Collection M 161:
Southwestern Water Conservation District records inventory
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Years this material was created:
1930s-1990s
Produced by the Southwestern Water Conservation District (Durango, Colo.)
Quantity:
est. 21 linear shelf feet (in 14.5 document cases and other boxes)
© 2003 by Fort
Lewis College Foundation, Center of Southwest Studies account
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M
161:
Southwestern Water Conservation District records
about 21 linear shelf feet (in 14.5 document cases and other boxes)
These are minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, maps and other publications, legal documents and other records pertaining to water issues in the Four Corners region. Topics include Rainbow Bridge National Monument and the Animas-La Plata project.
The Southwestern Water Conservation District was formed in 1941 with duties identical to that of the Colorado Water Conservation District, which was formed in 1937. The difference is in the geography. The Southwestern Water Conservation District encompasses the remaining waters of the Colorado’s tributaries on the West Slope (including the San Juan, Dolores and Animas River basins). This area is as arid as any part of Colorado, and also is prone to extreme conditions. The floods of this area are as destructive as the droughts, which may have forced the Ancestral Puebloans from this area 700 years ago.
The District’s Board of Directors is composed of nine members. Each member represents one of the District’s counties. They work with engineers, surveyors and lawyers to find optimum ways of managing water and supporting projects that will benefit the public. Some projects the District supported have been the construction of Lemon Reservoir on the Mancos River and McPhee Reservoir on the Dolores. They also hold regular meetings and frequently release press clippings to educate the public about regional water issues and promote conservation of existing water resources.
Administrative information
Acquisition information: This collection is comprised of the Center of Southwest Studies' accessions 1997:01011 (15 linear shelf feet before processing, donated by the late Frank E. "Sam" Maynes, attorney for the District, on January 29, 1997) and 2002:12001 (3 24"-deep boxes donated by the Southwestern Water Conservation District by decision of its Board at its regularly scheduled board meeting on April 3, 2003).
The 2002:12001 accession included books (an estimated 372 volumes; 368 titles, published 1849-2001, bulk 1936-2000) from the library of the Southwestern Water Conservation District, to be cataloged in the Delaney Southwest Research Library, and also maps from the Southwestern Water Conservation District (an estimated 341 maps; 261 titles, dated ca. 1905-1998, bulk 1936-1998), for the map collection at the Center of Southwest Studies.
The earlier accession in 1997 consists of Southwestern Water Conservation District Board records and related water conservation records maintained by Frank E. (Sam) Maynes. Those records date from ca. 1930s and include printed materials, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, and other materials relating to water conservation and water development projects in the Four Corners states. Those materials include items produced by the Colorado Water Conservation District.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Anthony Konkol, July-August 2003 and winter 2004. Starting in July and August of 2003, Anthony Konkol, former student in Todd Ellison's Public History class, arranged and described this collection at the Southwest Studies, under Ellison's supervision. Southwest Studies student workers produced the earlier list of contents of the folders, books and maps donated by the District (Accession 2002:12001) in January - March of 2003. The folder data entry by Anthony Konkol, August of 2003 through March of 2004. This inventory was produced by Anthony Konkol and Todd Ellison in August of 2003 (last revised in December of 2004).
This collection is comprised of two series, each arranged (for the most part) alphabetically. Series 1 is subject files of the District. Series 2 is comprised of records, correspondence, and newspaper clippings maintained by Southwest Colorado water attorney Frank E. "Sam" Maynes pertaining to the District. The water district records are so comprehensive as to be taxing to a researcher; Mr. Konkol recommends beginning with the materials compiled by Sam Maynes, especially the newspaper clippings. A third series, not yet arranged and described, is water rights applications.
Container
List
Series 1: District subject
files (262 folders)
|
Box |
Fol. |
Description |
|
1 |
1 |
“Economic Impacts of the Animas-La Plata Project on La Plata County and Surrounding Area,” [1975] |
|
1 |
2 |
AIRAO Enterprises, weather modification proposals, 1992 |
|
1 |
4 |
A-LP Negotiations, notes, 1985 |
|
1 |
3 |
A-LP, Dallas Creek, Dolores, San Miguel and West Divide Projects, report, 1960 |
|
1 |
5 |
American Legion Post 177, resolutions, 1944 |
|
1 |
6 |
Animas-La Plata Project Newsletter, 1990 |
|
1 |
7 |
Animas-La Plata Project, “questions and answers”, [1976] |
|
1 |
8 |
Animas-La Plata Project, witness statements, 1964 |
|
1 |
9 |
Animas-La Plata Water Conservancy District, resolution concerning open records act, [1991] |
|
1 |
10 |
Aqua Train, proposal and maps, 1983 |
|
1 |
11 |
Archuleta Economic Development Association, Restore the San Juan River Project, correspondence, 1990 |
|
1 |
12 |
Arizona Power Authority, annual reports, 1987-1988 |
|
1 |
13 |
Aspinall, Wayne, “Reclamation Pays”, paper, [1962] |
|
1 |
14 |
Harry F. Blaney, “Evaporation From and Stabilization of Salton Sea Water Surface, paper, 1955 |
|
1 |
15 |
Big Thompson Project, pamphlet, [1960] |
|
1 |
16 |
Board Appointments, Archuleta County, 1957-1969 |
|
1 |
17 |
Board Appointments, Dolores County, 1942-1974 |
|
1 |
18 |
Board Appointments, Hinsdale County, 1944-1995 |
|
1 |
19 |
Board Appointments, La Plata County, 1944-1956 |
|
1 |
20 |
Board Appointments, Mineral County, 1961-1993 |
|
1 |
21 |
Board Appointments, Montezuma County, 1943-1969 |
|
1 |
22 |
Board Appointments, Montrose County, 1943-1971 |
|
1 |
23 |
Board Appointments, San Juan County, 1943-1993 |
|
1 |
24 |
Board Appointments, San Miguel County, 1944-1975 |
|
1 |
25 |
Board of Directors, correspondence, 1942-1967 |
|
1 |
26 |
Board of Directors, memos to the board, 1945-1993 |
|
1 |
27 |
Jean Breitenstein, “Colorado’s Water Resources and What Should be Done About Them”, paper, 1954 |
|
1 |
28 |
Charles Butler (Geologist), correspondence, 1978 |
|
1 |
29 |
Christian J. Buys, “Power in the Mountains”, paper, [1990] |
|
1 |
30 |
Central Arizona Project, correspondence, 1965 |
|
1 |
31 |
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, publications, 1973-1987 |
|
1 |
32 |
City of Cortez, correspondence, 1992 |
|
1 |
33 |
City of Durango, correspondence, 1950-1956 |
|
1 |
34 |
City of Farmington, official resolution opposing A-LP, 1977 |
|
1 |
35 |
City of Pagosa Springs. Correspondence, 1983-1995 |
|
1 |
36 |
Club 20, basic organization chart. [1990] |
|
1 |
37 |
Club 20, correspondence, 1971-1993 |
|
1 |
38 |
Colorado Agriculture Planning Association, meeting notes, 1950 |
|
1 |
39 |
Colorado District Court, Water Division 2, Applications for Water Rights, 1994 |
|
1 |
40 |
Colorado Division of Water Resources, Annual Report, 1993 |
|
1 |
41 |
Colorado Division of Water Resources, Dam Liability Legislation, 1986 |
|
1 |
42 |
Ciruli, Floyd, letter concerning President’s 1977 environmental address, 1978 |
|
2 |
1 |
Colorado Division of Water Resources, letters on H.R. 9560, 1978 |
|
2 |
2 |
Colorado Division of Water Resources, letters, 1956-1994 |
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2 |
3 |
Colorado Division of Wildlife, letters: nongame wildlife, 1998 |
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2 |
4 |
Colorado Division of Wildlife, reports and publications, 1994-1998 |
|
2 |
5 |
Colorado Governor’s Office, correspondence, 1943-1991 |
|
2 |
6 |
Colorado Governor’s Office, correspondence, 1992-1993 |
|
2 |
7 |
Colorado Irrigation Centennial, letters and correspondence, 1952 |
|
2 |
8 |
Colorado League of Women Voters, Colorado Water Report, [1980] |
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2 |
9 |
Colorado River Association, newsletters, 1965-1967 |
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2 |
10 |
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project, reports, 1974-1987 |
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2 |
11 |
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project, Salinity Quality Control Standards, report, 1976-1978 |
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2 |
12 |
Colorado River Storage Act, 1968 |
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2 |
13 |
Colorado River Storage Project, information pamphlet, 1983 |
|
2 |
14 |
Colorado River Water Conservation District, letters and correspondence, 1937-1993 |
|
2 |
15 |
Colorado River Water Users Association, publications, 1955-1986 |
|
2 |
16 |
Colorado River, documents, 1991 |
|
2 |
17 |
Colorado Rural Water Association, letters, 1993 |
|
2 |
18 |
Colorado Satellite-Linked Water Resource Monitoring System, correspondence, 1988-1993 |
|
2 |
19 |
Colorado Satellite-Linked Water Resources Monitoring System, monthly reports, 1986-1989 |
|
2 |
20 |
Colorado, State Agencies, correspondence, 1968-1991 |
|
2 |
21 |
Colorado State Association of County Commissioners, letters and newsletters, 1972-1973 |
|
2 |
22 |
Colorado State Auditor, correspondence, 1965-1987 |
|
2 |
23 |
Colorado State Department of Agriculture, correspondence, [1985] |
|
2 |
24 |
Colorado State Department of Health, correspondence, 1993 |
|
2 |
25 |
Colorado State Department of Labor, letters, 1961-1972 |
|
2 |
26 |
Colorado State Department of Law (Office of Attorney General), correspondence, 1942-1995 |
|
2 |
27 |
Colorado State Department of Law (Office of Attorney General), Instream Flow memos, letters, correspondence, 1994 |
|
3 |
1 |
Colorado State Department of Local Governments (Including former Colorado Tax Commission), correspondence and letters, 1957-1985 |
|
3 |
2 |
Colorado State Department of Natural Resources, letters and correspondence, 1991-1994 |
|
3 |
3 |
Colorado State Legislature, correspondence, 1972-1991 |
|
3 |
4 |
Colorado State University, Colorado Water Resource Research Institute, reports, 1977-1985 |
|
3 |
5 |
Colorado State University, Cooperative Extension Office, reports, 1957-1971 |
|
3 |
6 |
Colorado State University, Cooperative Extension, letters and correspondence, 1957-1971 |
|
3 |
7 |
Colorado State University, letters, 1956-1995 |
|
3 |
8 |
Colorado State University, publications, 1990-1994 |
|
3 |
9 |
Colorado State University, Rural Affairs Council, correspondence, 1972 |
|
3 |
10 |
Colorado State University, Yellow Jacket, letters and correspondence, 1986-1993 |
|
3 |
11 |
Colorado State Water Conservation Board, correspondence, 1977-1993 |
|
3 |
12 |
Colorado State Water Conservation Board, Western State Water Council, papers, 1971 |
|
3 |
13 |
Colorado State Water Users Association, constitution and by-laws, 1954 |
|
3 |
14 |
Colorado State Watershed Association, meeting minutes, 1956-1957 |
|
3 |
15 |
Colorado State Watershed Conservation Association, constitution, [1956] |
|
3 |
16 |
Colorado State Watershed Conservation Association, meeting minutes, 1958 |
|
3 |
17 |
Colorado Statutes Relating to Fire Fighting, 1963 |
|
3 |
18 |
Colorado Water Congress, audits, 1965-1966 |
|
3 |
19 |
Colorado Water Congress, letters and correspondence, 1962-1993 |
|
3 |
20 |
Colorado Water Congress, newsletter, 1979 |
|
3 |
21 |
Colorado Water Congress, papers, 1948-1993 |
|
3 |
22 |
Colorado Water Conservation Board, “Synopsis of Major Documents Relating to the Colorado River”, paper, 1976 |
|
3 |
23 |
Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1973 Southwestern Colorado Authorized Reclamation Projects, reports, 1973 |
|
4 |
1 |
Colorado Water Conservation Board, reports, 1941-1965 |
|
4 |
2 |
Colorado Water Conservation Board, reports, 1966-1976 |
|
4 |
3 |
Colorado Water Conservation Board, reports, 1992-1993 |
|
4 |
4 |
Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority, annual report, 1987 |
|
4 |
5 |
Colorado Water Workshop, schedule, 1993 |
|
4 |
6 |
Comsat (WaterTalk). List of station identification numbers, 1990 |
|
4 |
7 |
Comsat Information Package, 1982 |
|
4 |
8 |
Consultants, Clifford Jex, letters, 1958-1970 |
|
4 |
9 |
Consultants, Clifford Jex, reports, 1960-1965 |
|
4 |
10 |
Consultants, Tom Pitts and Associates, correspondence, 1993 |
|
4 |
11 |
Correspondence, counties, 1941-1995 |
|
4 |
12 |
Correspondence, received, 1971-1995 |
|
4 |
13 |
Correspondence, sent, 1966-1995 |
|
4 |
14 |
Cortez Chamber of Commerce, correspondence, 1950 |
|
4 |
15 |
Cost/Benefit Ratio of Tucumcari Project, author unknown, [1978] |
|
4 |
16 |
County Planning Department, La Plata County, maps, [1990] |
|
5 |
1 |
Delta County Agricultural Planning Committee, proposal, 1949 |
|
5 |
2 |
Denver Water Board, publications, 1993 |
|
5 |
3 |
District Court Records, petition to create Dolores Water Conservancy District, 1953 |
|
5 |
4 |
District Court, Water Division 7, motions, 1981 |
|
5 |
5 |
District Court, Water Division 7, Southwestern Water Conservation District application for water rights. 1989 |
|
5 |
6 |
District Court, Water Division 7, Water Rights, 1948-1989 |
|
5 |
7 |
Dolores County, correspondence, 1968-1987 |
|
5 |
8 |
Dolores Project, correspondence, 1972-1987 |
|
5 |
9 |
Dolores Project, preliminary reports and plans, 1961 |
|
5 |
10 |
Dolores Project, Project data sheet, 1977-1988 |
|
5 |
11 |
Dolores Water Conservancy District, Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. and the Dolores Water Conservancy District, 1991 |
|
5 |
12 |
Dolores Water Conservancy District, reports, 1986 |
|
5 |
13 |
Dolores Water Conservation District, budgets and bills, 1962-1990 |
|
5 |
14 |
Dolores Water Conservation District, letters and correspondence, 1968-1992 |
|
5 |
15 |
Durango Area Chamber Resort Association, letters and correspondence, 1993 |
|
5 |
16 |
Endangered Species Act Coalition, papers, 1991 |
|
5 |
17 |
Energy and Water Development Sub-committee on Appropriations, testimonies, 1979 |
|
5 |
18 |
Engineering and Science Magazine, September 1978 Includes Article “The Simple Economics of Water” by James P. Quirk |
|
5 |
19 |
Environmental Protection Agency, “Colorado Pollution Discharge Elimination System”, guidebook, 1975 |
|
5 |
20 |
Farm/Water Alliance, newsletters, 1978-1979 |
|
5 |
21 |
Farmington Chamber of Commerce, correspondence, 1990 |
|
5 |
22 |
Federal Register, vol.41, no.36, includes water pollution amendment, 1976 |
|
6 |
1 |
Flood Control Hearings, testimonies and comments, 1959 |
|
6 |
2 |
Flood of 1970, Estimates, bills and receipts, 1970 |
|
6 |
3 |
Flood of 1970, letters and correspondence, 1970-1971 |
|
6 |
4 |
Flood of 1973, audits and disaster relief estimates, 1973 |
|
6 |
5 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Animas Consolidated Ditch Company, 1973 |
|
6 |
6 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Echo Ditch Company, 1973 |
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6 |
7 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Joe Freed Ditch Company, 1973 |
|
6 |
8 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company, 1973 |
|
6 |
9 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Park Ditch Company, 1973 |
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6 |
10 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Pioneer Ditch Company, 1973 |
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6 |
11 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Red Mesa Ward and Ditch Company, 1973 |
|
6 |
12 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Ditch and Irrigation Companies, 1973 |
|
6 |
13 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Ditch and Irrigation Companies, 1973 |
|
6 |
14 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Ditch and Irrigation Companies, 1973 |
|
6 |
15 |
Flood of 1973, bills and receipts, Ditch and Irrigation Companies, 1973 |
|
6 |
16 |
Flood of 1973, Correspondence for disaster relief, 1973 |
|
6 |
17 |
Florida Ditches, yield of ditches, tables and graphs, [1961] |
|
6 |
18 |
Florida River Hydrographs, 1965 |
|
6 |
19 |
Florida Water Conservancy District, correspondence, 1993 |
|
6 |
20 |
Four Corners Environmental Research Institute, report and correspondence, 1978 |
|
6 |
21 |
Four Corners Regional Commission, letters, 1971 |
|
7 |
1 |
Four Corners Water Assessment Study, report, 1990 |
|
7 |
2 |
Frying Pan-Arkansas Project, letters and correspondence, 1958-1959 |
|
7 |
3 |
Frying Pan-Arkansas Project, pamphlet, [1980] |
|
7 |
4 |
Frying Pan-Arkansas Project, publications, 1951-1972 |
|
7 |
5 |
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, operating principles, 1959 |
|
7 |
6 |
Gunnison-Arkansas Project, planning report, 1950 |
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7 |
7 |
Harris Consulting Firm, correspondence, 1988-1992 |
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7 |
8 |
Harris Consulting Firm, water rights report, 1988 |
|
7 |
9 |
Highlands Ranch Water Use, report, 1996 |
|
7 |
10 |
Hinsdale County, correspondence, 1941-1993 |
|
7 |
11 |
House Bill 9560, Navigable Waters, correspondence and letters, 1976 |
|
7 |
12 |
Information Requests (from Southwestern Water Conservation District), correspondence, 1982-1988 |
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7 |
13 |
Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources, paper, 1960 |
|
7 |
14 |
Intergovernmental Task Force On Monitoring Water Quality, “The Strategy for Improving Water Quality Monitoring in the United States” report, 1994 |
|
7 |
15 |
Job Corps Conservation Camp, program, 1964 |
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7 |
16 |
John Kaliszewski, “Assessing the Public’s Knowledge and Perceptions of Colorado Water”, report, [1990] |
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7 |
17 |
Kogovsek and Associates, correspondence, 1985-1993 |
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7 |
18 |
Kogovsek and Associates, correspondence, 1995 |
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7 |
19 |
Kogovsek and Associates, letter to Southwestern Water Conservation District on squawfish, 1990 |
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7 |
20 |
La Plata Water Conservancy District, letter to supporters of A-LP, [1973] |
|
7 |
21 |
La Plata Water Conservancy District, letters and papers, 1944-1947 |
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7 |
22 |
La Plata West Water District, proposal, 1997 |
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8 |
1 |
Lake Mead Operating Numbers, 1956-1957 |
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8 |
2 |
Lake Powell, brochure, 1965 |
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8 |
3 |
Legislation (Federal), 1938-1991 |
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8 |
4 |
Legislation (State of Colorado), 1953-1994 |
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8 |
5 |
Lemon dam, correspondence concerning the name of the dam, 1962-1963 |
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8 |
6 |
Leonard Burch, letter on Colorado squawfish, 1990 |
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8 |
7 |
Litigation, Legal Information, 1966-1993 |
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8 |
8 |
Litigation, Indian Water Rights, Colorado River Water Conservancy District et. al v. United States of America, 1974 |
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8 |
9 |
Litigation, Indian Water Rights, United States of America v. Mary Atkin et. Al, 1997 |
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8 |
10 |
Litigation, Sierra Club v. Block, 1985 |
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8 |
11 |
Lobbyists, letters, 1987-1995 |
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8 |
12 |
Long’s Peak Working Group, “America’s Waters: A New Era of Sustainability”, report, 1993 |
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8 |
13 |
Mancos Project, correspondence, 1946-1947 |
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8 |
14 |
Frank E. “Sam” Maynes, “A General Discussion of the Federal Reserved Rights Doctrine,” paper, 1976 |
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8 |
15 |
Frank E. “Sam” Maynes, letter to Southwestern Water Conservation District on squawfish, 1990 |
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8 |
16 |
Frank E. “Sam” Maynes, Unofficial Denver office correspondence, 1960 |
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8 |
17 |
Meeting Minutes, 1950 |
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8 |
18 |
Mexico Treaty, letters, 1944 |