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Animas-La Plata Project collection inventory |
Years this material was created: 1938-2005, bulk
1979-1992
Quantity: 2.8 linear shelf feet (in 6.5 document cases)
© 1998 by Fort Lewis
College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies
account, updated 2008
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Introduction/ Scope and contents
M 092
ANIMAS-LA PLATA PROJECT
COLLECTION
(approximately 2,500 items, in 126 folders, in 6.5 document
cases)
This collection contains the historically significant records retained from several sources regarding federal water development projects in southwest Colorado. The materials (referring specifically to those that are united together in Series 6) are somewhat broader than the Animas-La Plata Project, and also pertain to related issues of water, especially in southwestern Colorado. The collection strengths are printed materials by both proponents and opponents of the project (especially the latter); eleven folders of public responses to environmental impact study reports; newspaper clippings; and materials documenting the project's legislation. At the end of this collection are several folders of materials pertaining to a related federal project, the Dolores River Project. The collection also includes several document cases of unprocessed materials, including newspaper clippings and records of persons and groups involved on one side or the other of this controversial water project. The records in this collection were conglomerated from various sources pertaining to the topic.
Access terms:
Animas-La Plata Project
Dolores River Project
United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Upper Colorado Region
Water diversion--Colorado--La Plata County
Water resources development--Environmental aspects--Colorado--La Plata
County
Water use--Colorado
Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement
As early as the 1930s, there has been an interest in getting water from the Animas River (comprised of a larger and higher drainage area) to the La Plata River Basin -- a significant land area requiring a more dependable water supply. In 1938 the Bureau of Reclamation devised just such an engineering plan, which was pursued by the La Plata Water Conservancy District in 1944. The dam and reservoir would offer irrigation benefits to both Colorado and New Mexico. Secondary sources of revenue would include non-reimbursable benefits to Indian lands belonging to the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain tribes and recreation, fish and wildlife profits. By 1964, New Mexico and the Southern Ute interest in the proposed project had expanded to include municipal and industrial water use, which began the increase to the benefit/cost ratio.
That original Animas La Plata project consisted of Howardsville Reservoir near Silverton, Hay Gulch Reservoir, Meadows Reservoir, 48 miles of canals and tunnels, and a diversion of the Animas River at Taft. On September 30, 1968 Congress officially authorized the construction of the Animas La Plata project through the signing of the Colorado River Basin Act. The project that is commonly referred to as A-LP began in 1979 with a non-jeopardy opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Bureau of Reclamation published a Definite Plan Report for A-LP that called for the construction of two reservoirs, seven pumping plants, a 24.3 mile dry-side canal, and 198 miles of laterals. Water would be pumped 525 feet up from the Animas to a reservoir in Ridges Basin. The Ridges Basin pumping station would pump the water 400 feet up to the La Plata Basin. The water would then travel to the La Plata River drainage and a 24.3 mile dry side canal, eventually supplying individual farmers and the Ute tribes with pressurized irrigation water.
In December of 1986, the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes became a part of A-LP when they signed the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Final Settlement Agreement . By signing this agreement, the Utes dropped their claims to San Juan Basin rivers, in exchange for water in A-LP and $60 million in development funds. The groundbreaking ceremony in Durango took place on October 26, 1991, but in July 1997 the Animas La Plata Reconciliation Plan, allowing for the maximum of 57,100 acre feet per year, was created as a way of reconciling funding and political interests.
The federally-funded Animas La Plata project ended up costing a half a billion dollars, some of which was paid to Southern Ute entities who had preference in receiving construction contracts. The dam for the Ridges Basin reservoir was topped off on November 9, 2007; it was the largest earthen dam construction project of its time. The reservoir is near the massive Environmental Protection Agency burial site for Durango's uranium mill tailings. The reservoir was named Lake Nighthorse, after Ben Nighthorse Campbell, one of the U.S. legislators who pushed through the authorization and funding for this controversial and costly project. One of the aspects that made the project controversial was the cost of pumping water uphill 2.5 miles into a reservoir, where some of it would evaporate. Actual use of the water by federally recognized tribes is not yet a certainty, due to the electricity expense of pumping the water (which any tribe using the water would need to reimburse the federal government) and due to the huge and as-yet unfunded costs of moving the water from Lake Nighthorse onto any tribal land.
Picture courtesy of www.coloradocollege.edu (maps and illustrations from a case study on the Animas-La Plata Project)
Works cited in the preceding historical sketch: (websites were accessed on 10/13/2004)
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/EC/Faculty/Smith/Projects/ALP/Student/
Ingram, Helen. Water Politics: Continuity and Change. Published 1990. (Call no. HD 1694. N6 I5 at the Delaney Library at the Center of Southwest Studies.)
Administrative information
About the organization of this collection: This is what is known as an artificial collection; in other words, we have composed it from various accessions. One of the accessions was an unfoldered, wholly unorganized assortment of printed materials that came to the Center in a large box. There having been no reasonable original order to these materials, we have created order but have kept the different accessions in separate file folders with the assigned accession number noted on each folder. The series groups are numbered consecutively. Box numbers start with 1; folder numbers start with 1 in each box. The series are organized from highest hierarchical level to lowest; from most general to most specific. Items within each series are arranged chronologically, unless noted otherwise.
Acquisition information: As noted in the folder descriptions, this collection was constituted from various gifts to the Center, including the following:
In addition, Professor Duane Smith has added to the collection ongoing periodicals, and in the mid-1990s Professor Richard Ellis added to the ongoing accumulation of newspaper clippings. Additional items (accession 1995:05004) were donated by the La Plata County Chapter of the League of Women Voters. Some items, which the Archivist found in the grouping of materials in this compiled collection from the days when the Center of Southwest Studies had no archival staff, have no accession number or established provenance.
Processing
information: The collection was arranged
and described by J. Todd Ellison, who prepared the first draft of this inventory
in September of 1998 and thoroughly revised and expanded it in August of
2005.
Related collections at the Center of Southwest Studies: Additional records about the Project may be found at the Center of Southwest Studies in the Ben Campbell collection (M 030) and in the interviews with Leonard Burch (interview #s 50 and 439; click here to listen to interview #439 online), Fred Kroeger (interview # 438; click here to listen to it online) and the late Frank "Sam" Maynes (interview # 545) in the Southwest oral history collection. See also the Durango (Colo.) Uranium Mill Tailings Removal collection inventory and its links to online photos of the smelter on the subsequent site of the Animas-La Plata pumping station in Durango. See also the Four Corners printed materials and ephemera collection for folders of printed materials issued by various groups (such as Friends of the Animas River) that are related to the Project.
A recent accession at the Center is a collection of Animas La Plata citizens' opposition papers (accession 2005:03002). These papers, related to the citizens' opposition to the Animas La Plata water project, comprise 34 records boxes including litigation files, project files such as environmental impact statements, research files regarding the environmental and economic issues, legislation, etc., spanning a period of roughly 1979 to 2003 -- the critical years in the project's conception, opposition and eventual partial authorization. That collection is sealed until January 1, 2010.
Series 1: Legislative records, 1977-1988, 12 folders. Originals or copies of the early agreement in principle on the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement; U.S. House and Senate bills; U.S. House Committee hearing transcript; and Congressman Ben Campbell's copy of the U.S. House proceedings printed materials. Arranged chronologically.
Series 2: Project positioning printed materials, circa 1966-1996 (bulk years 1974-1993), 56 folders. Primarily position statements by various affected parties, including public statements (in chronological order) responding to the 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement. Includes newsletters, informational sheets, brochures, and other printed materials disseminated to induce action for or against the Animas-La Plata Project. Arranged chronologically.
Series 3: Newspaper clippings,1972-2005 (bulk 1979-2005), 18 folders. Newspaper clippings, including some letters to the editor. Arranged chronologically.
Series 4: Student papers, 1986-1997, 6 folders. Primarily by Fort Lewis College students, in various departments. Arranged chronologically.
Series 5: Floor debate non-print materials, 1988 Oct. 3, 2 items. The gavel and a videotape from the U.S. House of Representatives floor debate on H.R. 2642, 1988 Oct. 3.
Series 6: Other water issues records and printed materials, 1938 and 1970-1997, 34 folders. Topics include water resources of Western Colorado and Western United States, water quality in Colorado, Dolores Project, other water projects, and related subjects. Arranged chronologically.
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Box 1 Series 1: Legislative records, in folders 1-12 of Box 1:
Folder 2 Rationale for [Colorado General Assembly] S.B. 141 concerning criteria for the judicially appointed board of directors of water conservancy districts/ by Senator Tilman Bishop, 1985 Feb. 20 (4 pages, plus 8 pages of attachments). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 3 Rationale for [Colorado General Assembly] floor amendment to S.B. 83 concerning criteria for the judicially appointed board of directors of water conservancy districts/ by Senator Wayne Allard, [1985?] (6 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 4 Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement agreement in principle and Animas-La Plata Project cost sharing binding agreement, 1986 June 30 (6 pages); and final draft of same, 1986 June 27, with errata sheet 1986 June 30 (7 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 5 Animas-La Plata Project settlement agreement U.S. Senate bill rough draft and cover letter by William L. Armstrong, et al., 1986 Aug. 5 (12 pages). Also, undated amendments. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 6 U.S. House Bill 2642, 1987 June 10 (16 pages). Also, correspondence from Rep. Ben Campbell, 1988 Mar. 1 (4 pages); correspondence from Rep. George Miller, 1988 Mar. 9 (2 pages); and report language proposed by Senator DeConcini, [circa early 1988] (1 page). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 7 U.S. Senate Bill 1415, 1987 June 23 (18 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 8 Animas-La Plata Project water rights settlement hearing regarding H.R. 2642, before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, transcript, 1987 Sept. 16 (1 volume; 475 pages). Accession 1992:01003.
Folder 9 Colorado Ute water rights settlement briefing papers 1-4 and 6-7, [circa 1987]. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 10 Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1987 (S. 1415) testimony by Edward R. Osano and John S. Williams, 1987 Dec. 3. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 11 Animas-La Plata Project U.S. House of Representatives proceedings printed materials, 1988. Congressman Ben Campbell's set. Includes legislative briefs, transcripts, statements, rules, press releases, notes, memos, and the Congressional Record for 1988 Oct. 3. Please keep these materials in their present order! Accession 1992:01003.
Folder 12 Irrigation subsidy legislation (H.R. 1443) questions and answers by Wayne N. Marchant, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1988 Feb. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 12A Animas La Plata Project descriptive booklet, undated [circa 1966] (15 pages and fold-out map). Accession x2002:03011 from A. M. Wyatt estate.
Folder 13 Animas-La Plata Project [overview]/ prepared [by Frank "Sammy" Maynes?] for San Juan Ecological Society and Sierra Club meeting, 1974 Sept. 12 (7 pages, including a table and 3 pages of maps). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 14 Prepared statement on Animas-La Palta [sic] Project/ by R. H. "Bob" Taylor, for use in debate with Preston Ellsworth at Fort Lewis College, 1976 [1978?] April 4 (8 pages; 2 sets). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 15 Draft petitions for and against the proposed formation of the Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District, undated [circa late 1970s] (8 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 16 Animas-La Plata Project: self-guided tour of proposed facilities/ by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Durango Projects Office, undated [circa late 1970s] (8 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 17 Animas-La Plata Project archaeological curation facility preliminary working proposal/ by the Durango-Fort Lewis Museum Steering Committee, undated [circa 1979] (5 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 18 San Juan Ecological Society (Durango, Colo.) newsletter, 1979 Jan. (4 pages, on 2 two-sided mimeographed sheets). Topics include the Animas-La Plata Project. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 19 Questions and answers: Animas-La Plata Project, undated [circa 1979] (3 sets). Also, a summary sheet about the Project, dated 1979 March (3 pages), an undated 6-page summary sheet also circa 1979, an undated two-sided project data sheet about Phase 1, and a project information sheet about resource considerations, undated (6 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 20 Animas-La Plata Project draft Environment Statement (EIS)/ prepared by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office (Salt Lake City, Utah), released to EPA and the public on July 25, 1979. Also, photocopies of comments by Jeanne W. Englert, 1978 July 4 (4 pages) and by E. M. Barge, 1979 Aug. 31 (1 page). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 21 Navajo Nation position paper on the Animas-La Plata Project, mailgram (photocopy), 1979 Sept. 20 (2 pages). Accession 1988:09002.Folder 22 Taxpayers for the Animas-La Plata referendum (TAR) and [subsequent name] Taxpayers for the Animas River (Durango, Colo.) newsletters and non-membership card, 1979 Oct. 25 - circa 1988. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 23 Water for the future/ by Southwestern Water Conservation District, et al., booklet, undated [circa late 1970s or early 1980s]. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 24 Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico: critique of a contemporary multiple-purpose water project evaluation in the U.S., by Charles W. Howe, 1980 June (33 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 25 Animas-La Plata Project final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) review statement by Roger L. Williams, 1980 Aug. 12 (poor photocopy) (4 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 26 Executive Office of the President position statements correspondence, 1984 Oct. 5 (2 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 27 Colorado Ute Tribes' Water Rights Negotiating Forum printed materials regarding the Animas-La Plata Project, 1984 Nov. and 1985 Oct.-Dec. Includes agendas, Project construction schedule, Southern Ute Tribe Development Fund justification chart, and materials re: the repayment plan. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 1 Animas-La Plata Project opponents' printed materials, circa 1985-1988. Includes newsletters by such organizations as Citizens Concerned for Durango; Taxpayers for Responsible Water Projects, c/o Friends of the Earth (Palisade, Colo.); American Rivers (Wash., D.C.); Colorado River Outfitters Association (Englewood, Colo.); and ICAN Public Power (Wash., D.C.). Inside the ICAN letter are two unused bumper stickers, "Animas-La Plata Project: Just say no on Dec. 8th" and one featuring a dry land farmer and the Dolores Water Conservancy. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 2 Colorado Ute tribes water rights negotiating forum notices and reports, etc., by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, 1985 Sept.-Dec. Accession 1988:09002
Folder 3 Colorado Ute Tribes Quantification Subcommittee report, 1985 Nov. 14. Includes agreements, budgets, tables, minutes, position statements and balance sheets. Accession 1988:09002
Folder 4 Animas-La Plata Project [overview] / by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Durango Projects Office, 1985 Dec. (11 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 5 Animas-La Plata Water Project survey form/ by Talmey Research, Inc., 1985 Dec. (9 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 6 Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado Clean Water Act tribal amendments correspondence and report by Robert J. Martin, 1985 Dec. 1. Photocopies only (no originals of the documents).
Folder 7 Animas-La Plata Project public hearing at School District 9-R Administration Building (Durango, Colo.) transcripts (?), 1985 Dec. 9 (5 pages).
Folder 8 Colorado Ute tribes position papers, 1985 Dec. 11 and 19.
Folder 9 U.S. Department of the Interior views statements correspondence, 1986 Jan. -1988 Apr., and 1991 October. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 10 Animas-La Plata Project news releases/ by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1986 Feb. - 1987 Nov. (and an earlier news release dated Sept. 22, 1977, announcing the intent to prepare a Colorado River Comprehensive Environmental Statement). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 11 Animas-La Plata Project press releases and articles/ by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, et al., 1986 Feb. -1988. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 12 Taxpayers for an Animas-La Plata referendum (TAR) statement draft by James C. Decker, [circa 1986] (7 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 13 Taxpayers for an Animas-La Plata referendum (TAR) political materials, [circa 1986]. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 14 Taxpayers for an Animas-La Plata referendum (TAR) members' statements before the Energy and Water Development Sub-committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, 1986 Apr. 10, 1987 Dec. 3, and 1988 Apr. 12. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 15 Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District meetings agendas and summary reports on repayment contract negotiations, 1986 Aug. 11 - 1987 June 11. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 16 The United States of America and Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District (Colo.) repayment contract, revised draft, 1986 Nov. 13. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 17 The United States of America and Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District (Colo.) repayment contract, revised draft, 1986 Nov. 13; with revisions, 1986 Mar. 20 and Nov. 13 (58 pages; two sets of it). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 18 The United States of America and Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District (Colo.) repayment contract, revised draft, 1987 Apr. 17. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 19 Environmental commitment plan for the Animas-La Plata Project by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Durango Projects Office, 1987 Jan., amended 1987 July 1 (photocopy, not paginated). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 20 The United States of America and Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District (Colo.) repayment contract, revised draft, 1987 June 12; with revision pages as recent as Oct. 26, 1987, and with project reserved water issue contract revisions dated June 12, 1987 and environmental commitment plan for the project dated Feb. 4, 1987. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 21 An analysis of the Animas-La Plata Project (Durango, Colo.) by Environmental Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.), 1987 July (1 volume; irregular pagination). Accession 1988:09002.
Box 3 Series 2, continued: Project positioning printed materials, continued, 19 folders:
Folder 1 Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District newsletters to Conservancy District residents, 1987 Aug. 27, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2, and an undated Vol. II (total of 4 items). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 2 Animas-La Plata Project opponents' and proponents' printed materials, circa fall 1987. Includes materials focused on influencing voters in the Sec. 8, 1987 special election, disseminated by such organizations as Animas-La Plata Steering Committee; Citizens Concerned for Durango; and La Plata Electric Association, Inc. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 3 Durango Area Chamber/Resort Association position paper on the Animas-La Plata Project Phase I, 1987 Oct. 2 (17 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 4 The United States of America and Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District (Colo.) repayment contract, final draft, 1987 Oct. 28; with cover letter dated Nov. 10, 1987. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 5 Indian claims summary table, 1989 Jan., and handwritten notes, circa 1988 Nov. - 1989 (2 sheets). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 6 Animas-La Plata Project cost sharing agreement, article by W. Martin Roche, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, [198-] (8 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 7 Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District response to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service jeopardy opinion on the Colorado River Squawfish, 1990 May 22 (7 sheets, including photocopies of related newspaper clippings). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 8 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements, 1992 Nov.-Dec. Accession 1993:12001.
Folder 9 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements by individuals, 1992 Nov. 25-Dec. 15. In chronological order. Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 10 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements/ by Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (Denver, Colo.), 1992 Dec. 1 (6 pages + 1 page cover memo), Dec. 22 (2 pages), and Dec. 24 (2 pages). Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 11 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements by Animas River rafting companies, 1992 Dec. 7 and 10 (2 sets of each final version). Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 12 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statement by the Rocky Mountain Institute, 1992 Dec. 10, with cover letter to Jim Decker, 1992 Dec. 14. Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 13 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statement by Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (Denver, Colo.), 1992 Dec. 14 (53 pages) (1st set). Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 14 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements by Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (Denver, Colo.), 1992 Dec. 14 (53 pages) (2nd set). Accession 1993:12001.
Folder 15 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Denver, Colo.), 1992 Dec. 11 (3 pages summary) and Dec. 15 (28 pages + 2 cover pages; 2 sets of this). Accession 1993:12001.
Folder 16 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statement by Colorado. U.S. Department of Natural Resources, 1992 Dec. 15 (7 pages). Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 17 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statements by U.S. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mountain-Prairie Region (Denver, Colo.), 1992 Dec. 18 (22 pages) and U.S. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. National Ecology Research Center (Fort Collins, Colo.), 1992 Dec. 8 (5 pages). Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 18 1980 Final Environmental Impact Statement Draft Supplement public response statement: CMB (OMB?) questions on the Animas-La Plata Project, [1992 Nov.-Dec.?] (not paginated). Please keep these materials in their present order! Accession 1993:02004.
Folder 19 Animas-La Plata Update (Durango, Colo.) newsletter/ by Citizens Progressive Alliance (CPA), Taxpayers for the Animas River (TAR) and Four Corners Action Coalition (FCAC), 1998, with attached memo about a letter writing party at Four Corners River Sports on May 6 and May 13. Also, 2x of a poster entitled "Putting a new face on an old debate" announcing the premier showing of a new video on Animas La Plata on April 18, 1996. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 2 Water project newspaper clippings photocopies sent to Ellanore McKenna, 1975-1979. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 3 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper special supplement/ by the Durango Herald, 1979 Feb. 25. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 3 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1972-1978. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 4 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1979. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 5 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1980 and 1982-1984. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 6 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1985. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 7 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1986. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 8 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1987. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 9 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1988-1989. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper.
Folder 10 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1990-1992. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper.
Folder 11 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper clippings, 1993-1994. Arranged in chronological order and archivally photocopied onto PermaLife Bond paper.
Folder 12 High Country News, 1993 March 22, including a feature on the Animas-La Plata Project.
Folder 13 Letters to the editor, and other newspaper clippings compiled by James C. Decker and written by him and others, 1985-1988 (bulk 1985). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 14 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper articles printed out from the Durango Herald website, 1997. Arranged in chronological order.
Folder 15 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper articles printed out from the Durango Herald website, 2002. Arranged in chronological order.
Folder 16 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper articles printed out from the Durango Herald website, 2003. Arranged in chronological order.
Folder 17 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper articles printed out from the Durango Herald website, 2004. Arranged in chronological order.
Folder 18 Animas-La Plata Project newspaper articles printed out from the Durango Herald website, 2005. Arranged in chronological order.
Box 5 Series 4: Student papers, in folders 1-6 of Box 5:
Folder 1 Problems of the Dolores River Project: reflections of Western Slope water policy, student paper by Vernal R. Aulston, undated [circa 1986 Dec.] (27 pages).
Folder 2 Muddling through Indian water, student paper, anonymous and undated [circa 1986-1988] (26 pages).
Folder 3 Agency of empire: the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Reclamation Act, Winter's rights and Southwest Colorado, student paper by Thomas W. Clayton, 1988 Dec. 13 (52 pages).
Folder 4 The McElmo Creek salinity project and its effect on the salinity of the Colorado River, student paper by Ken Mullen, undated [circa 1988 Dec.] (20 pages).
Folder 5 Wilderness water rights, student paper by Nancy Lloyd, undated [circa 1988 Dec.] (19 pages).
Folder 6 Southern Ute water rights and the date of reservation under the Winters Doctrine, paper by Richard G. Hamilton, 1997 Sept. 30 (8 pages, and cover letter by Jeanne W. Englert dated Oct. 19, 1997).
Item 2 Videotape of U.S. House of Representatives floor debate on H.R. 2642, 1988 Oct. 3.
Folder 1 Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co. interstate compact, 1938 (4 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 2 Colorado River Storage Project brochure/ by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, revised 1964. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 3 Guidelines for evaluating wild, scenic and recreational river areas proposed for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system under Section 2, Public Law 90-542/ by U.S. Department of Interior, Forest Service, 1970 Feb. (12 page booklet). Also, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act as amended 1975 Jan. 3 (14 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 4 Other water conflicts, printed materials, 1970-1987 (bulk 1985). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 5 South Animas (Colo.) Planning Unit and Animas Regional Planning Commission printed materials, undated [1970s?] (7 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 6 Water issues booklets, memoranda, newsletters, etc., by the League of Women Voters of Colorado, circa 1973-1989. Includes A Citizen's Guide to Clean Water; Colorado Water; "Growth and water: can we maintain the pressure?";and Blueprint for Clean Water. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 7 Water for tomorrow: Colorado state water plan: phase 1: appraisal report on water and related land resources and their present utilization / by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the State of Colorado, 1974 Feb. (1 volume). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 8 Water quality management plan for the San Juan River Basin, Colorado Segment/ for Colorado Department of Health, Water Quality Control Division/ by R. Keith Hook & Associates (Colorado Springs, Colo.), draft, 1975 June 16 (1 volume; 231 pages plus appendices). Also, news release about the plan, from the Colorado Department of Health, 1975 July 22 (2 pages). 1995:05004.
Folder 9 Dolores Wild and Scenic River Study Team printed materials, 1975 Oct. 9. 1995:05004.
Folder 10 Bureau of Reclamation projects booklets about Arizona, California, and Nevada, 1978 (3 items). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 11 Colorado 208 Water Quality Management Plan Board report and associated printed materials, 1978 March 8 - 1979 Feb. 22. Includes a statement by the League of Women Voters of Colorado on the DRCOG 208 plan, March 8, 1978. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 12 Water and the future: the issues confronting Colorado/ by Harris Sherman, reprint of article originally published 1978 July, pages 22-28 (pages from an unstated periodical). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 13 The simple economics of water/ by James P. Quirk, California Institute of Technology, 1978 Sept.-Oct., pages 22-28 (photocopy from an unstated periodical). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 14 San Juan Regional Commission Regional 208 water quality standards and stream classifications memorandum and records, 1981 April 7. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 15 Fluoridation project federal grant funds, proposed use of, memorandum by Colorado Statewide Health Coordinating Council, 1981 Oct. 14 (6 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 16 Acreage limitation: rules and regulations; final rule/ by U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 43 CFR Part 426 dated 1983 Nov. 3, as published in the Federal Register, 1983 Dec. 6. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 17 Certification forms booklet/ by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 1984 Aug. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 18 Water quality management plan for San Juan Region (Region 9)/ prepared by Colorado Department of Health, Water Quality Control Division, August 1984. 1 volume; 112 pages. Accession 1995:05004.
Box 7 Series 6, continued: Other water issues records and printed materials, 16 folders:
Folder 1 Dolores monitoring study summary report by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Upper Colorado region, 1985 Jan. (1 volume; 26 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 2 Cost sharing on Colorado River water projects: Upper Basin vs. Lower Basin perspectives, by James C. Decker, 1985 Mar. (11 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 3 Western Colorado projects review: summaries of Western Slope water projects by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, et al., 1985 June (1 volume; 121 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 4 Dolores Project update report by John Porter, Dolores Water Conservancy District (Colo.), 1986 (photocopy). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 5 Dolores Water Project cost-sharing assistance, correspondence by Michael L. Strang, et al., 1986 Aug. (2 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 6 Economic aspects of utilizing Dolores Project water, summary by Roger Mann, et al., revised 1986 Aug. 19 (11 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 7 Western Colorado projects review: summaries of Western Slope water projects by [U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, et al.?], 1987 Mar. (1 volume; 81 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 8 Dolores Water Conservancy District (Colo.) petition printed materials, 1987 April 21. Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 9 Attachment to the joint statement of the Department of Water Resources of Arizona...[et al.]...on S. 1415 re: federal reserved Indian water rights doctrine, 1987 Dec. 3 (9 pages; 2 sets of it). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 10 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute at Colorado State University, conferences and public forum printed materials, 1988 Feb. - 1990 Feb. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 11 Colorado River Commission (Las Vegas, Nev.) correspondence, 1988 Apr. 7 (4 pages); and Upper Colorado River Commission (Salt Lake City, Utah) correspondence, 1988 Mar. 23 (6 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 12 The Colorado satellite-linked water resources monitoring system: annual status report for FY 1987-88, 3rd edition/ by Office of the State Engineer, Division of Water Resources, [undated, circa late 1988]. 1 volume; 162 pages. Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 13 Dolores Water Conservancy District report on status of irrigation development, 1988 Aug. 1 (3 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 14 Discussion of proposed amendments to Colorado River Storage Project legislation/ by Frank "Sammy" Maynes at the annual water conference, 1989 March 16-17 (11 pages). Accession 1995:05004.
Folder 15 Salinity--a consideration for the future of water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin, abstract by James E. Kircher and Timothy D. Lieberman, U.S. Geological Survey (Denver, Colo.), [198-] (2 pages). Accession 1988:09002.
Folder 16 Water Information Program (Durango, Colo.) web site screen printouts, 1997 Oct. 23.
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