet. Water would be brought to the reservoir from Cub River through an enlargement of the Cub-Worm Canal and from Mink...
Water resources development -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Irrigation -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Irrigation projects -- Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho);
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the potential effects of a proposed peaking power regime on the trout fishery. Specifically, the study was to provide microhabitat data for use by USBR personnel with the fish habitat model...
Rainbow trout -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Cutthroat trout -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Fish populations -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Fishes -- Habitat -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah);
The Bureau of Reclamation began collecting samples from a variety of sites in the Dolores River basin of Colorado in 1989. Sampling began after elevated mercury levels observed in fish in Reclamation's McPhee Reservoir prompted the Colorado...
Dolores Project (U.S.) -- Environmental aspects; Water quality -- Colorado; Water quality -- Utah; Water -- Pollution -- Colorado -- Dolores River; Dolores River (Colo.);
Lake Powell is the principal reservoir of the Colorado River storage project. It is located on the Colorado River and tributaries in northern Arizona and southeastern Utah. The reservoir extends 186 miles up the Colorado River from the Glen Canyon...
This Environmental Impact Statement analyzes the environmental impacts of alternatives being considered to deliver increased amounts of water from the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir through the Diamond Fork drainage in north-central Utah for...
Central Utah Project. Bonneville Unit; Electric power systems -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Utah;
