Transcription of the diary of Albert F. Potter, former associate chief of the U.S. Forest Service, describing his activities to survey possible forest reserves in Utah, (beginning with the Cache County area), and noting the conditions of Utah...
Potter, Albert F. (Albert Franklin), 1859-1944; Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--History; Forest reserves--Utah--History; Grazing--Utah--History; Forests and forestry--Utah--History;
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;
Economic Base Appendix Working Paper for the Bear River Basin Type IV Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, December 1976. This report is a reference on the population, income, employment, and agricultural base for economics in the Bear River Basin. It...
Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Economic conditions--Statistics; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Population--Statistics; Agriculture--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Statistics
"The purpose of this study is to construct a quantitatively descriptive model of the sewage system and its receiving environment by utilizing observations on the patterns of flow, water chemistry dynamics, bacterial activity and distribution,...
Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan; Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan River; Groundwater--Utah--Logan River--Quality--Research; Sewage--Analysis;
"The purpose of this study is to construct a quantitatively descriptive model of the sewage system and its receiving environment by utilizing observations on the patterns of flow, water chemistry dynamics, bacterial activity and distribution,...
Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan; Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan River; Groundwater--Utah--Logan River--Quality--Research; Sewage--Analysis;
This report is an analysis of a social survey of the middle and lower Bear River Basin of southeastern Idaho and northern Utah concerning the problem of water resource development in a semiarid region of the Western United States. The survey part...
Water resources development--Social aspects--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
M.S. thesis by Robert Leon Craner, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, 1964. Written under direction of Professor Jessop B. Low. Typewritten, 110 single-sided...
Sago pondweed--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Waterfowl--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
The interview contains information on the childhood, education and the career of Dave Baumgartner as a forester, the various positions held within the Forest Service and his views on management. There are many anecdotes from his personal...
United States. Forest Service; United States. Forest Service--Officials and employees; Foresters--Interviews; Baumgartner, Dave, 1942---Interviews; Baumgartner, Dave, 1942---Family; Baumgartner, Dave, 1942---Career in Forestry; Logan Canyon (Utah);...
Ted Seeholzer is the owner of the Beaver Mountain ski area in Logan Canyon and talks about the history of Beaver Mountain (which has been owned by his family since its inception), and his varying roles with the ski resort – beginning in...
The interview contains information on the career of Scott Bushman for the Forest Service. He was involved heavily in fire suppression and the Logan Hot Shot crew. He also discusses how he first got involved in Logan Canyon as a youth in the Youth...
Bushman, Jon Scott, 1953---Interviews; Bushman, Jon Scott, 1953--Career in Forestry; Forests schools and education--Utah--Logan--History; United States. Forest Service; Logan Canyon (Utah); Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (Agency : U.S.). Logan...
Mr. and Mrs. Wamsley discuss their ranching operation, raising their family on a ranch. Mrs. Wamsley talks about growing up on the ranch on which she still lives and has raised her own family. They speak about topics ranging from environmentalists,...
Wamsley, Stuart--Interviews; Wamsley, Diane--Interviews; Ranchers; Ranch Managers; Range management; Cattle ranchings; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Sheepherding; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system;...
History of the Cache National Forest / prepared by Supervisor's Office, Dec. 1940. This history has been prepared by the forest officers of the Cache National Forest for hte purpose of building up a train of events and conditions leading to the...
Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--History; Forest reserves--Utah--History;
Report on a Proposed Addition to the Cache National Forest, Summarized from Reports by R.V.R. Reynolds, Forest Assistant, 1908. and William Winter, Forest Assistant, 1909.
Janet Langlois interview, conducted by Michelle Wenzel. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview is available at the Minds@UW respository at the...
Folklorists--United States--Interviews; Columbia University; Feminism;
Interview conducted by Barbara Middleton on April 27th 2009 with Thad Box about the bells of Australia and Europe. This is the fourth session in a four-part interview.
The interview contains a brief description of Barrie Gilbert's childhood and details of his schooling and subsequent career in wildlife management. It includes his story of being attacked by a grizzly bear, his attitudes on wildlife management in...
Gilbert, Barrie K., 1937---Interviews; Gilbert, Barrie K., 1937---Childhood and youth; Utah State University. Dept. of Natural Resources--Faculty--Interviews; Kingston (Ont. : Township); Professional education--Ontario--Kingston (Township); Animal...
Kennedy discusses his childhood experiences in nature and feelings toward nature. He talks about his professional career and relationships (with the Forest Service and as a professor at Utah State University), and how those have helped him form his...
Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Interviews; Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Childhood and youth; Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Family; Kennedy, James Joseph, 1940---Career in Forestry Education; Trapping--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Anecdotes; Farm...
Susan Glaser Church talks about growing up on a ranch, leaving the area and then coming back to her family ranch once she was grown, married and had her own family. She talks about ranching today in Nevada with her family in a family corporation....
Church, Susan Glaser--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Ranching; Pasture, Right of; Beef cattle—Cow-calf system; Farm equipment;
Mr. Garth Baxter talks about his career in the Forest Service, then later as ranching on his family’s land. He discusses his family history in the Cache Valley, as well as his family history in ranching. Mrs. Maydene Baxter talks about her...
Baxter, Garth--Interviews; Baxter, Maydene--Interviews; Cattle ranching; United States. Forest Service; Teton National Forest (Wyo.); Humboldt National Forest (Nev.); Bridger National Forest (Wyo.); Challis National Forest (Idaho); Range...
Nature's Second Course: Water Culture in the Mormon Communities of Cache Valley, Utah, 1860-1916 by Kathryn T. Morse. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Utah State University,...
Canals--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Canals--Utah--History; Water rights--Utah--Cache County--History; Water resources development--Utah--History; Mormons--Utah--Social life and customs; Logan River (Utah)--Water rights;
History of Water Resources Development in the Bear River Basin of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming by R. Scott Wrenn. M.S. thesis by R. Scott Wrenn, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in History, Utah...
Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Management; Water quality management--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
A History of Timber Resource Use in the Development of Cache Valley, Utah by Douglas M. Bird. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan,...
Timber--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Sawmills--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Cache County (Utah)--History; Franklin County (Idaho)--History;
Report describes the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York where 1,000 refugees of various European nationalities were brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in 1944; they were to be returned...
Fort Ontario State Historic Site (Oswego, N.Y.); World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Charlie Groth interview. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview and accompanying photographs are available at the Minds@UW respository at the...
Linda Pershing interview, conducted by Wypiszynski. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview and accompanying photographs are available at the...
This report dated May 1982 identifies water resource development opportunities on the Bear River below Cutler Dam in Box Elder County. Data provided supplements that of previous reports and covers various alternative reservoir storage projects and...
Water resources development -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Reports measurements of appropriated and unappropriated waters in Cache Valley, Utah during the summer of 1896. Sponsored by the Experiment Station of Utah, the Hydrographic Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Board of County...
Stream measurements--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Tables; Water duties--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Water-supply--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Irrigation water--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Water-supply--Cache Valley (Utah and...
Preliminary report of Idaho's Bear River Basin Investigation, February 1970. Updates and continues the draft report issued Dec. 1968. The investigation of the Bear River Basin evaluated water and related land resources in the Basin to assist...
Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water-supply--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Water resources development--Idaho; Water-supply--Idaho
Environmental Conditions Inventory and Quality Rating, a working paper, March 1977. This first volume in a four-volume report summarizes environmental conditions of the Bear River Watershed in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Work on this project was...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions
Environmental Conditions Inventory Appendices, a working paper, March 1977. This appendices volume provides tables and descriptions of statistical environmental data and quality ratings discussed in the other three volumes of the Environmental...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions
Environmental Conditions Projections, a working paper, March 1977. This report written in 1977 forecasts environmental data for the years 1985 and 2020 for the Bear River Watershed. Work on this project was performed between July 1, 1974 and...
Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions
This is Box 4 of a 6-box collection of diaries written over the course of 56 years (1895-1951) by a farmer in Petersboro, Utah. Box 4 covers the period 1917-1926 and is organized into 13 folders:
Folder 1: Vol. 22, 1917 (bound vol. 5 x 7.75...
Peterson family--History--Diaries; Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955--Diaries; Farmers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Agricultural machinery--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History;...
The papers of the Logan Island Defense Committee represent an attempt by a grassroots organization in Logan, Utah, to stop the building of a hydro-electric dam (currently known as First Dam) on the Logan River, at the mouth of Logan Canyon. This...
The following conclusions have been reached for Part I of the study: 1. Much of the phosphorus carried by the streams that will feed the
proposed reservoirs in the Bear River Watershed is derived from runoff and erosion of the land in the...
Water quality--Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions; Bear River Watershed--Environmental conditions;
This study of the social impacts of Water Reclamation was directed toward determining some of the non-economic effects of a major water
project on the social well being of both urban and rural areas, and the identification of methodological...
Water resources development--Social aspects--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
This assessment of the prehistoric cultural resources in the marsh areas between Salt Lake City and Brigham City, Utah was prompted by the historic high reached by the flooding of the Great Salt Lake in 1987. In the aftermath of the flood,...
Archaeology--Utah--Great Salt Lake; Archaeology--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Great Salt Lake (Utah); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Great Salt Lake (Utah)--Antiquities; Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Antiquities;
This study will examine the problem of compatibility of competing and conflicting uses of water resources and the social effects of changing uses of water held in a reservoir lake and its related land area. The area selected for this study is Bear...
Water resources development--Social aspects--Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
"The purpose of this study is to construct a quantitatively descriptive model of the sewage system and its receiving environment by utilizing observations on the patterns of flow, water chemistry dynamics, bacterial activity and distribution,...
Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan; Water quality--Research--Utah--Logan River; Groundwater--Utah--Logan River--Quality--Research; Sewage--Analysis;
"Hyrum Reservoir, Utah, was studied for one year and then for a year following the initiation of artificial destratification. The redistribution of dissolved oxygen to the lower depths of the reservoir significantly increased the amount of habitat...
Concentrating on the Cutler Plant Reservoir in Cache County, Utah, and with a concern that future development be in accord with the concept of environmental stewardship, a proposal was submitted by Utah State University to Utah Power and Light...
Ecological surveys--Utah--Cutler Dam; Reservoirs--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho);
This conference in the matter of pollution of the interstate of the Bear River involving the States of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, is being held under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Section 8. Under the terms of that Act,...
Water--Pollution--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions;
Report to Bear River Compact Commissioners on Bear River Compact and Analysis of stream flow records, June 23, 1948 / prepared by W.V. Iorns, project engineer, U.S. Geological Survey. Includes tentative draft of Bear River Compact. Page 24 is...
Bear River Compact--History; Bear River Commission--History; Water rights--Utah; Water rights--Idaho; Water rights--Wyoming; Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
Report on Logan River water rights prepared by A. G. Barber and George L. Swendson, Special Committee for Canal Companies. Provides some history of water rights, claims, and appropriations for both irrigation and power uses of Logan River water...
Logan River (Utah)--Water rights--History; Stream measurements--Utah--Logan River--History; Canals--Utah--Logan River--History
Miscellaneous papers (statistics, charts, check stubs, correspondence) concerning the amount and costs of electrical power to various state agencies, the Utah Agricultural College Power Plant, and Utah Power & Light chiefly from 1930 to 1933.
A report on the Logan Dam near Logan, Utah by the Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Co., discussing the 1912 design submitted to the company in 1912 and the modification to the design, specifically the unsupported vertical buttressed core-wall. ...
Dams--Utah--Logan River; Dams--Utah--Logan River--Pictorial works; Dams--Utah--Design and construction;
Discharge measurements and charts, correspondence, reports, and blueprint corncerning construction, maintenance, and repairs of the Utah Agricultural College Power Plant from 1918 to 1941.
West Cache Irrigation Company minute books: 1961 to 1976. Typescript with some printed items laid in. Founded in 1898, the West Cache Irrigation Company built a large irrigation canal system starting at Riverdale, Idaho and ending in northwest...
West Cache Irrigation Company (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley--History;
West Cache Irrigation Company minute books: 1976 to 1991. Typescript, with some printed items laid in. Founded in 1898, the West Cache Irrigation Company built a large irrigation canal system starting at Riverdale, Idaho and ending in northwest...
West Cache Irrigation Company (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley--History;
West Cache Irrigation Company minute books: 1937 to 1944. Typescript. Founded in 1898, the West Cache Irrigation Company built a large irrigation canal system starting at Riverdale, Idaho and ending in northwest Cache Valley in northern Utah.
West Cache Irrigation Company (Utah)--Records and correspondence; Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley--History;
Reclassification of electric plant statements "A" to "I" inclusive / Utah Light and Traction Company. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Light and Traction Company, [between 1937 and 1940]
Electric power-plants--Utah; Utah Power & Light Company;
Sediment movement in Bear River, Utah / by Calvin Geary Clyde. Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Civil Engineer in the graduate division of the University of California, June 1953.
Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Erosion; Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--History; Sedimentation and deposition; Flood control--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Geology--Bear River (Utah-Idaho);
A management study of the Cache elk herd / by Norman V. Hancock. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Management, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, 1955.
Elk--Utah--Cache County; Elk--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Management; Range management--Utah--Cache County; Wildlife management--Utah--Cache County;
Vanez T. Wilson scrapbook no. 2: Bear River Bird Refuge. Mr. Wilson began his career in Department of the Interior in 1927, helping to survey and establish what was to become the Bear River Bird Refuge just outside of Brigham City, Utah. He was...
Wilson, Vanez T., 1895-1977; Bear River Bird Refuge (Utah)--Pictorial works; Ducks--Utah--Bear River Bird Refuge; Ducks--Diseases--Pictorial works;
Ph.D. dissertation by James Lane Gillings submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Utah State University, 1969. Typewritten, 126 single-sided pages with interview schedule in...
Bear River Project (Utah-Idaho); Water resources development--Social aspects--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho);
M.S. thesis by William A. Luce, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1974. Written under direction of Professor Donald B. Porcella. Typewritten, 80 single-sided...
Phosphorus; Water--Pollution--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Measurement; Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Hyrum Reservoir (Utah)
M.S. thesis by Robert L. Nunan, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University, 1972. Written under the direction of Professor William T. Helm....
Water quality--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho)
M.S. thesis by Ernest W. Parkinson, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Zoology, Utah State Agricultural College, May 1933. Written under direction of Professor J.S. Stanford....
Birds--Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)
M.S. thesis by Hayden L. Street, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Planning, Utah State University, 1973. Typewritten, 135 single sided pages. Includes tables and maps.
Water quality--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho); Land use--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho)
M.S. thesis by Michale R. Sterling, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Resources, Utah State University, 1970. 121 single-sided pages, with one 4x5 in. b&w photograph of the bottom...
Waterfowl--Food--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah); Sago pondweed--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Describes the history and extent of the irrigation project of the Bear Lake and River Water Works and Irrigation Company as of 1889. Cities and towns served by the irrigation system included Ogden, Brigham City, Corrinne, Bear River City,...
Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Bear River (Utah-Idaho); Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Irrigation--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Irrigation--History; Water resources development--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Ph.D. dissertation by Nicholas J. Chura, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Biology, Utah State University, 1962. 121 single-sided typewritten pages with 5 illustrations pasted in...
Mallard--Food--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
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...
Ph.D. dissertation by William C. Dunaway, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Utah State University, 1976. Typewritten, xii, 184 single-sided pages. Includes tables, charts, and maps. ...
Land use--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Community power--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho); Conflict of interests--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
M.S. thesis by Daniel Richard Cerven, submitted in partial fulfillment of of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Fishery Biology, Utah State University, 1973. 65 single-sided pages. Includes tables, charts, and map. Also...
