W.D. Simons papers, 1952-1986.

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W.D. Simons papers, 1952-1986.

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This collection contains Wilbur D. Simons' correspondence regarding water management issues in the western regions of the United States. Issues discussed are irrigation, reservoir evaporation, cloud seeding and streamflow runoffs. This collection contains studies Simons' or the Depletion Task Force authored for government agencies.

3 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. Bureau of Reclamation

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The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation Service) was a bureau of the Department of the Interior which oversaw water development projects in the western United States. In July of 1902, in accordance with the Reclamation Act 32 Stat. 388, approved June 17, 1902 (also known as the Newlands Act), Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock established the Reclamation Service within the Geological Survey. The new Reclamation Service studied potential water development projects in each western stat...

Simons, W. D. (Wilbur Douglas), 1912-

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Wilbur D. Simons worked as a research hydrologist for the Bureau of Reclamation as Chairman of their Depletion Task Force to collect data on streamflows from the Columbia and Snake Rivers in the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. He contributed to the study of reservoir evaporation in these states' dam projects along with the Flathead River and Hungry Horse Reservoir in Montana and provided technical management for cloud seeding programs for the Hungry Horse Basin area of Montana and ...