WRA. Water Resources
Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Four States Irrigation Council
Papers of Kurt D. Fausch
Papers of Harold G. Evans
Papers of Jerry F. Kenny
Papers of Diane Hoppe
Diane Hoppe (1947-2016) served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1999 to 2006. Her service also included the Colorado Foundation for Water Education, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the South Platte Basin Roundtable. The collection consists of Hoppe's files related to these organizations, her political life, and personal artifacts, including a number of the awards she received.
Papers of Roy C. and Ardyce L. Johnson
Roy and Ardyce Johnson owned and operated a family farm near Wiggins, Colorado, between 1960 and 1986. The collection documents the struggles to keep the irrigated farm afloat, including financing with the Federal Land Bank and legal issues related to the use of groundwater. Additionally, the collection covers irrigation systems, the 1980s Farmers' Crisis, and the proposed Narrows Dam. Materials include financial reports, legal documents, letters, maps, and clippings.
Papers of John R. Eckhardt
Papers of Loretta Lohman
Papers of John Porter
John Porter (1933-2020) was the general manager of the Dolores Water Conservancy District (Colorado) from 1981 through his retirement in 2002. This collection is entirely digital, comprised of articles, data, and reports, many by Porter, and most concerning the District and its Dolores River Reclamation Project, constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation beginning in 1978.
Records of Save the Poudre: Poudre Waterkeeper
The mission of this non-profit organization is to 'protect and restore the Cache la Poudre River.' The group comments on proposed water development projects, sponsors river clean ups, and interacts with the media and citizens. The collection consists of downloads of their website and emails. It is entirely digital.
Records of the South Platte Forum
The South Platte Forum began in 1989 with a mission focused on promoting a multi-disciplinary exhange of ideas related to improving the management of natural resources in the basin. The group typically holds annual conferences. The collection contains files related to the conferences, including planning and financial documents, presentations, and proceedings, though they are not comprehensive.
Papers of William P. Stanton
Papers of Hal D. Simpson
Papers of Robert E. Glover
Papers of Charles C. Fisk
Climate Data Collection
Records of the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company
Groundwater Data Collection
Papers of Roland C. Fischer
Roland C. "Rolly" Fischer (1928-2016) worked for the Colorado River Water Conservation District for nearly three decades, as secretary-engineer and general manager, retiring in 1996. His collection documents some aspects of the district as well as Colorado water law. It contains reports, letters, publications, photographs, and artifacts.
Papers of Ralph E. "Butch" Clark, III
Ralph E. "Butch" Clark, III, has lived in Gunnison, Colorado, since 1970 and has long advocated for social justice. The documents here were collected by Clark in conjunction with the Sustainable Development Strategies Group. They document the Gunnison Basin, the Colorado River, and other tributary watersheds through court documents, letters, publications, and reports.