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This section is divided into two sections

• Reports A to L
• Reports M to Z

AQUIFER RECHARGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS

• Click here to read article about aquifer recharge and recovery programs.
• 2004 - Analysis of Water Banks in the Western States. Washington Dept. of Ecology.
• 2005 - The One-Dam Solution. Living Rivers.
• 2007 - Artificial Recharge: A Multi-purpose Water Management Tool. Arroyo. Water Resources Research Center.
• 2007 - Semitropic Stored Water and Recovery Unit. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 2008 - Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water. National Research Council.
• 2008 - Aquifer Recharge, Storage and Recovery. Southwest Hydrology.
• 2008 - Conjunctive Use Technical Memo. Southern Nevada Water Authority.
• 2009 -Successful application of Managed Aquifer Recharge in the improvement of the water resources management of semi-arid regions: Examples from Arizona and the Southwestern U.S.A. Lluria.

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COLORADO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

• 1963 - Pacific Southwest Water Plan. Department of the Interior.
• 1964 - Pacific Southwest Water Plan. Department of the Interior.
• 1977 - Report of Western Energy Expansion Study. Reclamation.

Upper Colorado River

• 1946 - A national menace becomes a natural resource. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1949 - US House Hearings of the Upper Basin Compact of 1948.
• 1950 - (Proposed) Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects. USBR.
• 1950 - A Survey of the Recreational Resources of the Colorado River Basin. National Park Service.
• 1971 - Upper Colorado River comprehensive framework study. Water Resources Council.

• 1969 - Dam site investigations for the San Juan River in Utah and Colorado. Bureau of Reclamation.

Dolores River

• Dolores River & San Juan Framework. Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Green River

• 1962 - The Rotenone Project (native fish genocide). Halverson.
• 1960 - Ecological Studies of Flaming Gorge Basin. Flowers.
• 2007 - Uinta/Green River Conceptual Water Development Projects.CH2MHill.

Yampa River

• 1982 - Impact of reservoir development in the Yampa River Basin. Veenhuis and Hillier. US Geological Survey.

Duschene River

• 2008 - Lower Dushene River Wetlands Mitigation Project.

Canyonlands (see "National Parks")

• 1985 - Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
• 2009 - Economic influence of Southeast Utah National Parks. National Parks Conservation Association.

Glen Canyon & Lake Powell (see "National Parks")

• 1954 - Testimony of Northcutt Ely on controversy of authorizing Glen Canyon Dam
• 1965 - Lake Powell: Jewel of the Colorado. Department of the Interior.
• 1974 - Lake Powell Research Project Bulletins
• 1987 - Glen Canyon Water Resources Management Plan

Grand Canyon (see "National Parks")

• Adaptive Management Reviews: Susskind; Camacho; Fellers; Fellers Powerpoint; Lenard; Benenati;
• Archive of Grand Canyon Colorado River Management Plans
• 1965 - Congressional testimony in August & September; (searchable)
• 1966 - Congressional hearings in May
• 1967 - Congressional hearings in March; (searchable).
• 1967 - Congressional testimony of Sierra Club (David Brower, Hugh Nash, Jeffrey Ingram) and Stephen Jett of the Navajo Nation.
• 1968 - Congressional hearing in January & February, Part2.
• 1974 - Colorado River Research Program. National Park Service.
• 1977 - Grand Canyon synthesis and management implications. National Park Service.
• 1990 - Agency Recalcitrance and Evasion Regarding Compliance with NEPA Relating to GC Dam Operations: A Documented Need for Congressional Intervention. Lippman.
• 1995 - 1998 - Adaptive Management Program documents not posted on Reclamation's web page.
• 1999 - 2008 - Adaptive Management Program documents. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1996 - The Colorado River Workshop. Grand Canyon Trust.
• A cache is currently under construction here at On The Colorado.
• 1998 - Report to Congress (draft): Grand Canyon Protection Act. Secretary, Department of the Interior.
• 2002 - Report to Congress: Grand Canyon Protection Act. Secretary, Department of the Interior.
• 2005 - State of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. US Geological Survey.
• 2008 - Dysfunction in the Adaptive Management Program
• 2009 - List of extirpated species in Grand Canyon
• 2009 - NPS Memo: Impairment from operations of Glen Canyon Dam.
• 2010 - List of US Geological Survey Publications for Adaptive Managment Program
• 2010 - Report to Congress. Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program.
• 2010 - 2008 Coming Together: Coordination of Science and Restoration Activities for the Colorado River Ecosystem Symposium. USGS.
• 2010 - State of the Grand Canyon. NPCA.
• 2010 - Balancing a Complex Set of Interests: Glen Canyon Dam and Adaptive Management. Water Education Fund.

Lower Colorado River

• Bureau of Reclamation digital library
• Lower Colorado River Studies. US Geological Survey resource web page.
• 1971 - Lower Colorado River comprehensive framework study; App. V; App. X; App. XI;. Water Resources Council.
• 2006 - Wellton Mohawk FEIS. USBR.

Salton Sea

• 2000 - Salton Sea FEIS. USBR.
• 2005 - Salton Sea Pilot Project EA & FONSI. USBR.
• 2013 - Salton Sea Final EIS/EIR. California.
• 2014 - Hazards Toll: The Costs of Inaction at the Salton Sea. Cohen et al.
• 2016 - The Salton Sea Special Report. Sierra Club.
• 2017 - State of the SaltonSea. USGS.

Delta and Limitrophe

• Tijuana Aqueduct and Water Supply
• 2000 - Two Nations One River: Ecosystem Conservationat the Delta. Pitt.
• 2001 - Water Balance at Colorado River Delta. Cohen et al. Pacific Institute.
• 2005 - Understanding Streamflow through Colorado River Delta. Cohen. Pacific Institute.
• 2010 - Yuma Clapper Rail Recovery Plan. US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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COLORADO RIVER CONTROVERSIES

• 1928 - The Colorado River Question: Shall Natural Resources Create Local or Enlarge Distant Development. State of Arizona.
• 1949 - Central Arizona Project. Congressional Hearings.
• 1954 - CRSP testimony from the State of California about authorizing Glen Canyon Dam. Northcutt Ely. (searchable pdf)
• 1965 - Statement of attorney Northcutt Ely regarding Arizona v California
• 1985 - Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?
• 1990 - Agency recalcitrance and evasion regarding compliance with NEPA relating to Glen Canyon Dam operations: A documented need for congressional intervention. Lippman.
• 1997 - Congressional hearing on Sierra Club's proposal to drain Lake Powell.
• 1997 - The Colorado River: Utah's Perspective. Anderson. (cache)
• 1998 - Joint hearing on the Sierra Club's proposal to drain Lake Powell or reduce its water storage capability.
• 2000 - Undamming Glen Canyon: Lunacy, Rationality, or Prophecy? Miller. (cache)
• 2000 - Looking toward the future: The time has come to restore Glen Canyon. Wegner.
• 2000 - Decommissing Glen Canyon Dam: The key to Colorado River ecosystem restoration and recovery of endangered species. Carothers and House.
• 2000 - The proposed draining of Lake Powell an inequitable taking of upper Colorado River basin states rights. Christensen.
• 2003 - Conflict and Cooperation: A case study of Metropolitan Water District. Zetland.
• 2004 - The dam controversy: Does the Endangered Species Act apply internationally to protect foreign species harmed by dams on the Colorado River? Kellogg.
• 2008 - Beyond conjecture: Learning about ecosystem management from Glen Canyon Dam experiment. Camacho.
• 2008 - Collaborative management of Glen Canyon Dam: The elevation of social engineering over law. Feller.
• 2009 - End of Abundance. Zetland
• 2011 - Should Glen Canyon Dam be removed. Cohn.
• 2014 - Truth and Consequences of the 1968 Colorado River Basin Project Act. Udall.

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COLORADO RIVER MANAGEMENT

• 1974 - Environmental Management in the Colorado River Basin. A.B. Crawford and D. F. Peterson; USU Press.
• 1997 - Colorado River Management Study. Grand Canyon Trust.
• 1998 - Report of Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission.
• 2005 - The One-Dam Solution. Living Rivers.
• 2007 - The Colorado River: The story of a quest for certainty on a diminishing river. Kuhn.
• 2007 - The Colorado: A River at Risk; Coping With Drought. GCT.
• 2010 - Rethinking the Future of the Colorado River. CRGI.
• 2011 - Thinking Like a River Basin. Carpe Diem.
• 2011 - Watering The Sun Corridor: Managing Choices In Arizona. Morrison Institute.
• 2011 - Draft: Risk Management Strategies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. Kuhn.
• 2014 - Research Needs in the Colorado River Basin. Colorado River Goverance Initiative.
• 2016 - Joint West Slope Basin Roundtable Risk Study. (Update). Kuhn.
• 2016 - Survey Results: Colorado River Water Users Association. Berggren.

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COLORADO RIVER RESEARCH GROUP

• CRRG Members, Bios, and Contact Info
• 2014, December - Charting a New Course for the Colorado River: Guiding Principals
• 2014, December - The First Step In Repairing the Colorado River's Broken Water Budget
• 2015, December - A Look At Interim Guidelines at Mid-Point: How Are We Doing?
• 2016, February - Prioritizing Management and Protection of Colorado River Environmental Resources
• 2016, June - Tribes and Water in the Colorado River Basin
• 2016, October - Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already Know
• 2017, June - Innovations In Agriculture, Water Conservation and Use
• 2018, March - When Is a Drought Not a Drought and the New Normal
• 2018, August - Its Hard To Fill a Bathtub When the Drain Is Wide Open: The Case for Lake Powell
• 2019, May - Thinking About Risk on the Colorado River
• 2019, September - Emerging Tribal Role in the Colorado River Basin; (Reference: Western Economics Forum Journal of 2018.
• 2020, July - Reflections on Two Tumulltuous Decades in Colorado River Basin

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DAM STUDIES

Glen Canyon Dam

• 1961 - Design features of Glen Canyon Dam. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1970 - Glen Canyon Dam technical record of design and construction. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1975 - Scientific information in the decisicion to dam Glen Canyon. Lake Powell Research Project Bulletin #9.
• 1990 - Colorado River ecology and dam management. National Research Council.
• 1994 - Review: Glen Canyon Dam long-term monitoring plan. National Research Council.
• 1996 - Review: River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon. National Research Council.
• 1999 - Review: Glen Canyon Dam adaptive management program. National Research Council.

Hoover Dam

• 1922 - The Fall-Davis Report. Preliminary feasibility report for development in the Lower Basin.
• 1928 - Sibert Feasibility Report. Colorado River Board; commissioned by Congress.
• 1929 - Weymouth Report. Technical record of Hoover Dam. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 1936 - Construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 2006 - Hoover Dam. Bureau of Reclamation.

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

Ongoing Assessments

• Lake Powell Pipeline
• Regional Watershed Supply Project (Million Pipeline). Army Corps.

Green River Pumping Project

• Green River Pumping Project EA. Reclamation.

Long Term Experimental Plan (LTEP)

• (cached before suspension of EIS)

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program

• 1995 FEIS; GAO Audit; LTEP Scoping; Experimental Plan 2008-2012;
• 2007 - Sediment Augmentation Feasibility Report. Randle. Bureau of Reclamation.
• 2007 - Risk Assessment: Temperature Control Device. Valdez et al.
• 2007 - LTEP workshop. US Geological Survey.
• 2008 - Comments on BHBF (experimental flood). National Park Service.
• 2009 - Development of high test flow protocols. Federal Notice.
• 2010 - Work Plan and Budget for 2010 & 2011. GCMRC.
• 2011 - High Flow Experiment EA
• 2011 - Non-native Fish Control EA

Lower Colorado

• Lower Colorado Reports and Publications
• SNWA Lake Mead Intake EA & FONSI

Upper Colorado

• Upper Colorado Reports and Publications
• NGS Intake EA & FONSI. Navajo Generation Station @ Lake Powell
• Navajo Gallup Pipeline documents

Multiple-Species Conservation Program

• Volume 1; Volume II; Volume III; Volume IV; ROD;

Shortage Criteria

• Scoping; DEIS; DEIS Comments; FEIS; RoD; Federal Register;
• Appendix N; Appendix U;
• Shortage Criteria chronology of events

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ECONOMY

• 2009 - Prosperity without growth. Sustainable Development Commission.
• 2010 - Water Risk In Municipal Bond Market. Ceres.

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ENERGY & WATER NEXUS

• 1977 - Report of Western Energy Expansion Study. Reclamation.
• 2008 - Energy Down the Drain. National Resource Defense Council.
• 2008 - Power Plants: Characteristics & Costs. CRS.
• 2009 - America's Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emmissions from Power Plants in 2007. Arizona Environment.
• 2009 - Hydropower study of Glen Canyon Dam by David Marcus. Table 1. Tables 2 and 3.
• 2010 - Lifeline: How climate and clean energy can safeguard water. WRA & EDF.
• 2010 - Ripple Effect: Water Risk in the Municipal Bond Market. Ceres.
• 2010 - Hydropower Resource Assessment. USBR.
• 2011 - Every Drop Counts. WRA.
• 2011 - Energy's Water Demand: Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Management. Congressional Research Service.
• 2011- The Water/Energy Nexus: Western States Projections to 2100. SEI.
• 2011 - Nuclear Power: still not viable without subsidies. UCS.
• 2012 - Freshwater Use in USA by Power Plants. UCS.

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTIBILITY OFFICE

• 1960 - Audit of the Colorado River Storage Project. GAO.
• 1977 - The Drought of 1977. GAO.
• 1979 - Colorado River Basin Problems. GAO.
• 1983 - Colorado River Flooding in 1983. GAO.
• 1996 - Audit of the Glen Canyon Dam Enviromental Impact Statement. GAO.
• 2008 - Water Scarcity in the Colorado River basin. GAO.
• 2010 - Energy Water Nexus: Oil Shale. GAO.
• 2018- Oil and Gas Wells: BLM needs to imrove its data and oversight of its potential liabilities. GAO.