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2008 - Managing An Uncertain Future - Climate Change Adaptation Strategies For California's Water
2008 - Managing An Uncertain Future - Climate Change Adaptation Strategies For California's Water
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
This report recommends a number of adaptation strategies for California and local water managers to improve their capacity to handle change. Many of the strategies will also help adapt California's water resources to accommodate non-climate demands including a growing population, ecosystem restoration and greater flood protection. Several of the recommendations in this report are ready for immediate adoption, while others need additional public deliberation and development. Some can be implemented using existing resources and authority, while the majority will require new resources, sustained financial investment and significant collaborative effort.
1914 - Report Of The State Agricultural Society For The Year 1913
1914 - Report Of The State Agricultural Society For The Year 1913
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
1914 report by the California State Agricultural Society on the production and resources of California along with a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties in the State and statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.
1918 - Report Of The State Agricultural Society For The Year 1917
1918 - Report Of The State Agricultural Society For The Year 1917
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
1918 report by the California State Agricultural Society on the production and resources of California along with a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties in the State and statistics reflecting the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.
1919 - Summary Of The Annual Reports From Farm Advisors Of California For Dec. 1917 To Dec. 1918, Circular No. 208
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
Noting that the prime requisites for the successful prosecution of the World War I were men, munitions, ships, finance and food, this report focused on food as that part of the war effort left primarily to the voluntary effort of the people. Two federal agencies were tasked with the food problem: The United States Department of Agriculture (food production) and the United States Food Administration (food conservation and distribution. The report discusses the establishment of the agricultural colleges and of the the agricultural extension organization with its local representatives known as farm advisors or county agents. Report also describes various …
1920 - California's Greatest Opportunity - Reclaiming An Empire--The Valley Of California, Col. R. B. Marshall
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
Col. Marshall proposed a state-wide engineering project that would provide irrigation water to 12,000,000 acres of land in the Sacramento, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Livermore and Concord valleys, as well as water for Los Angeles, San Francisco and Bay cities. The water would come from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. He envisioned an increase in the State valuation of $6,000,000,000. Additionally hydro-electric current generation would furnish all the power necessary for construction as well as supply more power than would be needed for use on electric railroads, in municipal lighting, for manufacturing, and for domestic use in homes, and …
1927 - Letter To U.S. Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Regarding Homeless California Indians
1927 - Letter To U.S. Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Regarding Homeless California Indians
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
A June 23, 1927, letter from L. A. Dorrington, Superintendent of the Sacramento Indian Agency, to the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the purchase of land for homeless California Indians. Detailed 25-page report listing the number of Indians in each band identified in each county and advising as to whether it would be necessary to purchase public land for them. Dorrington expressed concern about the failure of certain bands to adequately develop the land noting that in some instances the need for provision of adequate water supply for domestic use, proper fencing and construction of better homes.
1976 - Mexican-American Land Tenure Conflict In California, David Hornbeck
1976 - Mexican-American Land Tenure Conflict In California, David Hornbeck
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
This paper examines the merging of the Mexican and American land tenure systems and how the two very different concepts of land acquisition, organization and maintenance clashed resulting in a distinctive settlement pattern not usually associated with Anglo settlement. The Mexican landscape, organized according to centuries of Spanish tradition, was the antithesis of the type established by the westward moving American pioneer. Spatial differences were many, particularly in the areas of agriculture, settlement, transportation, space economy and land tenure.
1883 - History Of Santa Barbara County
1883 - History Of Santa Barbara County
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
This 1883 publication by Thompson & West, Oakland, California, provides a diverse account about individuals, events occurring during the early years of American occupation of California, and life in California including, but not limited to, pre-Spanish occupants, Spanish-Mexican occupancy, agriculture, discovery of gold, county government, Spanish grants, education, industry, politics.
1923 - Water Resources Of California, A Report To The Legislature Of 1923, Bulletin No. 4
1923 - Water Resources Of California, A Report To The Legislature Of 1923, Bulletin No. 4
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
A 1923 report prepared by the California Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation, along with a Consulting Board consisting of members of the civil engineering profession. The engineering department was tasked with determining the maximum amount of water that could be delivered to the maximum area of land, the maximum control of flood waters, the maximum storage of waters, the effects of deforestation and all possible and practicable uses for such waters in California. The engineering department was further tasked with determining a comprehensive plan for the accomplishment of the maximum conservation, control, storage, distribution and application …