Region 6, Alaska.
This chapter describes the history of investigations and reporting conducted by the U.S. Division of River Basin Studies in the Alaska Region (known as Region 6) of the United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. The author includes early conservation history of Alaska dating to the U.S. p...
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| Alternate Title: | History of River Basin Studies. |
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| Corporate Contributor(s): | United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife |
| Publisher: | United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, |
| Report Numbers: | APA 4171 |
| Series: | Document (Susitna Hydroelectric Project) ;
no. 4171. |
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| Online Access: | Link to Full Text |
| Library Holdings: | Print Versions |
| Summary: | This chapter describes the history of investigations and reporting conducted by the U.S. Division of River Basin Studies in the Alaska Region (known as Region 6) of the United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. The author includes early conservation history of Alaska dating to the U.S. purchase of Alaska and continues with the administrative history of land use, resource development, and water conservation through the time of writing. |
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| Physical Description: | pages 501-557 ; 27 cm. |
| Notes: | Title from caption on first page of chapter (page 501). This is Chapter X of: A history of River Basin Studies / by John L. Sypulski. (Found in volume 2). "June 30, 1974"--Title page of volume 2. This chapter has specific references to the history of the Susitna Hydroelectric Project (later, Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project). Pages 510-511 discuss the original proposal by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1946 for nineteen potential hydropower dams on the Susitna River. The hiring of Mel Monson to review the proposal in 1952 led to the new and first river basin studies Alaska field office that year. Pages 529-531 discuss the early work (between 1959 and 1965) in planning hydropower development on the Susitna River, seen as destined for development due to its location between Alaska's two main population centers with references to the various proposed sites. |