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Category : Missouri River
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Missouri River Master Water Control Manual
Author: River of Promise, River of Peril
Author: John E. ThorsonPublisher: Development of Western Resources
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Snaking 2,540 miles from Montana to the Mississippi River, the Missouri is the longest waterway in the nation. Its basin—stretching 530,000 square miles—extends broadly into ten states and twenty-five Indian reservations. For millions of years the river and its tributaries meandered untamed. But that irrevocably changed with the passage of the Pick-Sloan Plan, part of the Flood Control Act of 1944. In River of Promise, River of Peril, John Thorson takes the first comprehensive look at how and why the Missouri River basin-now with six major dams and hundreds of miles of navigation canals-has become one of the most significantly altered drainage systems in the country. He also looks at the consequences. The Pick-Sloan Plan, he argues, has not fared well over time, particularly in its failure to provide an effective blueprint for regional river management. Persistent conflicts over the river, he contends, illuminate important weaknesses of federalism in dealing with regional resources, the most glaring being the exclusion of any proactive role for Indian tribal governments. To support his argument, Thorson examines the physical, demographic, and political features of the river basin; analyzes the comprehensive river development that gave birth to the Pick-Sloan Plan; reveals why the original goals of the legislature were never achieved; explores the deep-seated and continuing tensions between basin governments; and investigates how Indian tribes, the river's ecology, and federalism have been damaged as the river has been developed. He also describes the various associations created and later abandoned from the sixties to the eighties and assesses their virtues and limitations. Thorson sees in the story of the Missouri River Basin the vertical and horizontal strains of federalism-the states chafing against federally mandated and controlled projects exacerbated by the lack of constitutional guidance for handling conflicts among neighboring states and with Indian nations. Not just bent on spotlighting problems, Thorson also evaluates different approaches for improved river system management and recommends a Missouri River management institution based on environmentally sensitive policies, a strong state role, and full participation by the basin's tribal governments.
Water Resources Development in Kansas by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Southwestern DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Review of the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public WorksPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Operation of Federal Reservoirs on the Missouri River
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309046777
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The question of whether the earth's climate is changing in some significant human-induced way remains a matter of much debate. But the fact that climate is variable over time is well known. These two elements of climatic uncertainty affect water resources planning and management in the American West. Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty examines the scientific basis for predictions of climate change, the implications of climate uncertainty for water resources management, and the management options available for responding to climate variability and potential climate change.
Processes for Identifying Regional Influences of and Responses to Increasing Atmospheric CO2 and Climate Change
Author: Generic EIS for Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses Renewal
Author: Balancing Water Demands with Supplies
Author: Kenneth D. FrederickPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Flooding in Bismarck/Mandan Areas of North Dakota
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description