Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Colorado Water Conservation Board Papers of David Walker
Collection
Identifier: WDWC
Abstract
David Walker was a Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). The CWCB was formed in 1937 as a state agency to aid in the protection and development of waters in the state. It is a division of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. The collection consists of documents created largely in relation to CWCB meetings and projects. Materials include reports by the Colorado Water Congress and reports concerning the Union Avenue Boat By-Pass in Englewood.
Dates:
1965-1988
Colorado Water Conservation Board Papers of Herbert Vandemoer
Collection
Identifier: WVAN
Abstract
Herbert H. Vandemoer, resident of Sterling, Colorado, was a geographic appointee to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) from 1964-1985, representing the South Platte River Basin. The CWCB was formed in 1937 as a state agency to aid in the protection and development of waters in the state. It is a division of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. The collection consists of documents created largely in relation to CWCB meetings and projects. Materials include agendas, minutes,...
Dates:
1958-1992
Northern Colorado Flood Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: WNCF
Abstract
For six days in September 2013, historic levels of rain fell over much of the Northern Colorado Front Range causing massive flooding and landslides that killed eight people and caused over $2 billion in damage to homes, businesses, farms, and irrigation structures. This collection contains oral history interviews, reports, PowerPoint presentations, newspapers, and a video documenting the 2013 floods and their aftermath. Most of the oral history interviewees were officials and professionals...
Dates:
2013-2015
Papers of Charles A. Lory
Collection
Identifier: UCAL
Abstract
Charles A. Lory (1872-1969) was a professor of electrical engineering and the fifth president of Colorado Agricultural College (now Colorado State University). The collection contains both personal and professional papers and includes correspondence and letters, diaries and day planners, financial records, flyers, committee minutes, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
1849-1978; Majority of material found within 1921-1962
Papers of David J. Miller
Collection
Identifier: WMIL
Abstract
David J. Miller (1906-1993) was a Greeley attorney who practiced law for over 50 years. Many of his cases related to water law and particularly to the formation and dissolution of irrigation districts and water conservancy districts. This collection consists of Miller's files from his cases as an attorney; organizational documents, including meeting minutes, agendas, and reports; personal and administrative records, including calendars, appointment books, and financial documents; and...
Dates:
1882 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
Papers of Frank Milenski
Collection
Identifier: WFMP
Abstract
Francis ("Frank") Raymond Milenski (1913-1998) was a farmer and irrigator in Colorado's Arkansas River Valley. He served on the Colorado Water Conservation Board from 1959 to 1966 and was on the board of directors of both the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Catlin Canal Company for several decades. The collection includes documents related to Milenski's involvement in these organizations. Also included are documents pertaining to court cases, water law,...
Dates:
1890-2003; Majority of material found within 1970-1998
Papers of Harold G. Evans
Collection
Identifier: WHGE
Abstract
A civil engineer, Harold G. Evans (b. 1944) served on many Colorado water-related committees, largely focused on policy and planning for Greeley Water and Sewer or the South Platte Basin. Evans' papers pertain to this service, largely on the South Platte Basin Roundtable. Beyond the meetings themselves, the files document water conservation strategies, urban and agricultural water issues, groundwater challenges, and recreational and environmental concerns. Materials include correspondence,...
Dates:
2001-2015
Records of Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
Collection
Identifier: WWWE
Abstract
Wright Water Engineers, Inc., is a Colorado-based water resources consulting firm founded by Kenneth R. Wright. Since 1961 the company has undertaken projects concerning agricultural and irrigation engineering, water rights, flood control and drainage, dams, and groundwater in Colorado as well as other states and countries. The collection contains files from select Colorado projects. Also present are the files of Wright-McLaughlin Engineers (1964-1982), a closely associated engineering firm...
Dates:
1882-2006; Majority of material found within 1965-1999
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Water resources development -- Colorado. 4
- Photographs. 3
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) 3
- Arkansas River Watershed. 2
- Maps. 2
- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) 2
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Colo.) 2
- Water -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 2
- Water conservation projects -- Colorado. 2
- Water districts -- Colorado. 2
- Water-supply -- Colorado. 2
- Aerial photographs. 1
- Arkansas River. 1
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.) 1
- Big Thompson River (Colo.) 1
- Blueprints. 1
- Boulder County (Colo.) 1
- Cache la Poudre River (Colo.) 1
- Catlin Canal (Colo.) 1
- College presidents. 1
- Colorado -- Water rights. 1
- Colorado. 1
- Columbia River 1
- Dams -- Colorado. 1
- Denver (Colo.) 1
- Education, Higher. 1
- El Paso County (Colo.) 1
- Emergency management -- Colorado. 1
- Englewood (Colo.) 1
- Farms 1
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson Canyon. 1
- Floods -- Colorado -- Big Thompson River. 1
- Floods -- Colorado. 1
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.) 1
- Fryingpan River (Colo.) 1
- Fryingpan River Watershed (Colo.) 1
- Groundwater -- Law and legislation -- Colorado. 1
- Interstate agreements -- Arkansas River. 1
- Irrigation districts -- Colorado. 1
- Kansas -- Water rights. 1
- Kansas. 1
- Larimer County (Colo.) 1
- Logan County (Colo.) 1
- Microfilms. 1
- Minutes. 1
- Missouri River. 1
- Morgan County (Colo.) 1
- Newspaper clippings. 1
- Northglenn (Colo.) 1
- Oral history -- Colorado. 1
- Oral history. 1
- Purgatoire River (Colo.) 1
- Reclamation of land -- Colorado. 1
- Reservoirs -- Colorado. 1
- Standley Lake (Colo.) 1
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.) 1
- Water resources development. 1
- Water rights -- Colorado. 1
- Water-supply -- Management. 1
- Watershed management. 1
- Weld County (Colo.) 1
- Windsor (Colo.) 1 + ∧ less
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