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Trends in Nutrient Loads to Lahontan Reservoir a Supporting Document for the Carson River Report Card
Trends in Nutrient Loads to Lahontan Reservoir A supporting document for the Carson River Report Card December 2007 Lahontan Dam and Reservoir (photograph by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) Prepared by: Randy Pahl N evada D ivision of Environm ental Protection Bureau of W ater Q uality Planning Trends in Nutrient Loads to Lahontan Reservoir Table of Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................................................1 Trends in Nutrient Concentrations in Inflows...............................................................................................1 Truckee Canal............................................................................................................................................1 Carson River..............................................................................................................................................9 Estimates of Annual Nutrient Loads to Lahontan Reservoir ...................................................................... 16 Carson River............................................................................................................................................16 Truckee Canal..........................................................................................................................................20 Summary of Annual Load Estimates.......................................................................................................24 References.................................................................................................................................................. -
Newlands Project
MP Region Public Affairs, 916-978-5100, http://www.usbr.gov/mp, February 2016 Mid-Pacific Region, Newlands Project History The Newlands Project was one of the first Reclamation projects. It provides irrigation water from the Truckee and Carson Rivers for about 57,000 acres of cropland in the Lahontan Valley near Fallon and bench lands near Fernley in western Nevada. In addition, water from about 6,000 acres of project land has been transferred to the Lahontan Valley Wetlands near Fallon. Lake Tahoe Dam, a small dam at the outlet of Lake Tahoe, the source of the Truckee Lake Tahoe Dam and Reservoir River, controls releases into the river. Downstream, the Derby Diversion Dam diverts the water into the Truckee Canal and Lahontan Dam, Reservoir, carries it to the Carson River. Other features and Power Plant include Lahontan Dam and Reservoir, Carson River Diversion Dam, and Old Lahontan Dam and Reservoir on the Carson Lahontan Power Plant. The Truckee-Carson River store the natural flow of the Carson project (renamed the Newlands Project) was River along with water diverted from the authorized by the Secretary of the Interior Truckee River. The dam, completed in 1915, on March 14, 1903. Principal features is a zoned earthfill structure. The reservoir include: has a storage capacity of 289,700 acre-feet. Old Lahontan Power Plant, immediately below Lahontan Dam, has a capacity of Lake Tahoe Dam 42,000 kilowatts. The plant was completed in 1911. Lake Tahoe Dam controls the top six feet of Lake Tahoe. With the surface area of the lake, this creates a reservoir of 744,600 acre- Truckee Canal feet capacity and regulates the lake outflow into the Truckee River. -
People of Snowy Mountain, People of the River: a Multi-Agency Ethnographic Overview and Compendium Relating to Tribes Associated with Clark County, Nevada
Portland State University PDXScholar Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations Anthropology 2012 People of Snowy Mountain, People of the River: A Multi-Agency Ethnographic Overview and Compendium Relating to Tribes Associated with Clark County, Nevada Douglas Deur Portland State University, [email protected] Deborah Confer University of Washington Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anth_fac Part of the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the Sustainability Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details Deur, Douglas and Confer, Deborah, "People of Snowy Mountain, People of the River: A Multi-Agency Ethnographic Overview and Compendium Relating to Tribes Associated with Clark County, Nevada" (2012). Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations. 98. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anth_fac/98 This Report is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. Pacific West Region: Social Science Series National Park Service Publication Number 2012-01 U.S. Department of the Interior PEOPLE OF SNOWY MOUNTAIN, PEOPLE OF THE RIVER: A MULTI-AGENCY ETHNOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW AND COMPENDIUM RELATING TO TRIBES ASSOCIATED WITH CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA 2012 Douglas Deur, Ph.D. and Deborah Confer LAKE MEAD AND BLACK CANYON Doc Searls Photo, Courtesy Wikimedia Commons -
HISTORY of the TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST a Compilation
HISTORY OF THE TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST A Compilation Posting the Toiyabe National Forest Boundary, 1924 Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Chronology ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Bridgeport and Carson Ranger District Centennial .................................................................... 126 Forest Histories ........................................................................................................................... 127 Toiyabe National Reserve: March 1, 1907 to Present ............................................................ 127 Toquima National Forest: April 15, 1907 – July 2, 1908 ....................................................... 128 Monitor National Forest: April 15, 1907 – July 2, 1908 ........................................................ 128 Vegas National Forest: December 12, 1907 – July 2, 1908 .................................................... 128 Mount Charleston Forest Reserve: November 5, 1906 – July 2, 1908 ................................... 128 Moapa National Forest: July 2, 1908 – 1915 .......................................................................... 128 Nevada National Forest: February 10, 1909 – August 9, 1957 .............................................. 128 Ruby Mountain Forest Reserve: March 3, 1908 – June 19, 1916 .......................................... -
Big Springs Ethnographic Assessment
Pah ¡chi (From Big Spring Running Down) ig Springs Ethnographic Assessment US -J5 Corridor Study OURCE GROUP REPORT NO. 34 Prepared by: Nevada ` Department of Transportation Division of Environmental Services and Federal Highway Administration Environmental Consultants: Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada September 1998 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Pah hu wichi(From Big Spring Running Down): Big Spring Ethnographic Assessment US 95 Corridor Study September 1998 BUREAU OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN ANTHROPOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables v List of Figures vii Acknowledgments vii Foreword x Chapter One Study Overview 1 Brief Description of the Project 1 Cultural Affiliation and Involved American Indian Tribes 2 The Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology 3 Native American Cultural Resource Revitalization 3 University of Arizona Study Team 4 Selection of Interview Sites 5 Interview Forms and Analysis 10 Data Analysis 10 Chronology of Work 13 Daily Schedule 13 Chapter Two Contextualizing Indian Opinions 15 Paiute Views of Their Culture 15 Creation Stories 18 Traditional Southern Paiute Political Units 20 The High Chiefs 20 Chiefs of Alliance 21 Disease and Sociopolitical Disruption 22 1840 - 1875 Depopulation 24 1875 -1900 Depopulation 24 Twentieth Century High Chiefs 26 Chief Tecopa 26 Continuities in Southern Paiute Political Leadership 26 Chief Penance 26 Chief Skinner 27 Technical Terms 28 Technical Term #1: Cultural Affiliation 28 Traditional Period 28 Aboriginal Period 29 Historic Period 29 Ownership of Land 30 Response -
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Final Environmental Assessment DOI-BLM-NV0S010-2009-1014-EA May 2016 Eastern Nevada Transmission Project APPLICANT Silver State Energy Association GENERAL LOCATION Clark County, Nevada BLM CASE FILE SERIAL NUMBER N-086357 PREPARING OFFICE U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive Las Vegas, NV 89130 Phone: (702) 515-5172 Fax: (702) 515-5010 This page intentionally left blank. Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need ...................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................1 1.2 Project Background ........................................................................................................1 1.3 Purpose and Need for Action .........................................................................................2 1.4 Decisions to be Made .....................................................................................................7 1.5 BLM Policies, Plans, Authorizing Actions, and Permit Requirements .........................7 Chapter 2 - Proposed Action and Alternatives ........................................................................9 2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................9 2.1.1 Regulatory Framework for Alternatives -
11. References
11. References Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). State Transportation Improvement Program. December 1994. Associated Cultural Resource Experts (ACRE). Boulder City/U.S. 93 Corridor Study Historic Structures Survey. Vol. 1: Final Report. September 2002. _______________. Boulder City/U.S. 93 Corridor Study Historic Structures Survey. Vol. 1: Technical Report. July 2001. Averett, Walter. Directory of Southern Nevada Place Names. Las Vegas. 1963. Bedwell, S. F. Fort Rock Basin: Prehistory and Environment. University of Oregon Books, Eugene, Oregon. 1973. _______________. Prehistory and Environment of the Pluvial Fort Rock Lake Area of South Central Oregon. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene. 1970. Bernard, Mary. Boulder Beach Utility Line Installation. LAME 79C. 1979. Bettinger, Robert L. and Martin A. Baumhoff. The Numic Spread: Great Basin Cultures in Competition. American Antiquity 46(3):485-503. 1982. Blair, Lynda M. An Evaluation of Eighteen Historic Transmission Line Systems That Originate From Hoover Dam, Clark County, Nevada. Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 1994. _______________. A New Interpretation of Archaeological Features in the California Wash Region of Southern Nevada. M.A. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 1986. _______________. Virgin Anasazi Turquoise Extraction and Trade. Paper presented at the 1985 Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada. 1985. Blair, Lynda M. and Megan Fuller-Murillo. Rock Circles of Southern Nevada and Adjacent Portions of the Mojave Desert. Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. HRC Report 2-1-29. 1997. Blair, Lynda M. -
Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society
BULLETIN OF THE Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society Volume Nine SEPTEMBER 1937 Published by the Society at Abilene, Texas COPYRIGHT, 1937 BY TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society OFFICERS CYRUS N. RAY, President JULIUS OLSEN, Vice-President OTTO O. WATTS, Secretary-Treasurer DIRECTORS CYRUS N. RAY, D.O. W. C. HOLDEN, Ph. D. JULIUS OLSEN, Ph D., Sc.D. RUPERT RICHARDSON, Ph. D. OTTO O. WATTS, Ph. D. C. W. HANLEY REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS FLOYD V. S TUDER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Amarillo COL. M. L. CRIMMINS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New York, N. Y. VICTOR J. SMITH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alpine C. L. WEST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hamilton DR. J. E. PEARCE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Austin LESTER B. WOOD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Breckenridge JUDGE O. L. SIMS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paint Rock TRUSTEES DR. ELLIS SHULER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dallas DR. STEWART COOPER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abilene W. A. RINEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abilene PRICE CAMPBELL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abilene FRED COCKRELL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abilene ERNEST W. W ILSON - -
Clark County Environmentally Sensitive Lands Double Canyon !( Arrow Canyon !( !( Moapa Muddy Spring Bunkerville
Mesquite Clark County Environmentally Sensitive Lands Double Canyon !( Arrow Canyon !( !( Moapa Muddy Spring Bunkerville Moapa Valley ESL - Priority 1 Hidden Forest Cabin !( Logandale Indian Springs Weiser Bowl Overton ESL - Priority 2 !( !( Moapa Indian Springs Pueblo Grande de Nevada Tribal Lands !( ESL - Priority 3 The Narrows !( ESL - Priority 4 Fossil Ridge !( Devils Throat Mud Spring Copper Spring !( !( Willow Spring Corn Creek Campsite !( !( !( ESL - Priority 5 Gass Peak Lee Canyon !( !( Marble Quarry ESL - Priority 6 Charcoal Kilns Las Vegas Paiute !( Muddy Mountains !( Mt. Charleston Tribal Lands !( !( Lower Kyle Canyon Horse Spring !( Bitter Spring ESL - Priority 7 !( Ca!(mp Lee Canyon !( Mary Jane Falls !( !(Big Falls Kyle Canyon Gold Butte !( !( !( Charleston Peak !( Lee Spring Red Stone BLM Disposal Areas !( Gypsum Cave !( !( Griffith Peak !( Bowl of Fire !( Great Unconformity Overthrust !( Non-ESL Administrative Areas !( !( !( Calico Hills Coal Spring !( Bonelli Peak !( Lava Butte !( !( !( Red Rock Rainbow Gardens !( !( Boulder City Conservation Easement Willow Spring Red Rock !( Sandstone Ranch Scenic Highways and Federal Byways !( !( Oliver Ranch !( Mountain Spring River Mountain Hoover Dam Hoover Dam !( !( !( !( Aesthetic,Historic and Cultural Sites Potosi !( Mountain Springs Mt. Potosi Black Mountain !( Black Canyon !( Keystone Spring !( Bird Spring !( Shenandoah Peak !( Goodsprings Sandy Valley !( Columbia Pass Eldorado Canyon !( Devil Peak McClanahan Spring Keyhole Canyon !( !( McCullough Spring !( !( Oro Hanna Spring !( Highland Spring !( Cow Spring !( Wild Horse Spring Date: Jauary 29, 2004 !( Joshua Forest !( Crescent Peak !( 0 39,990 79,980 119,970 159,960 Searchlight SCALE IN FEET Source: Clark County Central Repository Spirit Mountain This information is for display purposes only. !( Christmas Tree Pass !( No liability is assumed as to the accuracy of the data delineated hereon. -
Exchange As an Adaptive Strategy in Southern Nevada
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones 12-1-2014 Keeping in Touch: Exchange as an Adaptive Strategy in Southern Nevada Timothy Joshua Ferguson University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations Part of the Archaeological Anthropology Commons, and the Chemistry Commons Repository Citation Ferguson, Timothy Joshua, "Keeping in Touch: Exchange as an Adaptive Strategy in Southern Nevada" (2014). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 2258. http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/7048577 This Thesis is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Thesis in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/ or on the work itself. This Thesis has been accepted for inclusion in UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship@UNLV. For more information, please contact [email protected]. KEEPING IN TOUCH: EXCHANGE AS AN ADAPTIVE STRATEGY IN SOUTHERN NEVADA By Timothy J. Ferguson Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Archaeology University of Missouri - Columbia 2010 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts -- Anthropology Department of Anthropology College of Liberal Arts The Graduate College University of Nevada, Las Vegas December 2014 We recommend the thesis prepared under our supervision by Timothy J. -
Karen G. Harry
Karen G. Harry Department of Anthropology University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 45003 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5003 (702) 895-2534; [email protected] Professional Employment 2014-present Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2007-2014 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas 1997-2001 Director of Cultural Resources, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin 1997 Adjunct Faculty, Pima Community College, Tucson 1990-1996 Project Director, Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson Education 1997 Ph.D., University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona 1987 M.A., Anthropology, University of Arizona 1982 B.A., Anthropology, Texas A&M University, cum laude Research Interests Southwestern archaeology; ceramic analysis, sourcing, and technology; organization of craft production; trade and exchange issues; chemical compositional analysis; prehistoric leadership strategies; prehistoric community organization Ongoing Field Projects Field Research on the Parashant National Monument: I am involved in a long-term archaeological research project concerning the Puebloan occupation of the Mt. Dellenbaugh area of the Shivwits Plateau, located within Parashant National Monument. Field and Archival Research in the Lower Moapa Valley: A second area of ongoing research involves the Puebloan occupation of the lower Moapa Valley of southern Nevada. I have recently completed an archival study of the artifacts and records associated with the early (1920s-1940s) field research of this area, and have on-going field investigations in the area. updated Sept. 1 , 2020 Books & Special Issues of Journals 2019 Harry, Karen G. and Sachiko Sakai (guest editors). -
National Speleologi'c-Al Society
Bulletin Number Five NATIONAL SPELEOLOGI'C-AL SOCIETY n this Issue: CAVES IN WORLD HISTORY . B ~ BERT MORGAN THE GEM OF CAVES' . .. .. • B DALE WHITE CA VE FAUN A, with Recent Additions to the Lit ture Bl J. A. FOWLER CAT ALOG OF THE SOCIETY LJBR R . B)' ROBERT S. BRAY OCTOBER, 1943 PRJ E 1.0 0 . ------------------------------------------- .-'~ BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Issue Number Five October, 1943 750 Copies. 64 Pages Published sporadically by THE NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 510 Scar Building, Washington, D. c., ac $1.00 per copy. Copyrighc, 1943, by THE NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. EDITOR: DON BLOCH 5606 Sonoma Road, Bethesda-14, Maryland ASSOCIATE EDITORS: ROBERT BRAY WILLIAM J. STEPHENSON J. S. PETRIE OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN *WM. ]. STEPHENSON J. S. PETR'IE *LEROY FOOTE F. DURR President Vice·Prcsidet1l & Secretary Treasurer Pina~iaJ Sect'eIM"J 7108 Prospect Avenue 400 S. Glebe Road R. D. 3 2005 Kansas Avenue Richmond, Va. Arlin-glon, Va. Waterbury, Conn. Richmond, Va. Archeology Fauna Hydrology Programs &. Activities FLOYD BARLOGA JAMES FOWLER DR. WM. M. MCGILL DR. JAMES BENN 202·8 Lee Boulevard 6420 14th Street 6 Wayside Place, University U. S. Nat. Museum Arlington, Va. Washington, D . C. Charlottesville, Va. Washington, D. C. Bibliography &. Library Finance Mapping PubliCity *ROBERT BRAY *l.EROY FOOTB GBORGE CRABB *·Lou KLBWEJ.t R. F. D. 2 R. F. D. 3 P. O. Box 791 Toledo Blade Herndon, Va. Waterbury, Conn. Blacksburg, Va. Toledo, Ohio BuIletin &. Publications Folklore Metnbership DON BLOCH "'CLAY PERRY SAM ALLBN RECORDS 5606 Sonoma Road East Acres 1226 Wel.Jesley Avenue *FLORENCE WHITLI!Y Deorhesda, Md.