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1925 And Later - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft) Jul 2017

1925 And Later - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft)

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A draft 2017 map prepared by Stetson Engineers Inc. depicting public land survey sections and the location of all Bureau of Land Management patents granted within the public land survey sections in the Salinas River Valley, California, and vicinity after 1925.


1875 To 1900 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft) Jul 2017

1875 To 1900 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft)

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A draft 2017 map prepared by Stetson Engineers Inc. depicting public land survey sections and the location of all Bureau of Land Management patents granted within the public land survey sections in the Salinas River Valley, California, and vicinity between 1875 and 1900.


1850 To 1875 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft) Jul 2017

1850 To 1875 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft)

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A draft 2017 map prepared by Stetson Engineers Inc. depicting public land survey sections and the location of all Bureau of Land Management patents granted within the public land survey sections in the Salinas River Valley, California, and vicinity between 1850 and 1875.


1850 Through Post-1925 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing All Blm Patents (From 1850 Until After 1925) In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft) Jul 2017

1850 Through Post-1925 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing All Blm Patents (From 1850 Until After 1925) In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft)

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A draft 2017 map prepared by Stetson Engineers Inc. depicting public land survey sections and the location of all Bureau of Land Management patents granted within the Salinas Valley and vicinity (California) between 1850 to 1925 and beyond.


Gene Drives, Nature, Governance: An Ethnographic Perspective, Irus Braverman Jul 2017

Gene Drives, Nature, Governance: An Ethnographic Perspective, Irus Braverman

Contributions to Books

Published as chapter 3 in Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment, Irus Braverman, ed.

Synthetic gene drives raise ethical, ecological, and legal questions that are sometimes difficult to grasp. What is clear, however, is that the power to directly alter not just a singular form of life but the genetics of entire populations and species are currently both under-regulated and under-theorized. In place of state regulations, what seems to be emerging is a form of self-regulation by the gene drive scientists themselves. My chapter draws on in-depth interviews with several prominent gene drive scientists to explore their approach toward nature, …


2012, May - San Luis Obispo County Master Water Report, Volume Iii Of Iii Jul 2017

2012, May - San Luis Obispo County Master Water Report, Volume Iii Of Iii

San Luis Obispo Public Works Water Reports

A compilation of current and future water resource management activities with in San Luis Obispo County that are organized by Water Planning Areas. The report explores how the activities interrelate, analyzes current and future supplies and demands, and identifies future water management strategies and ways to optimize existing strategies


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 2, Summer 2017, Santa Clara University Jul 2017

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 58 Number 2, Summer 2017, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

18 - LISTENING IS HER SUPERPOWER The groundbreaking stage work of Anna Deavere Smith. By Jesse Hamlin.

22 - CASTS A SHADOW Travel bans: Four international graduate students respond. By Matt Morgan.

24 - A BIGGER STAGE Priest, social worker, CEO, and teller of stories: Jim Purcell on what drew him to Santa Clara—and what Jesuit education can be. By Steven Boyd Saum.

28 - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE KID Ron Hansen M.A. ’95 talks truth and fiction and Billy the Kid—and when you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys.

38 - DISCOVER. INNOVATE. A …


1848 Through Post-1925 - Summaries Of U.S. Bureau Of Land Management Patents Issued In Salinas Valley And Vicinity Jul 2017

1848 Through Post-1925 - Summaries Of U.S. Bureau Of Land Management Patents Issued In Salinas Valley And Vicinity

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A series of tables summarizing the Bureau of Land Management patents issued in the Salinas Valley and vicinity (including Monterey, San Benito and San Luis Obispo Counties) as well as the amount of acreage, document class, entry class, cancellation status, acres of land contributing or not likely contributing to Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin.


1900 - Conceptual And Historical 1900 Land Use And Development In Salinas Valley And Vicinity [Draft] Jun 2017

1900 - Conceptual And Historical 1900 Land Use And Development In Salinas Valley And Vicinity [Draft]

Groundwater Basin Maps

A digitized map created in 2017 representing land use and development in the Salinas Valley and vicinity in 1900. The map reflects private rancho; high probability of harming and Irrigation areas; land suitable for grazing cattle, sheep and horses with some agriculture; California native habitat (least developed lands); canals; railroads; pump houses, oil seep, population centers; 1898 USGS Monterey County Road & Historic El Camino Real; Salinas River Watershed; Township and Range; County boundary; historic Mission sites; springs; wetland, sloughs and lakes; intermittent stream or slough; Salinas River; as well as rivers and streams. Data sources include Bureau of Land …


1784-1846 - Spanish Land Concessions And Mexican Land Grants In Alta California, David Hornbeck Jun 2017

1784-1846 - Spanish Land Concessions And Mexican Land Grants In Alta California, David Hornbeck

Pre-1846 Maps

Maps reflecting the distribution of land concessions and land grants made in Alta California during the Spanish and Mexican eras (1784 through 1846). Maps are divided into four categories: land grants issued prior to 1829; land grants issued between 1830 and 1839; land grants issued between 18840 and 1846; and land grants issued to Anglos.


1872 - Appropriation Of Water In California, Civ. Code, §§ 1410 – 1422. Jun 2017

1872 - Appropriation Of Water In California, Civ. Code, §§ 1410 – 1422.

Water Statutes

Enacted in 1872, California Civil Code 1410-1422 provided, in part, the right to the use of running water for useful or beneficial purpose, as well as the right to change the place of diversion if others were not injured by the change. In order to appropriate water, a written notice had to be posted in a conspicuous place at the point of intended diversion setting forth the particulars of the diversion. The notice had to be filed with the county recorder within ten days after posting the notice. The works that would divert the water had to begin within 60 …


1848 - Public Land Survey Of Blm - Spanish And Mexican Grant Patents (1848) In Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft) Jun 2017

1848 - Public Land Survey Of Blm - Spanish And Mexican Grant Patents (1848) In Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft)

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A 2017 draft map prepared by Stetson Engineers Inc. based on the Bureau of Land Management 1848 Public Land Survey depicting the location of grants issued by the Spanish and Mexican governments.


1900 To 1925 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft) Jun 2017

1900 To 1925 - Public Land Survey Sections Containing Blm Patents In The Salinas Valley And Vicinity (Draft)

GLO Land Patent Maps in Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin

A draft 2017 map prepared by Stetson Engineers Inc. depicting public land survey sections and the location of all Bureau of Land Management patents granted within the public land survey sections in the Salinas River Valley, California, and vicinity between 1900 and 1925.


2014, February 26 – Proposal To Abolish Or Limit Water Data Confidentiality To 1-5 Years: Improving Water Resource Management And Increasing Net Water Benefits In The State Of California Jun 2017

2014, February 26 – Proposal To Abolish Or Limit Water Data Confidentiality To 1-5 Years: Improving Water Resource Management And Increasing Net Water Benefits In The State Of California

Related Research and Documents

A February 26, 2014, submission by Dr. Peter Reinelt to the California State Water Resources Control Board his Proposal to Abolish or Limit Water Data Confidentiality. This proposal provided a conceptual economic framework for a comprehensive review of the economics of water data confidentiality with the goal, in furtherance of both public and private interest, of improving water resource management and increasing net water benefits in the State of California.


1997, April 14 – Salinas Valley Water Coalition Request To Monterey County Board Of Supervisors To Deny Tanimura & Antle’S Claim For Alternative Relief Filed On March 24, 1997. Jun 2017

1997, April 14 – Salinas Valley Water Coalition Request To Monterey County Board Of Supervisors To Deny Tanimura & Antle’S Claim For Alternative Relief Filed On March 24, 1997.

Related Research and Documents

1997 correspondence, claim for alternative relief and supporting declarations and documents, all relating to issues pertaining to the operation of the Nacimiento and San Antonio reservoirs, the conveyance system and the delivery of water to parcels located in the Salinas River Groundwater Basin at the north end of Monterey County, California


2007, November 2 - Zone 2b Proposition 218 Engineer's Report Jun 2017

2007, November 2 - Zone 2b Proposition 218 Engineer's Report

Monterey County Water Resources Agency Engineering Reports

A 2007 Engineer’s Report prepared in order to document the basis of the delivery charges for recipients of water delivered from the Salinas River Diversion Facility that necessitated the development of a financing plan for the capital improvements, the annual operation and maintenance costs for those improvements, and the annual operations and maintenance costs of the existing facilities.


Torch (June 2017), Brandon Baldwin Jun 2017

Torch (June 2017), Brandon Baldwin

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

Civic and Community Engagement | Civil Rights and Discrimination | Education | Gender and Sexuality | Inequality and Stratification | Politics and Social Change | Public Policy | Race and Ethnicity


The Torch (June 2017), Crtp Jun 2017

The Torch (June 2017), Crtp

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

Civic and Community Engagement | Civil Rights and Discrimination | Education | Gender and Sexuality | Inequality and Stratification | Politics and Social Change | Public Policy | Race and Ethnicity

Recommended Citation

Baldwin, Brandon and Civil Rights Team Project, "Torch (August 2013)" (2013). Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter. 58. http://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/torch/58


1847 - Alta California: Embracing Notices Of The Climate, Soil, And Agricultural Products Of Northern Mexico And The Pacific Seaboard; Also, A History Of The Military And Naval Operations Of The United States Directed Against The Territories Of Northern Mexico, In The Year 1846-'47; With Documents Declaratory Of The Policy Of The Present Administration Of The National Government In Regard To The Annexation Of Conquered Territory, And The Opinion Of The Hon. James Buchanan On The Wilmot Proviso; By Thomas W. Streeter May 2017

1847 - Alta California: Embracing Notices Of The Climate, Soil, And Agricultural Products Of Northern Mexico And The Pacific Seaboard; Also, A History Of The Military And Naval Operations Of The United States Directed Against The Territories Of Northern Mexico, In The Year 1846-'47; With Documents Declaratory Of The Policy Of The Present Administration Of The National Government In Regard To The Annexation Of Conquered Territory, And The Opinion Of The Hon. James Buchanan On The Wilmot Proviso; By Thomas W. Streeter

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be …


1852, February 3 - Report Of Secretary Of Interior Communicating Instructions To California Land Commissioners May 2017

1852, February 3 - Report Of Secretary Of Interior Communicating Instructions To California Land Commissioners

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

The 1852 report from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting to the United States Senate the September 11, 1851, instructions given to the California land commissioners appointed pursuant to the act of Congress approved on March 3, 1851, entitled, “An act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California.” In addition to settling and recognizing bona fide valid titles, the instructions made note that: “The growth and prosperity of California materially depends upon a speeding and just settlement of the claims to land within her limits and the separation of all private property from the …


2002 - Early California Laws And Policies Related To California Indians, Kimberly Johnston-Dodds May 2017

2002 - Early California Laws And Policies Related To California Indians, Kimberly Johnston-Dodds

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

The report is a response to the question: Did the State of California enact laws that prohibited California Indians from practicing their religion, speaking their languages or practicing traditional ceremonies and customs? Four examples of early California laws and policies that significantly impacted California Indians’ way of life are discussed: 1850 Act for the Government and Protection of Indians and related amendments; California militia policies and “Expeditions against the Indians” during 1851 to 1859; the State of California’s official response to federal treaties negotiated with California Indians during 1851 to 1852; and early and current state fish protection laws that …


1863, February 18 - Communication From S. S. Scott, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Confederates States Of America May 2017

1863, February 18 - Communication From S. S. Scott, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Confederates States Of America

US and Indian Relations

An 1863 letter from S. S. Scott, Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Confederate States, to James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, in which he addressed previous agreements made by the United States with the North Carolina Cherokees, including financial renumeration made by the United States for those removed west of the Mississippi and as to those who remained in North Carolina. Scott wrote concerning when the North Carolina Cherokees had last received payment and how much would be owed by the Confederates on an annual basis.


1874 - The Indian Question, Francis A. Walker May 2017

1874 - The Indian Question, Francis A. Walker

US and Indian Relations

This 1874 book consists of two articles previously published in "The North American," April 1873 (The Indian Question), and "The International Review, May 1874 (Indian Citizenship), along with an account of the numbers, locations, and the social and industrial conditions of each important tribe and band of Indians within the United States. The Indian question is divided into two: "What shall be done with the Indian as an obstacle to the national progress? What shall be done with him when, and so far as, he ceases to oppose or obstruct the extension of railways and settlements? …


1857 - History Of Indian Tribes Of The United States, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft May 2017

1857 - History Of Indian Tribes Of The United States, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

US and Indian Relations

A 900-plus page report prepared in 1857 by by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Interior Department, provided a detailed narrative of aboriginal modern history beginning with the arrival of white men in Florida, Louisiana and New Mexico. The report contains United States census of Indians as of 1957, tables of Indian bands and tribes, along with numerous statistical charts and chronologies regarding financial renumeration to Indians and related expenses, fur trade, religious and organizations established during various eras, as well as a chronological table of events in the history of the North American Indians.


1868, November 10 - Effort And Failure To Civilize The Aborigines, Edward D. Neill May 2017

1868, November 10 - Effort And Failure To Civilize The Aborigines, Edward D. Neill

US and Indian Relations

In his 1868 letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Edward D. Neill, former Secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society, wrote that "past generations of white men have not been indifferent to the welfare of the red man of America." He pointed to the benign efforts of early settlers to "bring the infidels and savages ... to human civility and settled and quiet government." He noted that numerous efforts had been made by the English "to bring those infidel people from the worship of devils to the service of God." Neill discussed the efforts of various communities and organized religion …


1907 - Annual Reports Of Department Of Interior For 1906 On Indian Affairs May 2017

1907 - Annual Reports Of Department Of Interior For 1906 On Indian Affairs

US and Indian Relations

Detailed report on the efforts by the US government to manage Indian affairs, educate the Indians, and legislation regarding the Indians. In part, issues covered relate to employees, farming, health, schools, specific tribes, irrigation, forestry, minerals, supplies, finances, and statistics.


1896 - Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1895 May 2017

1896 - Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1895

US and Indian Relations

Detailed report on the efforts by the US government to manage Indian affairs, educate the Indians, and legislation regarding the Indians. In part, issues covered relate to employees, farming, health, schools, specific tribes, irrigation, forestry, minerals, supplies, finances, and statistics.


1899 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1899, Part 1 May 2017

1899 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1899, Part 1

US and Indian Relations

Detailed report on the efforts by the US government to manage Indian affairs, educate the Indians, and legislation regarding the Indians. In part, issues covered relate to employees, farming, health, schools, specific tribes, irrigation, forestry, minerals, supplies, finances, and statistics.


1903 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1902, Part 1 May 2017

1903 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1902, Part 1

US and Indian Relations

Detailed report on the efforts by the US government to manage Indian affairs, educate the Indians, and legislation regarding the Indians. In part, issues covered relate to employees, farming, health, schools, specific tribes, irrigation, forestry, minerals, supplies, finances, and statistics.


1893 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1893 May 2017

1893 - Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs For 1893

US and Indian Relations

Detailed report on the efforts by the US government to manage Indian affairs, educate the Indians, and legislation regarding the Indians. In part, issues covered relate to employees, farming, health, schools, specific tribes, irrigation, forestry, minerals, supplies, finances, and statistics.