Reclamation of land -- Nevada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Irrigation development in Nevada

 Collection
Identifier: 91-03
Abstract

Transcript of a speech by an unknown Nevada author analysing the history of water allocation in California and Nevada, the Reclamation Act of 1902 and changes it would make in Nevada state government, and possibilities available through Nevada's Newlands Project.

Dates: circa 1904
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Irrigation development in Nevada

Public Resource Associates Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-05
Abstract Records cover the various initiatives, activities, and efforts of both the Public Resource Foundation (1982) and later Public Resource Associates (1988) to effect environmental change on the national and local levels through grassroots planning and lobbying. Materials date from 1919-2012 with the bulk of the material covering the mid-1980s-2012. The major areas of emphasis in this collection are the work to reform the 1872 Mining Law, public lands management, and conservation and...
Dates: 1919-2013; Majority of material found within 1985-2012
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Public Resource Associates Records

Lois Snedden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1410
Abstract

Lois Snedden served on the steering committee for the Western Mining Action Network (WMAN). The collection contains materials created and collected during her work with WMAN.

Dates: 1977-2004
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Lois Snedden Papers