Describes the topography, geology, and history of prehistoric Lake Bonneville which once covered about 20,000 square miles in parts of Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. In addition to describing Lake Bonneville specifically, this detailed and beautifully...
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
Annual report of the Extension Work, Agricultural Agent, Weber County, State of Utah, 1960, by Melvin S. Burmingham and Fay W. Boyer, County Agricultural Extension Agents and Maud Martin, Home Demonstration Agent. From November 1, 1959 to October...
Agricultural extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County; Home economics extension work--Publications--Utah--Weber County;
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)
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 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...
This thirty-four page report, Forest Resources of Northern Utah Ecoregions, was written by Renee A. O'Brien. It presents forest resources information such as major species, biomass, growth, mortality, habitat types, ownership, and land use...
Forests and forestry -- Utah; Ecosystem management -- Utah
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
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 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 historical study of Bryce Canyon National Park describes its geology, flora, fauna, discoveries, settlements, development, and administration. Includes many illustrations and maps.
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah) -- History; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Utah -- History; Historic sites -- Utah -- Bryce Canyon National Park; Zion National Park (Utah) -- History; Utah Parks Company -- History
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,...
This reports on a study looking at one aspect of pinyon-juniper land management, converting woodlands to grasslands. The study was done jointly with the Bureau of Land Management and the Geological Survey to look at land treatment practices in the...
Juniper -- West (U.S.); Land use -- West (U.S.); Pinyon pines -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- Utah -- Management
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)
Final Environmental Impact Statement that addresses the envrionmental consequences of building 4,000 housing units in the Walnut Hills Subdivision in western Salt Lake County, Utah. It identifies adverse impacts that will allow the Department of...
Housing -- Utah -- Salt Lake County; Real estate development -- Environmental aspects -- Utah -- Salt Lake County; Environmental impact analysis -- Utah -- Salt Lake County;
Report on the economic conditions of the Uintah Irrigation Project in Utah. It includes recommendations for the adjustment of irrigation assessments for project composition, rehabilitation, and administration. Also includes a suggested program for...
Uintah Irrigation Project (U.S.); Irrigation -- Utah -- Duchesne River Watershed; Water resources development -- Utah -- Duchesne River Watershed; Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah)
This 16 page report describes with pictures and text the June 24, 1946 flood in Mount Pleasant Utah, its causes, and restoration steps taken afterward to prevent future floods.
Flood control -- Utah -- Mount Pleasant; Mount Pleasant (Utah)
Compiles data on cloudbursts in Utah covering 1850 to 1938, much of the data coming from newspaper accounts, and discusses whether human activities are the cause.
This environmental assessment considers the effects of a proposed new plan for fire management in the six National Forests in Utah (Ashley, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-La Sal, Uinta, Wasatch-Cache). This digital copy was made from the print report...
Fire managment -- Utah; Forest fires -- Utah -- Prevention and control; Forest reserves -- Utah -- Management
Report by Jerold F. Lazenby of the Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies. In 1985 continuous streamflow data was collected between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead to calibrate the hydrologic computer model...
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.); Streamflow -- Arizona -- Glen Canyon Dam
This prospectus was written to aid the Zion National Park staff and the interpretive design center to give visitors a more diverse experience with added perspectives to the park.
Study on the cattle industry in Canyonlands National Park. The intention of the study is to trace the history of the cattle industry as it was done in the park. The study is divided into three sections: 1) discussion of the open range cattle...
Canyonlands National Park (Utah); Cattle -- Utah -- Canyonlands National Park
Describes socieconomic conditions and statistics of the Paradox Basin region in Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, including the communities of Moab, Monticello, and Blanding.
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--Utah; Utah--Statistics
With a view of providing assistance to Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming and others who are interested in further development of water and water-related resources of the Bear River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation has compiled this volume based on its...
Rivers -- Utah; Rivers -- Idaho; Rivers -- Wyoming; Water resources development -- West (U.S.); Bear River (Utah-Idaho);
The Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, is considering whether to implement a proposed action under which the Flaming Gorge Dam would be operated to achieve the flow and temperature...
Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah); Green River (Wyo.-Utah) -- Regulation -- Environmental aspects
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...
This document outlines the status and impact of the recommendations in compliance with the requirement that FEMA prepare a progress report within 90 days of the date of Interagency Hazard Mitigation Report;
The field work of this study was started early July, 1939, and continued until the latter part of December. Occupational and medical histories, and physical and roentgenological examinations were made on 2939 men working in Bituminous coal mines,...
Miners -- United States; Mining engineering; Smelting -- Health aspects;
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;
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 general management plan for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area recommends that the existing Rainbow Marina be relocated. This document will identify and evaluate locations for the new boat service facility, outline public and private needs,...
Marinas -- Location -- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Utah and Ariz.); Glen Canyon National Area (Utah and Ariz.); National Parks and reserves -- Planning;
A review of literature regarding ecology of desert bighorn sheep was conducted. Summaries of material concerning bighorn life history, movements, foraging habits, relationships with livestock, recreation, mining, and other human influences are...
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);
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;
In this publication, the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is used to determine soil losses for rangelands sites and woodland ecosystems. Using the USLE, the gross soil movement that occurs as sheet and rill erosion has been estimated. Other...
Soil erosion -- Utah; Range management -- Utah; Forest conservation -- Utah; Public lands -- Utah; Fire management -- Utah;
