ALFALFA COUNTRY - NEVADA LAND, WATER AND POLITICS IN THE 19TH-CENTURY - TOWNLEY,JMdoi:10.2307/968714DAVENPORT, RWWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
NEVADA IS RANGELAND. All of the land area in the state not built-up, covered with water, used for transportation and other rights-of-way, or used for intensive agriculture is rangeland, constituting some 80 to 90 thousand square miles or over 85 percent of the land area. The vegetation ma...
Groundwater depth had an obvious relationship with surface water level where reeds grew. During the growing season, it showed that groundwater depth was suitable for reeds growth most of the time. In order to prompt reed growth, it is suggested that artificial recharge should be conducted before...
Urbanization and Water Conservation in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada By the year 2010 southern Nevada, which is one of the fastest-growing urban centers in the West, will have committed nearly 100% of its water resources. Ea... RL Morris,DA Devitt,AM Crites,... - 《Journal of Water Resources...
To find a solution that avoids unilateral action by the Bureau of Reclamation to protect the Colorado River System, the Lower basin States (Nevada, Arizona and California) reached agreement on collective reductions, some voluntary and some with compensation. This should be a step towards p...
Thirty years of land subsidence studies in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: From leveling to cross-examination of ERS and Envisat data with PSInSAR Subsidence due to heavy groundwater pumping in Las Vegas has been geodetically monitored since 1935, and several generations of subsidence maps have depicted...
We investigated effects of land use and streamflow on the presence of HOCs and potential toxicity in the Truckee River and Lake Tahoe watersheds of Nevada and California. We used SPMDs during August/September 2002 and 2003 base flows and during March 2003 high flows. We employed two ...
Over 450 wild horses have been killed in Nevada.The land they were on belonged to the government.Some people say it is worse than when all the buffaloes(美国野牛) were killed.Many of the horses were shot while runningWild horses are protected by law.Twenty-eight thousand horses share the ...
Vertical axis rotations in the Mojave: Evidence from the Independence dike swarm The 500-km-long Late Jurassic Independence dike swarm in California extends from the central Sierra Nevada through the Mojave Desert to the Eastern Transve...
CSWCD works in cooperation with public and private land managers and owners as well as local community partners to conserve shared natural resources. Maintaining healthy streams and groundwater is a CWSCD priority which benefits the watershed and the public. Watershed protection in Clackamas County ...