Carson River (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

 Collection
Identifier: 88-23
Abstract

Includes reports on Nevada agricultural economics and management, including topics dealing with range and forest management in Nevada and northeastern California flood control irrigation the Carson, Truckee, Muddy, and Colorado Rivers grazing, the state Planning Board Water Facilities Act and the Purnell Act.

Dates: 1925-1944
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

Diary of an Unknown Scout

 Collection
Identifier: NC306
Abstract

Copy of a diary kept by an anonymous author on a journey from St. Joseph to Cedarville, California by way of the Humboldt and Carson Rivers in Nevada. Also included are letters, 1938-1966 from Ralph L. Phelps and Dale L. Morgan regarding the provenance of the diary and geographical details, and a typescript by Phelps.

Dates: 1854; 1938-1966
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Diary of an Unknown Scout

Louie A. Gardella Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 83-06
Abstract

Louie A. Gardella was a Nevadan, an agricultural agent with the Nevada Agricultural Extension Service for several counties, and County Agricultural Agent for Washoe County where his attention focused on water development, drainage, flooding, and irrigation. The bulk of this collection focuses on the acquisition and control of water in the Truckee Meadows area of Nevada from 1950-1976.

Dates: 1939-1980
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Louie A. Gardella Papers

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