Newlands Project (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

 Collection
Identifier: AC 0191
Abstract The Agricultural Experiment Station began with the 1887 Hatch Act, to develop agricultural research and education. In addition, during the 1930s, it worked with other federal and state agencies, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the Nevada Emergency Relief Administration, the Farm Credit Administration, and Indian Field Service on several projects. In 1939, the Experiment Station, together with the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Nevada Agricultural...
Dates: 1929-1942
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives / Max C. Fleischmann College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station Records

The Pyramid Lake controversy

 Collection
Identifier: NC1132
Abstract

The Pyramid Lake Controversy is a student paper submitted to Oberlin College on water rights and use of Pyramid Lake and Truckee River water by farmers in the Newlands Project area near Fallon, Nevada, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.

Dates: 1970
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / The Pyramid Lake controversy

University of Nevada, Reno, Bureau of Governmental Research Collection of Pyramid Lake Water Controversy Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1202
Abstract The collection includes legal briefs in the case of the U.S. and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe vs. Truckee-Carson Irrigation District; correspondence, reports and notes on the California-Nevada Interstate Compact for Lake Tahoe, much of which was authored by Robert Leland; material on the Newlands Project; legal briefs in the case of the U.S. vs the Alpine Land and Reservoir Company; minutes of the Pyramid Lake Task Force; and materials related to deeding water rights to the tribe, from...
Dates: 1969-1979
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / University of Nevada, Reno, Bureau of Governmental Research Collection of Pyramid Lake Water Controversy Records

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Droughts -- Nevada 1
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Elko County (Nev.) 1
Humboldt River (Nev.) -- Water rights 1
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Lincoln County (Nev.) 1
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