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County agent project, 1940 additions, Erosion - flood control, 1937-1940

Information

Creator

Creator: Creel, Cecil W.
Creator: Wittwer, John, 1880-1977

Date

1937 to 1940

Description

Revised summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Report originally signed in May 1937. Handwritten notes throughout document. Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics-University of Nevada Agricultural Extension Division and United States Department of Agricultural Project Number: State Office #172, Clark Co. #12

Digital ID

hln000563

Physical Identifier

Box 4 Folder 12 Erosion-Flood Control Clark County 1936-1941

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1028sc6x
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Nevada Cooperative Extension

Subject

Erosion--Costs
Erosion--Control
Erosion--Prevention
Flood control
Flood control channels

Time Period

1930s (1930 - 1939)

Place

Lincoln County
Clark County

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

documents (object genre)

Archival Collection

John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada

Digital Project

The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment

Citation

hln000563. John Wittwer Collection on Agriculture in Nevada, 1898-1972. MS-00181. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1028sc6x

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Digital Processing Note

Manual transcription

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DIVISION AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COOPERATING Provide adequate protection from erosion and floods to and protection of fam lands and homes, railroads, highways, facilities in the Moapa Valley and Virgin Valleys. Erosion Flood Control Soil conservation Clark County Virgin Valley Moapa Valley Bunkerville Mesquite Rio Virgin River Valley Meadow Valley Wash Lincoln County Farms Diversion Dams Surveys Army Forest Service Conservation Intakes Irrigation canal Meetings Financial Material Costs Wittwer, John H. Creel, Cecil